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MotoGP Heads into First of Back-to-back Concluding Races

The Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend represents the first half of the final back-to-back pairing of the 2010 MotoGP season. The Riders’ and Teams’ championships have been clinched, by Jorge Lorenzo and the Fiat Yamaha Team, but the Constructors’ title is still up for grabs, as is second position in the riders’ championship. Additionally Estoril is described as one of the most technically challenging races on the calendar for Bridgestone’s tyres with a multitude of different corner characteristics, corner loads and surfaces, meaning that a well-balanced setup is important to allow the tyres to perform consistently throughout a lap.

26th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

NDI Launches AP-Wheels.com

NDI has announced that wheel business AP Wheels has now launched a new website, www.ap-wheels.com. Marketing the site as “a strong link with the European agricultural sector,” NDI pointed out that the Danish company has become the largest importer of industrial tyres in Northern Europe. “NDI is a leading supplier of a full range of wheel solutions that meets the needs of agriculture and modern industry and we have nearly 40 years’ experience, initially in importing and subsequently in the production of AP Wheels. This know-how has been channelled into the manufacture of AP Wheels, a top-quality product widely used in the European agriculture sector,” said Carsten Andersen, export manager at NDI.

26th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Double Conquest For Bridgestone Tyres

Recently-recruited Bridgestone Midlands area sales manager, Darren Hill, recently won two new accounts to the company. Freelance Haulage, based in Boughton, Nottinghamshire – is a specialist haulage and transport company running 10 vehicles and 20 trailers- has changed to new Bridgestone product, via local Bridgestone Truckpoint dealer Tanvic Tyres. Chris Porter, Freelance’s managing director, gave the reason for the change as “the anticipated longevity of the Bridgestone product, coupled with excellent value for money.”

25th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bike Tyrestore Offers Sava Winter Pattern Scooter Tyres

The opportunity for increasing winter tyre sales has not been lost on two-wheel wholesaler Bike Tyrestore, which is publicising its range of Sava winter scooter tyres. BTS says the Sava pattern (MC32 WIN SCOOT) is widely used in Europe, allowing cold-weather riders to negotiate the slippery conditions seen in the UK last winter. The wholesaler stocks five popular sizes. Sava’s MC32 M+S is similarly made for motorcycle applications in sizes 100/80-17 52R and 130/70-17 62R.

22nd October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Latest Pirelli Figures Show Tyre Market Was Strong in 3Q 2010

Pirelli’s latest “Tyre Market Watch” figures show that first half 2010 passenger car tyre volumes increased by approximately 20 per cent. Third quarter volumes are said to have remained strongly in the double digit growth range, but moving at roughly half the pace of the first half at +10 per cent. Truck tyre volumes were said to have been much stronger growing at +20 per cent and +25 per cent respectively.

19th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Sales Companies Gain ISO Certification

Bridgestone Europe’s group of 18 national sales companies has been accredited to the revised standard ISO 9001:2008 by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance. Announcing the accreditation, Bridgestone Europe’s senior vice president of Sales & Marketing, Takashi Tomioka, commented: “ISO 9001 is an important standard which we have held since 1992. Ensuring that our sales companies operate to these stringent requirements provides a systematic and visible way to lead and operate our sales organisations. This allows us to focus on meeting our customers’ expectations through consistent products and services”.

15th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Launches Tyre Safety Website

The latest component of Bridgestone’s ongoing Tyre Safety campaign – a website designed to boost awareness of the importance of tyre safety – has been unveiled. Featuring UK motorsport expert and TV commentator, Tony Jardine, the site contains a series of short video clips demonstrating what Bridgestone calls the “three main pillars” of tyre safety: tyre pressure, tread depth and damage/irregular wear. The web address is www.TyreSafety.eu.

15th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Price Advantage Driving Online Sales

According to research undertaken by market research company fast.MAP for mytyres.co.uk, price, choice and convenience are the main reasons why UK motorists are increasingly buying tyres online rather than from high street retailers. One thousand motorists were surveyed in September for the UK Delticom online operation, and price was identified as the most important reason for buying online. Delticom reports that over 80 per cent of respondents indicated that buying online was cheaper and more than 70 per cent said it was easier and quicker than more traditional methods: in excess of half of those surveyed cited the ability to order from the comfort of home as an important factor.

14th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Sensor ‘Significantly’ Reduces TRW TPMS Costs

TRW Automotive Holdings reports the use of its new design LCCI (Low Cost Clamp-In) sensor for tyre pressure monitoring systems results in “significantly lowered costs for the system.” TPMS units featuring the LCCI are scheduled to be introduced in 2011 model year vehicles in the US.

12th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian Promotes Safety & Eco Benefits of WR G2

There’s been a nip in the air of late, and Nokian Tyres has recognised this as the perfect time for a reminder that fitting eco winter tyres can help reduce vehicle fuel consumption. “Car drivers even can cut their fuel consumption even by half a litre on 100 kilometres with the environmentally friendly low rolling resistance tyre Nokian WR G2 if the air pressure is right,” commented Teppo Huovila, vice president of R&D at the Finnish manufacturer. “A rolling resistance lowered by 40 per cent saves six per cent fuel.”

12th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Best Choice Introduces New “Mazzini” Own Brand

International News, News, Product News

At this year’s CITExpo, Best Choice International Trade didn’t just present a large portion of its existing range – visitors were also shown a new brand. By the end of the year this new line-up, produced under the “Mazzini Tyres” name, should be available in 13 sizes between 15 and 18-inches. As export manager Stephen Wu explained, the Mazzini brand will be separately positioned in the market to the company’s existing “Sunew” own brand. “We wanted a new brand for new customers,” elucidated Wu, stressing that the necessity to supply various distribution channels with a variety of brands. In light of this the company is looking around the world, particularly in Western Europe, North America, Australia and Japan, for new distributors.

11th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Adds US Teams to Sports Sponsorship Portfolio

It is already heavily involved in the UK and throughout Europe with football – the real football, the one where ball contact is made using the feet – and now Kumho Tires has extended its sports sponsorship activities to the American equivalent. In announcing the sponsorship of five gridiron teams in the US, the tyre maker says it has chosen a target for its sports marketing “renowned as American as apple pie” to make inroads into North American area.

11th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Deruibotire Targets 24 Million Tyres Produced in 2011

International News, News, UK News

Deruibotire (or Shandong Deribao Tire Co, Ltd), a tyre-maker in Guangrao County, a region of China’s Shandong Province has big new production plans in the offing in 2011. Visiting Brityrex 2010 in Manchester with a Chinese delegation, the company’s president Yuan Tingshu told Tyres & Accessories that, while the company is currently producing 3 million radial tyres per year, it is developing a production line to produce 24 million units in 2011.

6th October 2010/by Andrew

Firm “More than Doubles” Rough Terrain Tyre Life with Michelin XZSL

News, Product News

Northern Ireland-based Fisher Engineering has reported that replacing the original equipment tyres on its Manitou rough terrain forklift truck with Michelin’s foam-filled XF and XZSL has increased tyre life. Operating out of its 21,000 sqm facility in Ballinamallard, near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, the rough terrain forklift is used to transport structural steel around the stockyard prior to shipment to major new building projects.

30th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

CDP Group Joins Italian Wholesale Elite in Under 3 Years

Italian tyre wholesaler operation CDP Group Spa has grown from a start-up to being a top 10 tyre wholesaler in the country in less than three years. Founded at the beginning of 2008 the company reports that it took just two and a half years to get into sixth place in the Italian tyre wholesale rankings and – with full year 2009 turnover totalling 28 million euros – there is every sign that the growth will continue.

29th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors