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French Car Plant Workers Hold-Off Factory Bomb Threats

Factory bomb threats have reportedly taken over from so-called “bossnappings” (where factory managers are held hostage) on the part of French automotive worker faced with plant closures. According to news reports, workers at the New Fabris plant have voted to remove gas canisters they were using as explosives, union representatives are quoted as saying. In return for holding off their plans for what can perhaps be described as corporate terrorism (others may describe it as economic freedom fighting) the company’s union is demanding 30,000 euros (£25,870; $42,470) each from Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen for all of its displaced employees. The combined figure of 60,000 is nearly ten times what Renault and Peugeot have committed to after buying New Fabris’ remaining shares, “subject to quality guarantees, on condition that the money goes to the company’s former workers.” The two car makers are New Fabris’ biggest customers.

20th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Clairoix Workers Face Property Damage Charges

Several hundred employees from Continental AG’s Clairoix facility in France assembled outside a courthouse on July 17 during the appearance of seven of their colleagues. The seven workers were answering charges related to property damage at a regional government office in April. If found guilty, the accused face up to five years imprisonment and a fine of up to 75,000 euros.

The seven are accused of stormed the office in April following the Clairoix factory’s announced closure. Furniture and computers were thrown from windows and files were removed from cabinets and strewn about. Authorities estimate that around 40,000 euros worth of damage occurred.

17th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Scorpion Introduces Exhaust System for Focus ST

Those with a penchant for modifying their ‘motor’ have long cast a favourable eye upon the Ford Focus ST. Early examples of the hot hatch are now emerging from their warranty window – and Scorpion is ready and waiting with its Focus ST sports exhaust system.

The exhaust manufacturer reports it has created a 63mm diameter system that perfectly balances optimum gas flow with the required back-pressure to keep the turbo spinning ‘on song’ throughout the rev range.

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Century Textiles Resumes Rayon Tyre Yarn Production

Following a half-year pause, India’s Century Textiles & Industries Ltd has resumed the production of rayon tyre yarn at its factory in Kalyan, Maharashtra state. Production had been suspended in February due to market conditions, and the decision to resume production on July 1 means that overall annual production capacity will fall about 12 per cent, as opposed to the previously estimated 25 per cent. The company states, however, that ongoing market conditions may necessitate further decisions being taken.

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Revolution Gets Winrace Wheel Made To Order

Revolution Motorstore recently went the extra mile in terms of customer service when a discerning Subaru 22B owner gave them the chance to show off. According to the company, “the highly desirable homologation special demands a different offset from all other classic Subaru models, and for those with a real eye for detail, also used a different shade of gold on its wheels to any other Subaru model.” With the client looking to upgrade to an 18-inch rim that properly filled the arches, without having to resort to spacers, Revolution called on the company’s special relationship with the Braid factory in Spain and ordered a set of unique wheels, complete with the perfect bowl and offset for the car.

10th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

M.I.G. Talk of New Retreading Factory

M.I.G. is a major rubber industry company with headquarters located in Anagni some 50 kilometres south of Rome. During its 50 years in existence the company has gained extensive knowledge and experience in the tyre retreading field. Consequently, it says that it has been able to establish an outstanding reputation for product quality and service excellence. M.I.G. manufactures and exports curing tubes, bladders and envelopes throughout the world.

The company has recently completed the building of a new state-of-the-art factory covering an area of 30,000 square metres. From here M.I.G. says that it will be able to meet the demands of all retreaders, be it for hot cure process with tube or bladder presses or, for precure plants with double envelope, envelope/tube or a rimless envelope system.

10th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Ellerbrock Mixing Plant Doubles Output After Fire

Earlier this week Ellerbrock Reifenrunderneuerungs-Technologie GmbH puts its new North Hamburg (Henstedt-Ulzburg) mixing facility into operation. As a result of the six million euro investment, the plant has also taken on a completely new role within the Marangoni Group.

9th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Retreader Best in the Country

A Bandvulc employee has scored the highest mark in the country for Retread Process Workship Practice. Justin Holloway was one of eight from the Ivybridge-based company that successfully completed the City & Guilds course. The eight employees started the course in September 2008 with weekly in-house tuition and self study covering all 12 sections of the syllabus. The course ran until April 2009 and included all areas within the retread process from initial inspection to final inspection, quality, health & safety and rubber technology.

Participants in these courses, which Bandvulc has run for the last 15 years, include employees from all areas of the company. As well as classroom tuition time is also spent on factory floor where they get ‘hands on’ experience in activities such as patch repairing a tyre. They also gain a greater understanding of damaged tyres, reasons for removal and load and speed ratings, to name but a few. Even those not directly involved in the retreading process benefit greatly from the course. For example, staff in Bandvulc Tyre Contracts find the knowledge they acquire about narratives and terminology enables them to converse more fully with service providers.

8th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Announces New Scotland Logistics Provider

Goodyear Dunlop’s Truck Business Unit this week announced a new strategic partnership with McConechy’s Tyre and Exhaust Centres. Under the partnership agreement, McConechy’s will become the group’s truck tyre logistics provider for independent dealers throughout Scotland. The partnership is, comments Goodyear Dunlop, the final piece of the jigsaw in its tyre delivery system. McConechy’s will join truck tyre specialists Bandvulc, who cover England and Wales, and Goodyear Dunlop’s factory direct delivery system to service the whole of the UK.

7th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

B.F. s.r.l. Increases Production Capacity

Since 2003 B.F. s.r.l. has been one of the leading producers of car balance weights using tin and zinc in compliance with European directive 2000/53/EC. Recently, development of the factory’s clip plant has enabled the production capacity to be greatly increased.

At Autopromotec B.F.’s representative, M. Prestini advised T&A, “The company has always followed a practice of using a plastic coating for weights. This procedure was established initially to cover the balancing weights sold to Nordic countries where resistance to corrosion was paramount. With the introduction of zinc balance weights, as a replacement for lead, the company carried out numerous evaluation tests and using the results from this, coupled with the knowledge and experience gained from our many years in the wheel weights industry. It was obvious that zinc weights also needed to be coated.

“One of the strongest reasons for using a plastic coating on zinc weights is in order to avoid the possibility of a rogue electrical charge when an uncoated weight contacts the alloy wheel, the weight is likely, in a very short space of time, become completely oxidized. B.F. fully respects the standards for wheel weights required by car manufacturers, to meet a minimum of 500 hours saline fog test resistance.”

7th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Fulda Factory Receives Second Bomb Threat

Production at Goodyear Dunlop’s Fulda factory in central Germany had barely began to return to half-normal on Tuesday June 30 when the plant received a second bomb threat. The police was called and again the site was sealed off to minimise danger to employees and suppliers. Whether the caller is the same man alleged to have called a day earlier, causing production to stop for twelve hours, is not clear.

30th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Social Measures for Conti Clairoix Employees Outlined in Agreement

On Friday June 25 the four parties involved in talks over Continental’s Clairoix tyre factory in France met in Paris to sign an agreement on the course of future negotiations. Representatives from the French Government, Conti’s French and German management and employee representatives signed their names on a document based upon the preliminary agreement concluded on June 6. The signing of this agreement is, says Continental, an “important step for all the employees as this document includes the main negotiated social measures of the jobs safeguard plan” as well as the details of their implementation.

29th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Workers Strike Against Noyelles-les-Seclin Plant Closure

Michelin’s Noyelles-les-Seclin factory in northern France was reportedly brought to a standstill on June 29 by striking workers protesting against plans to close the site next year. This news was published by the AFP press service based upon information provided by Force Ouvrière union delegate Gilles Cocquerez; according to Cocquerez, ninety per cent of staff at the plant near Lille went out on strike, and between 150 and 200 people staged a march through the town centre. A spokeswoman for Michelin confirmed that the factory’s production had indeed come to a halt.

29th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bomb Scare at Goodyear’s Fulda Factory

Goodyear reports that a factory belonging to its German subsidiary was subject to a bomb scare on June 29. The company’s Fulda facility in central Germany received an anonymous threat at 11.00am, and police were notified. Goodyear states that at this stage the caller’s genuineness cannot be ascertained, however both the police and Goodyear Dunlop are taking appropriate measures and are boosting security at the site. As part of a range of preventative measures to ensure the safety of employees and neighbouring residents, the Fulda plant was evacuated.

Police action continued during the afternoon of June 29. A police search of the works as of 3.00pm local time had provided no further information regarding the incident.

29th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

New Kei Racing Daito Wheel

Kei Racing has released the latest of four designs from their all-new 2009 Collection. Fresh from their factory comes a multispoke design intended for a multitude of fitments. The stunning Daito comes in two finishes. Either a highly polished machined face contrasted against flawless gloss black details or stunning Hyper-Silver. 17 and 18 sizes are available in nearly all 4 and 5 stud pattern fitments, covering nearly all Jap, Euro, Tuner and Prestige models. Prices start at just £138.83 for the 17-inch version.

22nd June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors