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Goodyear Seals US Military Tyre Supply Status

Goodyear has been supplying US military vehicles’ rubber for a century, and that trend looks as though it will march on, as the company announced that it has won the approval of BAE Tactical Vehicle Systems as the standard tyre supplier for a widely used military transport vehicle.

BAE, based in Sealy, Texas, has selected the Goodyear 395/85R20 MV/T tyre as the exclusive fitment for the company’s FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles), the US Army’s vehicle of choice in the 2.5- to 10-tonne capacity. The contract calls for supply of approximately 100,000 tyres to be delivered through 2010. Goodyear manufactures the tyres at its Danville, Virginia factory.

11th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Clairoix Workers Occupy Conti Facility in Sarreguemines

The discovery that 200 burly policemen were waiting for them on the German side of the border led to a spontaneous change of plans for up to 500 workers from Continental’s Clairoix, France factory. Instead of heading in the direction of a company facility in Aachen, the workers have opted to avoid the Polizei and remain on French soil. Thus they have turned their attention to the Conti plant in Sarreguemines.

7th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Expresses Openness to MAG Clairoix Proposal

As of May 6 Continental AG reports that its talks with Dubai’s Moaffaq Al Gaddah (MAG) Group are ‘continuing’, with discussions centring on jointly defining the terms of a possible takeover proposal for Conti’s Clairoix plant. This meeting began the day after management from MAG visited the French factory, 24 hours later than originally planned – the visit was delayed for a day at the request of France’s Ministry for the Economy, Finances and Employment on safety grounds, the site having been closed temporarily following the destruction of fire prevention, alarm and surveillance systems.

7th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Birla Tyres Increases Permanent Staff Numbers, Resumes Production

Indian news sources report production at Birla Tyres’ stoppage-riddled facility in Orissa State has returned to normal, an event accompanied by a rise in the number of permanent employees at the plant. Management is said to have decided upon the resumption of “full production” and the induction of 280 of the factory’s casual workers as permanent employees, boosting permanent payroll numbers to 2,110. The plant’s 450 contractual workers have been upgraded to casual status.

6th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

French Borbet Facility Applies for Insolvency

For the past five years SRF S.A. in the eastern French town of Soultzmatt has belonged to wheel manufacturer the Borbet Group. With a capacity of only around 500,000 alloy wheels per year the factory was indisputably the smallest Borbet operated, and the facility has now applied for insolvency.

Company chief Peter Wilhelm Borbet has expressed his regret regarding the 154 employees affected by this action, however he noted the facility’s operation has been subsidised by Borbet ever since it came under the German firm’s ownership. Borbet added that, in view of the crisis affecting the automotive industry – which suppliers such as Borbet also cannot escape – the company was faced with no other alternative. Whether production will continue at the site is now an issue for the liquidator to decide, yet it seems likely that existing orders can be processed.

27th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Reports: Man Killed in Alliance Factory Accident

An employee was reportedly killed in an industrial accident at Alliance Tire Company’s Hadera factory, according to the Jerusalem Post. Police are said to have launched an investigation into how the accident occurred. The Jerusalem Post reported that factory employees managed to remove the worker – in his fifties – from the machinery he was trapped in however medics were unable to revive him.

17th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre Industry Industrial Unrest in Thailand Reported

Various news sources have reported on disputes between management and workers at the Thailand operations of various international companies, including Michelin and Goodyear. According to Bangkok based publication The Nation, up to five hundred workers demonstrated on a range of issues, including Goodyear (Thailand) laying off 160 workers without any advance notice and Siam Michelin cutting salaries by 13 per cent and reducing working hours.

14th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Monarch: At Home in a Niche Market

Ever since tyres first rolled onto the scene, there has also been a need for tyre repairs. For users of earthmover tyres, which are often used in intense operating conditions, tyre repair represents a particularly substantial contribution towards the maintenance of their value – the costs incurred with these tyres can quickly amount to a high five-digit figure. Since the early 1970s British company Monarch Vulcanising Systems has entirely dedicated itself to this niche market – with continued success, as company president Toni Elderfield shared during Tyrexpo Asia.

9th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama’s Salem, US Factory Receives ‘Forever Forest’ Treatment

A tree-planting day will be held at Yokohama Tire’s Salem factory in the US state of Virginia as part of the company’s “Forever Forest” project. On April 4, company employees and volunteers from the local community are set to plant 2,000 trees, thereby helping to offset the plant’s carbon dioxide emissions. The assembled team will be guided in their activities by Japanese ecologist, 2006 Blue Planet prizewinner Akira Miyawaki.

1st April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Spring Cleaning Your Warehouse?

Too much wasted space, can’t find what you want, difficult to store and retrieve goods? These are classic symptoms of a disorganised warehouse. You just know that there must be a better way, but what is it? This is where Polish company Arcom can help, as it is in the business of supplying effective storage solutions.

Arcom designs and manufactures welded metal racking mainly for the automotive and related industries. In particular a variety of racks for the storage of tyres: small tyres, medium tyres, big tyres, very big tyres, in fact every kind of tyre that you can imagine. So whether you run a shop, a farm, a tyre services depot or even a huge tyre factory, there is a product to suit you. The company appreciates that tyres have to be moved about so it also manufactures trolleys.

31st March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

BF SRL Offers New Designs

B.F.srl, the ISO 9001:2000 certified wheel balancing weight maker, is offering an increasingly wide range of balancing weights made from zinc, lead, steel and tin, which it exported to more than 50 countries throughout the world last year. Recent investments in technologically advanced plant and machinery, have resulted in the establishment of a new factory for plastic coating treatment and the introduction of adhesive weights in steel galvanized, plastic coated with epoxy powders of grey and black colour. The latter comes in response to the company’s “constant attention and curiosity” of what is new in the wheels field. However, according to company literature B.F.srl’s offers another key strength to – it offers “a quality product at a very competitive price.”

31st March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Fire Reported at Pirelli’s Burton Plant

Fire crews attended a callout to the Pirelli factory in Burton on the morning of March 30 after a blaze was reported at the site. Upon arriving at the premises at 7am, firefighters discovered a forklift truck on the first floor of the factory’s manufacturing plant was on fire. The fire was brought under control within about three quarters of an hour, but it is not yet known how much damage has been caused.

30th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Romania Plant To Resume Production

The Michelin Romania factory at Zalau, in Silvania, will resume production after an 18-day stoppage. The reason for the stoppage was given as an adjustment in tyre orders, due to the state of the market.
The factory’s 1,300 employees participated in training programmes during the shut-down. A spokesperson for the company said that the April work programme had not been finalised, but there are press reports that production could be halted for a week, most likely round the Easter holidays.

Michelin Romania’s marketing manager, Alina Ghica, is quoted as saying that Michelin’s sales for last year were up on 2007’s figures, but she cannot make estimates for 2009, although sales for the first two months are believed to have increased, but at a lower rate of growth. Estimates are that the Romanian replacement tyre market increased by a minimum of eight per cent last year, rising to 2.2 million units.

27th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin’s Ardmore Plant Returning to Full Work Schedule Mid-April

Workers at Michelin North America’s Ardmore, Oklahoma passenger and light truck tyre facility will return to a full work schedule in mid-April, says company spokeswoman Lynn Mann. The factory has been operating at reduced capacity since last November, when approximately 240 employees were placed on eight-week furloughs. In February, Michelin announced plans to reduce production at the plant.

The reduced work period ends on April 13, said Mann. Following this date, employees will return to normal work schedules.

26th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Temporary Positions Eliminated at Michelin Dundee

Local media sources indicate that a number of temporary staff at Michelin’s factory in Dundee have lost their jobs. The Evening Telegraph states it was contacted on March 25 by a worker affected by this decision, who complained that the company was eliminating positions at the Dundee site starting with temporary workers. Plant personnel manager Ian Peart confirmed to the newspaper that staff are indeed being let go, but claimed Michelin’s decision was not related to the current economic crisis.

25th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors