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Rough [Shred] Diamond?

When Sapphire Energy Recovery announced it was redeveloping a brownfield site in Trafford into a bespoke end-of-life tyre (ELT) reprocessing centre back in 2006, the company’s 100,000 tonnes a year target may have sounded ambitious. Two years later the Manchester site is looking better than ever and is now equipped to de-rim tyre/wheel fitments and accept rough shred. And what’s more, thanks to the development of similar sites near arterial routes all over the UK, last year Sapphire broke the 50 million tyre barrier – something that is particularly impressive when you consider that the company was only founded in 2000.

When Tyres & Accessories first visited Sapphire’s Manchester site (located in Greater Manchester’s Partington, Trafford area) two years ago, the facility had only just received the might Colombus McKinnon shredder that forms the centre of the site’s works. Now that this is fully up to speed, the company aims to raise the bar 20 per cent from its 2006 target and process 120,000 tonnes of ELTs this year. Any further expansion is expected to depend on further cement industry growth.

4th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Announces New Research Head

Dr Wei Ding has been unveiled as the newly created head of research at Dunlop Aircraft Tyres. He will develop and implement the forthcoming research strategy for the manufacturer, reporting to Martin Pye, the Birmingham-based tyre maker’s technical director.

Wei arrives at Dunlop from his position as project manager for tyre research and team leader for tyre and brake modelling and simulation at Airbus. His employment in the new position is directly related to the company’s expansion strategy, states chairman Ian Edmondson: “We are looking to get closer to the airframe constructors and Wei’s background will mean that we are better placed to develop new products that meet their future needs.”

Dr Wei has been a research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Materials Processing, after which he worked as a senior engineer in the automotive tyre industry. He is a chartered engineer, and his latest task will be to oversee growth, as Dunlop seeks to consolidate and improve its position in the aeronautical industry as the sole specialist aircraft tyre manufacturer.

28th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Georgia on Toyo’s Mind for Expansion

Toyo Tire is ready to invest in a third Georgia expansion since 2004. Governor Sonny Perdue has revealed to local news sources that the Japanese company will invest a further $270 million in its White, Bartow County facility, creating another 400 jobs.

The company hopes to double output to 5.2 million units a year in 2011, with a total of 850 employees working in the newly-expanded factory.

27th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper to Free Up Domestic Capacity with China Imports

According to reports, Cooper Tire expects to receive around 2.5 million tyres from its Cooper Chengshan Tire facility in China during 2008. The total phase one capacity of the plant is 6.5 million units, and Cooper is planning an expansion of over two million tyres.

21st August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

ExxonMobil Expands Halobutyl Capacity to Meet Tyre Demand

A major capacity expansion at ExxonMobil Chemical’s halobutyl manufacturing facility in Texas, USA has recently been completed, the company announced. The capacity expansion was carried out, says ExxonMobil Chemical, in keeping with its commitment to help meet growing demand for halobutyl rubber. By adding equipment and modifying existing facilities, the Baytown plant has increased its capacity to produce Bromobutyl rubber (brominated butyl rubber) by 60 per cent.

6th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Signs US Truck Tyre Deal With InterStar

An additional 237 service locations for US truck drivers and fleet operators seeking Michelin tyres and emergency roadside assistance are now available thanks to an agreement between Michelin Americas Truck Tires and InterStar North America. The deal, which has already taken effect, brings Michelin tyres into InterStar’s network of roadside service centres across the nation.

“Emergency road service is a vital component in keeping trucks moving across the country,” said Guy Pekle, vice president of replacement sales, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “It is essential for us to ensure that truckers who choose to run on Michelin tyres have the best possible access to our products in an emergency. InterStar has long been a service provider to the trucking community, and we believe that this expansion of Michelin product availability, both standard dual tyres and X One tyres, is a great advantage for truckers.”

5th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Zeus Acquires Liebherr Site

Zeus recently acquired the current offices and workshop complex of Liebherr’s Dortmund plant and equipment services facility. According to company representatives, the move is designed to further Zeus’ global strategic growth programme for large earthmoving, OTR and general industrial tyre filling and puncture proofing solutions.

The new site is located adjacent to Zeus’s main manufacturing plant in Dortmund, Germany. Once the new complex is refurbished and fully equipped, it will add an extra 7,000 square metres of office space, laboratory, manufacturing, distribution and servicing facilities.

4th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

JK Tyre Quarter Profits Hit by Increased Costs

Third quarter profits for JK Tyre & Industries Ltd were dented by rising material costs. Although sales in the three months to June 30,2008 were 17.7 per cent up on the previous year, between April and June the company recorded a net profit of Rs 202.4 million (£2.37 million), an increase of just 0.25 per cent on the previous year’s third quarter. Net sales for the quarter were Rs 8.49 billion (£99.57 million), as opposed to 7.22 billion (£84.68 million) a year earlier.

25th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

MTNA Boosts Production at Madison Plant by 25%

Marangoni Tread North America has increased Ringtread production at its Madison, Tennessee Alpha-Ring manufacturing plant by 25 per cent. The company reports this greater production will accommodate both domestic and global growth. Specifically, 14 per cent more Ring moulds have been installed at the Madison facility in order to handle North American market growth and provide better service to the North American Ringtread dealer network. On top of this, the Madison plant is now shipping Ringtreads to other global markets, and further expansion is scheduled for next year.

23rd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Mona-flexible: Monarch Vulcanising Systems

An effect of the cost pressures of rising retail prices and the refocusing of companies onto issues relating to the environmental impact of their operations is that organisations are increasingly looking to mend, rather than replace, damaged tyres. Guernsey-based manufacturer of tyre repair machinery, Monarch Vulcanising Systems, is able to provide a number of machines for just this purpose. Not only, Monarch claims, are their Monaflex systems suitable for fixing any tyre used in the world today, they are also easily transportable, relatively simple to use, and quickly assembled.

10th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Remoulding Truck Tyres with Insa Turbo

Hall Six’s Booth 307 at Reifen 2008 housed Industrias del Neumatico, S.A.U. from Aspe (Alicante) Spain, who were presenting their new Insa Turbo hot remoulded truck tyres, 4X4 off road tyres and winter car tyres. Also this year, the company exhibited their own private brand Rodatec, which is available in sizes between 15” and 19” and is manufactured by Nexen tyres.

The Spanish company’s focus for the future will be trained on Insa Turbo off road tyres and truck tyres to a large extent, with many new models due for release soon. The firm owns 70 workshops and their wholesale distribution covers all of Spain. However, over 60 percent of tyre production is exported to over 30 countries throughout the world.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Expands Truck Stop Presence

Michelin North America added 32 truck stops to its U.S. truck tire service network.

“Truck stops play a vital role in supplying tires and emergency services for the trucking industry,” said Marc Laferriere, vice president of marketing for Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “This expansion deepens the availability of Michelin products and services along America’s highways and will help to meet the soaring demand for Michelin X One wide single tires, which deliver excellent fuel and weight savings.”

The new truck stops are located on Alabama, California, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Vermont. (Tire Review/Akron)

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Handlopex Looking to International Future

Handlopex of Poland has developed rapidly in its 19 year history under the leadership of CEO, Weislaw Ptaszek, who says of the company’s growth, “The success of Handlopex has been largely achieved by the hard work and professional attitude of our personnel, the customer orientated policy we have adopted and the continuous expansion of our product range.” In pursuing these steps, the company has made itself the leading tyre wholesaler in the country.

The company is able to supply all types of product, encompassing passenger, 4×4, motorcycle, and truck through to OTR, earthmover, industrial, agricultural and even aviation tyres. Steel wheels and tubes also have places in the company’s product portfolio.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Spends on Chilean Production Expansion

Goodyear will double its production capacity at the company’s Maipú plant in Chile, following an investment of US$400 million over the next four years. Chilean business news sources quoted Goodyear’s Chilean president, Claudio Rodríguez Pemjean, stating that despite the 100 per cent proportion of raw materials imported to the factory, Goodyear plans to compensate by increasing the efficiency of the production process and updating its current technologies.

2nd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear To Invest $200 Million in Danville Expansion

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is making what it calls a major investment to keep its aircraft and medium radial truck tire plant in Danville, Virginia. The tyremaker is spending US$200 million to improve the equipment and technology at the factory over the next few years. Money from the state’s tobacco opportunity fund will help pay for the project.

The expansion will not create any new jobs, but company officials say it secures a place for the 2,200 people already working at the plant.

1st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors