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Maxxis Rewards top ten receive tickets to sold out Take That tour

Ten tyre retailers have been given the opportunity to be VIPs at Take That’s sold-out Progress Live tour at Villa Park, Birmingham on 27 June, as Maxxis announces the prize for its latest round of Maxxis Rewards. Northwich Tyre and Autocare; Havers Tyres, in Norwich; P Harrison & Co of Clitheroe; Sandbach Tyre Service; Motorlec Spares of Bury; County Tyres in Stafford; Wrexham’s Minera Tyres & Exhausts; Wheel’n’Tyres of Cheadle and Trade Tyres in Shenstone were the recipients of the tickets.

20th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Export certification to boost Nexen’s export competitiveness

Nexen Tire has become the first South Korean tyre manufacturer to be issued with an AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) certificate by the Korea Customs Service. AEO certification, the tyre maker explained, allows for faster and more secure customs checks. This document complements the FTA certificate, which documents the place of origin of exported products, received last November. “Through the two certificates Nexen anticipates increasing its export competiveness as the simplified customs procedure will save both time and money,” commented Nexen Tire Europe.”

20th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Europe announces new management appointment

On August 1, Yves Kerstens, who is currently a member of Bridgestone Europe’s Board of Directors and vice-president of Supply Chain and IT, will take up the position of managing director of the company’s Commercial Products Business Unit. In this newly-created role, Kerstens will be responsible for truck & bus, off-the-road and agricultural tyres, for both the original equipment and replacement markets. As such, his position covers all of Bridgestone Europe’s markets and divisions.

20th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ Chapel Ash inaugurates seasonal tyre hotel

Wolverhampton’s HiQ Chapel Ash has responded to a number of new winter tyre inquiries with the introduction of a tyre hotel, which franchise owner Simon Bennett says will store drivers’ current set of tyres while they swap to winter rubber. The site will be able to store 200 tyres and will be free for motorists to use once the time comes to switch tyres.

17th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Birla’s Columbian Chemicals acquisition cleared by EC

The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of US-based Columbian Chemicals by Indigold Carbon, which is controlled by the Indian Aditya Birla Group, both worldwide producers of carbon black. Even though the Commission concluded that the merger would create one of the three largest companies in the carbon black sector, approval was granted under the EU Merger Regulation as it is believed European customers will “continue to enjoy healthy competition.”

16th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Federal and Consor discuss plans for Italy

Federal Tyres and the Consor Tyre Group report benefitting from their first joint attendance as exhibitors at a trade fair. During Autopromotec 2011 in Bologna, Italy, the two companies held their annual Italian distributors’ meeting. The meeting’s key aim was to emphasise and reinforce the common goal of improving the Federal brand’s image in the Italian market through supplying quality tyres.

16th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Treadsetters mentioned in HSBC annual report

Remember how Telford-based tyre wholesale operation Treadsetters beat over 1600 other businesses to the finals of HSBC’s business thinking awards at the end of last year? The firm were regional winners securing a prize of £115,000 reaching the last 18 in the finals in Hong Kong. They may not have won the final overall, but making it to the short list of just 17 companies for the bank’s “International Insights” event in Hong Kong on 5 December is said to have opened up a number of other opportunities. Getting more than a page of coverage in the once of the world’s best-known banks’ annual report isn’t a bad thing either.

Treadsetters features in a full-page photo collage on page 14 of HSBC’s annual report with a short text describing the firm as an example of “creating export opportunities” on the following page. “The journey that [Treadsetters’] tyres make exemplifies the connections that criss-cross the global economy.”

14th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear blimp crashes in Germany, killing pilot

A Goodyear blimp crashed in Reichelisheim, near Frankfurt on Sunday evening, killing the Australian pilot who had previously helped his three passengers to safety. The blimp, which was operated by Lightship Europe Ltd and leased by Goodyear, reportedly caught fire during a flight organised for journalists to take pictures of the state of Hessen. Goodyear Dunlop Germany expressed its sadness and sympathy for the family of the pilot. Aviation authorities have initiated an investigation into the cause of the crash.

13th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Battlax bike tyre awarded Motorrad honours

Following its victory in the German PS motorcycle sports magazine tyre tests on 5 May, Bridgestone’s Battlax BT-016 Pro Hypersport is back on the podium again, singled out by Germany’s Motorrad magazine as the “best motorcycle sports tyre in the rain” and joint overall winner of its 2011 sports tyre test. Motorrad tested two 2011 newcomers, including the redesigned Battlax BT-016 Pro, against the best tyres from 2010 in a comparative evaluation of 180/55 tyres on a Honda CBR 600RR on the race circuit, open road and wet track.

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni expands Benelux presence with Profile Tyrecenter deal

Following several years of having what it calls a ‘marginal presence’, Marangoni Retreading Systems has announced its return to the Dutch and Belgian markets. This Benelux comeback comes courtesy of a partnership with tyre reseller and fast-fit chain Profile Tyrecenter. Marangoni states it will now expand its business in co-operation with what is the largest local tyre fitting network in these two markets; under the agreement, Profile Tyrecenter takes on exclusive management of the Ringtread brand in the Benelux. The Ringtread tyres distributed there will be manufactured by Dutch retreader Frapa, a founding Profile Tyrecenter member.

7th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Europe announces Q3 price rises

A further round of price increases will be implemented by Bridgestone Europe during the third quarter of 2011. The tyre maker states that, starting July 1, prices for truck and bus radials will rise by an average of 12 per cent, agricultural, off-road tyres and retreads by an average of eight per cent, while an increase averaging five per cent is planned for passenger car, 4×4, light commercial vehicle and motorcycle tyres.

6th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Niezen wins, Maxxis makes podium at British Drift Championship round 2

Making a guest appearance at round two of the Maxxis British Drift Championship, drift star Remmo Niezen from the Netherlands piloted his V8 BMW E30 to victory, while title sponsor Maxxis’s Super-Pro championship leader Mark Luney used his MA-Z1 Drift tyres to make it on to the podium.

3rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop orders Transense equipment for FOS

Transense has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Translogik Limited recently took a further order for “a number” of Truck Tyre Inspection Kits from Goodyear Dunlop for its FOS (Fleet Online Solution) Mobile programme. This relationship began 18 months ago when Goodyear Dunlop began integrating the Translogik tyre inspection probe to work with its FOS system.

1st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo opens first CV service centre

Apollo Tyres has opened what it says is “India’s first full-service commercial vehicle tyre outlet.” Located on the outskirts of Delhi, the first Apollo CV Zone was inaugurated by company chairman Onkar S Kanwar on May 30; the tyre maker now plans to establish a network of outlets across India.

30th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis strengthens brand at Japfest drift spectacle

Maxxis has described a record attendance at Japfest on Saturday, 14 May, as having “cemented the event’s reputation as Europe’s biggest Japanese car show.” The tyre manufacturer’s heavy involvement in the event as an Official Partner allows it to promote its range to enthusiastic buyers of performance, tuning and styling products and increase brand awareness within the Japanese car scene.

25th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors