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Dunlop announces launch of new Sportmax Qualifier HR bike tyre

Designed as a sports tyre for riders of lightweight bikes demanding race-worthy performance at an affordable price, the new H speed-rated (up to 130mph) series of Dunlop Sportmax Qualifier HR tyres. Dunlop says it has used “compound technology derived from the GP Racer D211” in the design of the tyre, features that it says make it “the first tyre to bring race compound features to the keen sports rider in this sector of the market”. The tyre is available in sizes for 125cc to 400cc bikes and supermotos up to 690cc.

21st March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Commercial truck body designers order 100th set of xlite wheels

UK distributor of the xlite wheel brand Motor Wheel Service has reported a milestone with its customers Montracon and Wilcox, both commercial vehicle body designers. MWS has received an order for the companies’ hundredth set of xlite forged aluminium truck wheels for use on their tipper and walking floor trailers. The two companies work together on the production of the trailers, with Montracon providing chassis and Wilcox supplying aluminium tipper body requirements.

16th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Ecopia OE on Nissan Leaf

Deliveries of the Nissan Leaf – the vehicle recently crowned European Car of the Year 2011 – have begun in Europe, and Bridgestone reports that models of this all-electric car sold here and in Japan will be supplied with its Ecopia tyres as original equipment. The tyre maker will supply its Ecopia EP150 in size 205/55R16 91V. This fitment is part of a larger Ecopia EP150 line-up Bridgestone announced in January; the range is now available to fit a wide range of compact and mid-sized passenger cars with 14 to 16-inch rim sizes in 55 to 65 series.

16th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New head of Conti CV tyre PR announced

Continental’s Commercial Vehicle Tires division has a new head of global public relations. Dr. Christiane Pfeiffer, formerly in charge of international marketing communications for truck and bus tyres at Continental, has replaced Udo Brandes in this role. Brandes, aged 64, intends to retire in May after six years at Continental and until this time will work for the Commercial Vehicle Tires division in an advisory role.

15th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Evonik raises carbon black prices

Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries, is increasing prices for carbon black and carbon black preparations by up to 200 euros per tonne for deliveries to locations in Europe and the rest of the world. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after April 1, 2011.

14th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Rossi takes on Bridgestone advisory role

Six-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has signed on as a motorcycle tyre development advisor for Bridgestone following the finalisation of a Marketing Service Agreement between the Italian rider and Bridgestone Europe in February 2011. Under the agreement, Rossi and Bridgestone will, as the tyre maker explains, “work together to promote the passion of motorcycling to end users and enthusiasts throughout Europe.” Rossi will act alone as a professional rider; his MotoGP team and sponsors are not involved in the deal.

14th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire Europe announces Sales and Marketing director

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe has announced the appointment of Nigel Hampson as its new sales and marketing director, which took effect at the beginning of this year. He had previously held the post of European major account manager, having worked for Cooper Tire since 1996, as an export sales executive. He became marketing services manager in 2004, before switching to subsidiary sales manager for France, Germany and Switzerland in 2006.

11th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Under-inflated tyres costing European motorists £2.4m a year

Statistically speaking, you’re more likely than not to be driving on under-inflated tyres. When Bridgestone headed out last year and checked the tyre condition of 38,000 cars in nine European countries, it found 71 per cent of participating motorists to be driving on tyres inflated to a lower than recommended pressure. The majority of these under-inflated tyres were admittedly less than 0.5 bar under pressure, yet 7.5 per cent of motorists’ tyres were more than 0.5 bar under pressure and half a percent of motorists were driving on tyres at least 0.75 bar under pressure.

11th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Europe announces further price increases

Prices for all Bridgestone consumer, commercial and specialty tyres are set to increase by an average of seven per cent in European markets. The new prices take effect with the start of the second financial quarter in April and exact increases will vary between product categories, Bridgestone Europe reports.

10th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

100 new jobs to result from Schrader/Ford TPMS deal

A contract signed between Schrader Electronics and the Ford Motor Company has the potential to create up to 100 new automotive sector jobs in Northern Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Schrader Electronics will supply its direct tyre pressure monitoring systems for fitment to Ford’s European model range between 2012 and 2015. This supply deal includes equipment for fitment on the strong-selling Ford Fiesta and Focus ranges.

9th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Blimp to promote European road safety

Goodyear’s brand event in Seville earlier this year (a report will be published in March’s Tyres & Accessories) saw the company talking up a safety message through its promotion of its new Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 and UltraGrip 8 tyres, but the company plans to do more than provide increased safety features through its products. European brand director Hugues Despres announced that “the Goodyear Blimp will take the lead on a number of road safety initiatives as it becomes the focal point for Goodyear’s consumer based activities and events.” This will be the Blimp’s first return to Europe for over 10 years, embarking on the 2011 Goodyear Safety Tour.

4th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Fulda launches SportControl UHP summer tyre

Fulda has launched its new ultra-high performance summer tyre, the SportControl. Designed for “sporty driving”, in the brand’s words, the tyre features “progressive humps throughout the width of the tread, which help to optimise stiffness and force distribution from tyre to road.” The tyre has a full silica tread compound and new “Aqua Flow” tread grooves provide enhanced grip and shorter braking distances in wet conditions. The tyre also has a low weight carcass to reduce rolling resistance.

4th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop renews motocross title assault with factory teams

Dunlop has announced that its Geomax tyre is the choice of factory-backed teams from Honda, Yamaha and KTM in both MX1 and MX2 classes of the 2011 Motocross World Championships. Dunlop’s links with Motocross go back to the beginnings of the sport. The brand has a “race-to-road” (or in this case “off-road”) policy with motorsport, and using it as a “high-pressure development laboratory teaches the designers important lessons,” which can be passed on to customers, incorporated directly into the production tyre range.

2nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Euromaster: pan-European cold weather tyre demand reaches “all time high”

It was widely predicted that the winter, or cold weather tyre market would experience growth in Europe this winter; indeed, the question turned from whether there would be growth to how much of a leap this winter would see. The Euromaster Group has now announced that demand for cold weather tyres across Europe saw volumes reach an all-time high. Its sales alone of the high-grip seasonal car and van fitments exceeded 1.5 million units for the first time, rising by 20 per cent from 1.4 million in 2009 to 1.68 million in 2010. In the UK, volumes sold by ATS Euromaster have risen over the past two winters by 955 per cent.

2nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

April launch for Yokohama BluEarth in Europe

Yokohama Rubber says its preparations for the 2010 European tyre label are to be strengthened through the April release of its BluEarth-1 range, which it says has achieved an ‘A’ grade rating – the highest possible – for fuel economy under the upcoming label’s expected classification system. The BluEarth-1 is the first of a series of BluEarth products that will be launched in Europe; the product family was first publicly previewed at January’s Tokyo Auto Show, where the top of the line BlueEarth-1 was displayed alongside the premium BluEarth RV-01 minivan tyre and the standard BluEarth AE-01.

2nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors