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Stoner claims Laguna Seca victory on soft rear slick

Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner claimed victory from behind as he rolled the dice on a softer rear tyre than his championship rivals at Laguna Seca. Approaching the race differently to his main championship rivals Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Dani Pedrosa, Stoner trailed Lorenzo for most of the race, but having managed his tyres well he was able to exploit the extra rear grip on offer to pass Lorenzo down the main straight on the entry to turn one on lap twenty-two. While only six of the twenty-one riders on the grid selected the harder compound for the rear, the four riders between second and fifth all chose the medium compound Bridgestone tyre. Stoner remains in third position in the riders standings, though his fourth victory of the season means he narrows the gap to Lorenzo to thirty-two points and just nine to Pedrosa.

30th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Work starts on latest Hangzhou Zhongce factory

The China Rubber Industry Association reports that Hangzhou Zhongce began work on a new facility in China on June 15. The first phase of the project is expected to be complete by the end of next year, at which the plant will be capable of producing ten million high performance passenger car tyres and light truck tyres. An investment of RMB 2.4 billion (£240.8 million) is required for this initial phase; in total, the project will take six to eight years to complete and involve an investment of RMB 8 billion (£802.9 million). First phase annual sales are expected to reach RMB 4 billion (£401.5 million), growing to over RMB 20 billion when the project is complete.

30th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo’s second Chinese plant enters service

On 16 July Sumitomo Rubber Industries officially opened its second tyre factory in China. The Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co. Ltd plant, located in the city of Changsha, is set up for the manufacture of passenger car tyres. Production got underway in July and plant capacity will reach 15,000 units a day by the end of next year. Full stage one capacity of 30,000 units a day is expected to be attained by the end of 2015. A total of some US$297 million is being invested in the 550,000 square metre, 100 per cent Sumitomo-owned facility.

25th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama extending biodiversity programme in 2012

Yokohama Rubber has reported on its environment-related activities at several of the company’s Japanese plants. The various actions Yokohama is undertaking or plans to initiate focus on preserving the biodiversity in each plant’s surrounding area; the company commenced its biodiversity programme at the Mie car and truck tyre factory in the 2011 financial year and extended it to the Shinshiro and Mishima car and light truck tyre plants in the first half of this year. Programmes will get underway at the Ibaraki and Nagano rubber products plants in the second half of 2012.

23rd July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Lorenzo wins at Mugello on Bridgestone hard tyres

Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo dominated the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso. Bridgestone’s special construction rear slick tyre, provided in order to give riders another option for dealing with Mugello’s abrasiveness and high track temperatures of around 49°C, was only used by Casey Stoner, who finished eighth; the rest of the top ten all used the hard slicks on both front and rear.

16th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin falls foul of NGOs in India

French catholic NGO CCFD-Terre Solidaire reports that it and two Indian partners, the Tamil Nadu Land Rights Federation and Thervoy Sangam, together with NGOs Sherpa and the CGT, have reported Michelin to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for alleged violation of the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises. In a press statement dated 10 July, CCFD-Terre Solidaire accuses the tyre maker of not taking the needs and heritage of the local Dalit people – better known to the world as the Untouchable caste – into adequate consideration while erecting its plant in India’s Tamil Nadu state.

16th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli granted approval to build Indonesian factory

According to the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board, or BKPM, Pirelli intends to invest US$126 million in a new tyre factory within the company. Reuters reports Chatib Basri, who was appointed chairman of the Board in June, as saying “we gave approval a few days ago for Pirelli to invest in Indonesia. They want to build a tyre factory."

12th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Russian Pirelli production to commence in 2014

On 10 July, the general director of Pirelli Tyre Russia and Pirelli S.p.A. chief procurement officer, Carlo Costa, met with Voronezh Region governor Alexey Gordeyev to discuss plans for the Voronezh Tyre Plant, which the Italian tyre maker acquired together with Russian Technologies earlier this year. During the meeting, Costa revealed that Pirelli will invest in modernising the facility with a view to producing Pirelli-branded tyres there from 2014.

11th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pedrosa takes third win at Sachsenring in MotoGP

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa won the German Grand Prix to secure his third consecutive triumph at Sachsenring, having used Bridgestone’s hardest compound MotoGP tyres to combat the heavy abrasion of the circuit. Shinji Aoki – manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Department said that the company had “advised some riders to use the harder rear slick” following analysis completed during the warm-up session, and while all but one rider fitted the extra hard front slicks for greater cornering stability and durability, the field was split on rear tyre choice, with all CRT riders using the softer medium compound.

9th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Egypt workers gain presidential ear

A sit-in involving some three hundred workers from Pirelli’s factory in Alexandria, Egypt, ended after assurances were made that their grievances would be presented to Egypt’s newly sworn in President, Mohamed Morsi. The Egypt Independent shares that the workers staged the sit-in in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on 5 July to protest against alleged violations of labour laws.

6th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to increase TBR capacity in Poland

Production capacity at Bridgestone’s Polish subsidiary, Bridgestone Stargard Sp. z o.o., is to be increased by more than 50 per cent. Bridgestone says the decision has been made to invest approximately 120 million euros in the Stargard truck and bus radial factory to give it an additional 1,350 tyres per day capacity, bringing total daily capacity to 3,750 tyres. The expansion is expected to be complete during the second half of 2014.

6th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Metro has eye on passenger car market

Indian manufacturer Metro Tyres aims to significantly increase its share of India’s motorcycle tyre market and is considering entering the passenger car tyre segment after 2015. Managing director Rummy Chhabra disclosed this information to news agency the Press Trust of India while outlining the company’s investment plan for the next few years. PTI has not given any specific information on Metro’s intended activities within the passenger car tyre business, such as the extent, if at all, technology partner Continental will be involved.

4th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

SKF launches new seal for motorcycles and ATVs

SKF has launched an innovative new integrated monotube seal, designed for use with motorcycles and all terrain vehicles (ATVs), including quad bikes and snowmobiles, where it can replace multi-component seal assemblies on rear wheel shock absorbers.

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Cordiant to invest in Omskshina plant

According to OJSC Cordiant director Dmitry Sokov, management at the tyre maker, which formerly operated under the name Sibur-Russian Tyres, has proposed its shareholders invest some US$400 million in the development of tyre production at the company’s Omskshina factory in Russia’s Omsk region. This plan involves several investment projects, including new production facilities for giant tyres and passenger car tyres.

27th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli fantasy game a ‘nice tie-in’ with National Motorsport Week

Pirelli has confirmed its support for National Motorsport Week 2012, which will take place between 30 June and 8 July. The week-long annual initiative, jointly promoted by the Motorsport Industry Association and the Motor Sports Association, is a celebration of motorsport book-ended by two of the country’s premier motorsport events: the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Santander British Formula One Grand Prix. National Motorsport Week features a wide range of initiatives and activities, ranging from novice taster events run by local motor clubs to factory visits and open days at many of the UK’s premier motorsport organisations.

27th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors