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Nigel Sowerby New Director Truck Tyres at Goodyear Dunlop UK

Goodyear Dunlop UK has appointed Nigel Sowerby as Director, Truck Tyres in their UK and Ireland business, effective 1 March 2008. Robin Sharpe, current Director, Truck Tyres will handover to Nigel Sowerby to ensure during February before Sharpe moves on to a new assignment to be announced next month. Sowerby joined Goodyear Dunlop in 2005 as Southern Area Manager for the company’s TruckForce commercial vehicle tyre servicing network, before being promoted to the position of Manager, TruckForce, UK, in 2006.

Commenting on the appointment, current Director Truck Tyres, Robin Sharpe, commented: “Nigel and his team have done an outstanding job in building the TruckForce service network as a ‘Best in Class’ provider to the road transport industry. The time is now right to consolidate the management team to deliver a truly focused tyre and service offering, and I look forward to my next challenging role within Goodyear Dunlop.”

30th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

OTR’s TotalTyreLogic Goes Down Big In Scotland

TotalTyreLogic, the cradle to grave earthmover tyre management system from OTR Tyres, is having a big impact on the quarrying industry in Scotland, where it is being used in more than 30 quarries.

The service tracks, monitors and manages the condition of the tyres, including site surveys and detailed recommendations of operational practices, to aid budgeting and give visible asset management.

Tyre data is correlated by OTR’s Tyre service Engineers through on-site visits and recorded on hand-held organisers before being downloaded directly to bespoke software foe interpretation and analysis. Customers can see and monitor how their tyres are performing on individual machines in specific locations and implement changes as necessary.

28th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Motorsport Valencia Test Summary

The Valencia race circuit in Spain played host to Bridgestone’s medium compound Potenza for ten of Formula One’s eleven teams for the second test of 2008 on January 22-24. The medium compound Potenza dry grooved racing tyre was in action for the entirety of the test, which took place in dry conditions, with blue skies overhead on the first two days, but a mainly cloudy and overcast day three. No runs were completed using any of Bridgestone’s wet range of Potenza Formula One tyres.

Teams completed valuable evaluation work with both the latest and last season’s cars run to the 2008 regulations. New cars from BMW Sauber, Ferrari, Honda, McLaren, Red Bull, Renault, Toyota and Williams and were all put through their paces along with older cars from some of these teams as well as Force India and Toro Rosso. Super Aguri were not present at this test. Bridgestone Potenza Formula One tyres will be in use next week at Barcelona on 1-3 February, where Bridgestone’s hard compound Potenza will be used for the first time this year.

25th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Autopromotec 2009 Makes Indian Connection

Autopromotec 2009 has extended its publicity campaign to include new visits in Europe, America and Asia. Within the framework of a promotional mission supported by the Italian Government, and with the participation of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Commerce – Mrs Emma Bonino, Autopromotec’s organisers are running a workshop on the Italian automotive industry for Indian professionals and press. The event is scheduled to run in New Delhi on February 7, 2008 and is designed to promote the company’s 2009 event, which will take place 20-24 May.

25th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pro-Cut Shows Off PFM 9.19 Lathe

Pro-Cut Europe, spent two days showcasing the new PFM 9.19 On-Car Brake Lathe in the Engineering section of Autosport 2008. Guy Carter, Sales Director for Pro-Cut Europe, said: “This is the fifth time we’ve been to Autosport but this was the first in the Engineering section and we will definitely be back.” The Pro-Cut stand attracted visitors from all over the world from
race car engineers to prototype designers and racing team owners.

Allen Hawkins, UK Sales Manager, said “I was glad I was only on the stand on Thursday – my voice went, we ran out of marketing material and I needed Friday in the office just to follow up the leads”. He continued: “In the two days we spoke to over a 100 interested parties and are extremely happy with the continued communication after the show and that’s just contacts from the domestic market.”

24th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Offered £20 Million From Hungary

It has been reported that Apollo Tyres was offered HUF 7 billion (£20.2 million) in incentives from Hungary’s government to secure the country as the base for the Indian tyremaker’s new factory. If accurate, this figure published in the Budapest Times is far less than the almost £70 million approved by the European Commission for Hankook in 2007. According to Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the Apollo subsidy equals about two-thirds of the Hankook subsidy per employee.

23rd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Vipal Europe Names new Commercial Coordinator

Vipal Europe has promoted Mauricio Agustini, part of the retreader’s European team since its inception, to the position of Commercial Coordinator, effective January 1, 2008. In his new capacity Agustini will be in charge of all European market commercial issues for Vipal. On announcing his appointment, the company praised Agustini’s previous work for Vipal Europe and wished him luck in his new position.

22nd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Former PTNA Boss Mannino Announces New Venture

The former president and CEO of Pirelli Tire North America, Gaetano “Guy” Mannino, is drawing upon his years of sales, marketing and manufacturing experience with the Italian tyremaker in his latest business venture. Mannino, whose quarter-century tenure at Pirelli ended in October 2007, has announced the formation of Verdek, a consulting and trading company with corporate headquarters in Rome and offices in Connecticut and Tuscany.

21st January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Aftermarket Show Reports Increased Trade Visitors

According to Aftermarket Show 2008’s organiers, early indications show that the number of trade visitors attending the NEC-based event from January 10-13 reached an all-time high this year. Haymarket Exhibitions – organisers of the event that runs alongside Autosport International – says the final breakdown of figures will be available shortly. “We’ve seen a definite increase in the number of trade visitors across the entire show and we’re expecting that to be positive news in terms of the numbers of factors, retailers and installers that came to The Aftermarket Show section over the four days,” said project manager Steve Coombes.

21st January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New EU Member States Fuel Rise in Car Registrations

The European Association of Car Makers (ACEA) reports that nearly 16 million new cars were registered in the 27 European Union member states plus 3 EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) during 2007, 1.1 per cent more than the previous year. Most of this growth, as expected, took place in the new EU member states, with 14.5 per cent growth recorded during the year. A number of factors led to restrained buyer confidence in Western Europe, where registrations only rose by 0.2 per cent.

17th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

European, US Tyre Sales Reveal Mixed Results

Sales of summer passenger car tyres throughout Europe in 2007 are said to have increased by 3 per cent over 2006 figures, which in turn were a 2.5 per cent increase over those recorded in 2005. The information supplied to T&A indicates that, Europe-wide, 120.7 million summer pcr tyres were sold last year. This increase was offset by the second consecutive decline in passenger car winter tyre sales. In 2007 only 35.5 million units were sold in the whole of Europe, a decrease of 9.58 per cent on 2006, when 38.9 million winter passenger car tyres were sold. That year the number of winter tyres sold also decreased, dropping by 13.4 per cent from a 2005 high.

17th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Chinese Car Makers Have Long-Term Plans For US Market

Apparently, there are five Chinese car manufacturers exhibiting at the Detroit auto show – five times as many as at last year’s event – and they have plans to sell their products in the US market. But not just yet, as the Chairman of BYD Auto, Chaung-Fu Wang is quoted as saying that it would take about “three to five years” to accomplish this.

One problem is the recent spate of recalls of Chinese goods across a wide spectrum, which has raised questions in the minds of some about quality. BYD plans to introduce a dual-mode hybrid vehicle capable of travelling for 60 miles on battery power only and the company says it has over 500 engineers working on the project, with the vehicle scheduled to go on sale in China later this year.

16th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Israeli Retreading Firm Expands into Europe

Israeli manufacturer of retreading materials and other rubber products, Ein Shemer Rubber Industries, has announced its acquisition of a cooperative partner based in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Fagum, and has stated that by April the two partners intend to establish a joint venture company, to be known as “Ein Shemer Europe.”

Fagum is based in the town of Zvornik, in the northeast of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and already possesses the technology to produce rubber products. Director of Ein Shemer, Natan Vilner, said that by April a considerable sum of money will have been invested in Fagum and 100 new jobs created. Ein Shemer currently employs 170 people and has an annual turnover of approximately ten million euros.

15th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

ViaMichelin to End GPS Production

ViaMichelin, the subsidiary of the French tyre manufacturer specialising in digital travel assistance products, has stated it will no longer participate in the GPS navigation device market. According to a report published in France’s La Tribune, the company, which holds 14 per cent of the French GPS market, has found it difficult to expand in Europe in the face of strong competition from rivals such as TomTom. Sixty of ViaMichelin’s 170 employees are affected by the decision, La Tribune reported.

14th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Tread Appoints New European Marketing Manager

Marangoni Tread S.p.A has announced the appointment of Martin Kalagin to the position of marketing manager, a role in which he will oversee all Marangoni Tread and Ellerbrock marketing activities in Europe, with a particular focus placed upon the promotion of the company’s RingTread System.

Before joining Marangoni, Kalagin spent close to a decade working for Bridgestone Europe, Marangoni’s former joint venture partner, in Brussels. Originally employed in the Field Engineering & Product Planning Department, from 2004 Kalagin served as business development manager for the company’s European retreading operations.

8th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors