Kirkby Tyres, in collaboration with BKT Tires, has developed a comprehensive case study on Brookland Sand & Aggregates Ltd, an independent, family-run business located in Cornwall. They threw the spotlight on the performance of BKT Earthmax tyres in quarry applications.
Another original equipment approval for the Continental RDT-Master. Caterpillar has greenlighted the off-the-road tyre as a factory-fitted option on selected off-highway trucks it sells in global markets. Continental considers Caterpillar’s endorsement of its RDT-Master a “pivotal moment” that highlights the quality, durability, and performance of Continental tyres in the earthmoving segment.
More than a dozen tyre-related firms are amongst the 600 or so exhibitors committed to participating in this year’s Hillhead show. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from manufacturers, distributors and accessories/consumables suppliers, and get to see their latest ranges in a unique location.
GB Tyres UK Ltd is delighted to announce the addition of Anthony Quinn as the company’s new Earthmover and Port Tyres specialist. Anthony joins the GB Tyres team with more than 20 years of service with T&C Site Services and brings a wealth of industry experience to the role. He will be promoting the Samson/Advance range of earthmover tyres, which GB Tyres exclusively distributes in the UK. The distributor will display the range at the Hillhead show from 25 to 27 June 2024.
With an aim of building on a record-breaking 2022, which hosted over 600 exhibiting companies and received 18,500 unique visitors, Hillhead 2024 will take place in Buxton’s Hillhead Quarry between 25 and 27 June. The current exhibitor list contains around 600 entries, including more than a dozen firms offering tyres and related products.
As of 1 November 2023, Gerd Bartels takes over responsibility for Continental’s Specialty Tires business area. He succeeds Wolfgang Thomale, who Continental recently appointed head of the Surface Solutions business area within its ContiTech group sector.
The Michelin CrossGrip range is expanding with two new dimensions, 480/70R20 and 480/80R26. These tyres can be fitted to industrial, agricultural, and handling equipment, and Michelin says they are particularly suited to mini loaders, reach forklifts and agricultural tractors up to 200 horsepower.
During what it refers to as a “successful” first quarter 2023, Ascenso Tyres CE has added to its team with the appointment of Pawel Kopinski, who takes over responsibility for the business in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Olaf Sandeck, who joins the company from Mitas to expand original equipment activities. The aim of generating sales of 50 million euros within five years is “thus gaining momentum.”
Titan International, Inc. has reported record turnover and profitability during the 2022 financial year. While the US-based manufacturer of OTR tyres and wheels increased its net sales by 21.9% to US$2.2 billion, income from operations jumped by more than 141% to $205.8, almost doubling the return on sales to 9.5%.
Ceat Specialty has appointed Peter James Cawson to lead the company’s growing business in the UK and Ireland. The new Business Development Specialist brings with him 16 years of tyre industry experience, most recently at Michelin, where he served as a territory business manager.
Off-highway tyre specialist BKT has quantified its growth ambitions, and the figures are ambitious. Tyrepress reported yesterday that the manufacturer’s capacity across all manufacturing facilities will reach 360,000 tonnes later in 2023. But BKT has big plans for its “most strategic plant” in Bhuj and has announced its goal of harnessing this facility to achieve annual tyre production of 600,000 tonnes in 3 years. It also intends for turnover of US$2 billion a year by the end of this period.
Praise for Continental from T&C Site Services Ltd. Not only does the UK’s largest independent earthmover and OTR tyre specialist think highly of the Continental range of radial and v-ply tyres, it appreciates the company’s “forward-thinking and advisory approach.”
On 11 October, a 59/80R63 radial engineering tyre rolled off the production line at Aeolus’s Jiaozuo manufacturing base. This giant OTR tyre has a diameter of over four metres and a weight of nearly six tons. It is mainly used for giant mining weighing about 400 tons.
Yokohama Off-Highway Tires has introduced two further sizes into its Galaxy LSDR 510 range for wheel loaders and dozers operating in mining and earthmoving applications. The new 17.5R25 and 20.5R25 tyres join existing size 23.5R25 in the LSDR 510 line-up to provide fitment options for an even broader range of machinery.
Wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks and graders are typically used on major infrastructure projects that have tough cost and timescale targets. After researching operator requirements, Goodyear has introduced a new tyre for these vehicles, GP-3E. It says the increased the operational versatility of its latest tyre generation makes “tyre choice easy for the operator.”
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