You are here: / finland

Posts

Nokian accused of rigging tyre test results for a decade

, , ,

Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti has accused Nokian Tyres of making bespoke tyres for tyre testers in order to improve its test results. And what’s worse the paper says it has been going on for 10 years. Kauppalehti cites internal Nokian emails it has seen as being evidence supporting its story.

Following the publication of this story, Nokian Tyres has issued a statement saying it “regrets” any “mistakes” it made in the way it handled magazine tyre tests.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Top tyre manufacturers deny involvement in tyre test manipulation
  2. Honesty is the best policy
  3. Nokian Tyres: Test rigging case referred to Prosecutor’s Office
  4. Millbrook buys Test World
/by

Autodata confirms acquisition of Autodata Oy Nordic

,

Autodata has purchased Autodata Oy Nordic, an official distributor in Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia for over 34 years. The acquisition comes a year after Autodata launched a completely new online product to provide workshops with technical information, instructions and diagnostics. Autodata Oy Nordic will take on the Autodata brand, but will retain their current offices based in Pälkäne.

Read more

Related news:

  1. European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association ADPA established
  2. Autodata offers aftermarket data embedding options
  3. Autodata showcasing bulb and motocycle developments at Equip Auto 2019
  4. ZC Rubber shares double digit output growth plans at African dealer meeting
/by

Continental compares WinterContact TS 860 with 15-year-old tyres…and cars

, , ,

What a difference 15 years makes. Perhaps the most interesting example Continental offered was its “Evolution of Winter Tire Performance” demonstration at this year’s ContiTechnikForum in Finland. In short Continental invited journalists and tyre testers to experience the performance gap between the ContiWinterContact TS 790 V’s turn of the millennium technology and what the new WinterContact TS 860 has to offer. The twist was that – in order to emphasise the difference – the old tyre was fitted to a new BMW 1-series and the new tyre was fitted to a 15-year old 3-series. Not having the benefit of the latest braking and on-board electronics technology, this gave the advantage to the old tyre and put the new tyre at a theoretical disadvantage.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Continental producing first Taraxagum-based test tyres
  2. Millbrook buys Test World
  3. Top tyre manufacturers deny involvement in tyre test manipulation
  4. Truck tyre replacement demand up 14 per cent
/by

Hankook building winter tyre proving ground in Finland

,

Ivalo is the destination of choice for many tyre makers when it comes to testing winter and cold weather products, and Hankook Tire has announced plans to establish its own European winter tyre testing facility near the Finnish village. The company recently signed a contract to build this together with Test World Oy.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Technotrac: Hankook Tire opens own winter test facility in Finland
  2. Millbrook buys Test World
  3. Michelin buys ‘Fox Farm’ test centre in Ivalo, Finland
  4. Technotrac facility helps Hankook reduce costs, increase efficiency of winter testing
/by

Michelin buys ‘Fox Farm’ test centre in Ivalo, Finland

, ,

Michelin has acquired the “Fox Farm” artic test centre in Ivalo, Finland in order to “reinforce its testing and approval operations for winter tyres for passenger cars, vans and trucks”.

Michelin, which made the purchase through its Michelin European Technology Centre, reports that it has operated the site for more than 20 years on an exclusive basis, regularly carrying out its testing and approval operations for winter tyres there. According to the company, the purchase guarantees Michelin can control its own test equipment and “top up” its winter testing resources, which range from Alpine passes to the Finnish plains as well as indoor infrastructures.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Millbrook buys Test World
  2. Top tyre manufacturers deny involvement in tyre test manipulation
  3. Hankook building winter tyre proving ground in Finland
  4. Test World opens newly expanded indoor proving ground
/by

Nokian reshuffles management team

,

At the end of October Nokian Tyres changed its operational structure to “strengthen the company’s product and innovation leadership, end-to-end supply operations and sales and distribution management”. The move also follows the departure of one of the firm’s senior executives. According to Nokian, the former head of Passenger car tyre operations, Rami Helminen, has decided to leave the company and “continue his career elsewhere”. Rami Helminen was appointed as Nokian vice president, Car and Van Tyres nine years ago, a role he took on on 1 March 2006.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Management Changes at Nokian Tyres
  2. Nokian Begins Lay-off Negotiations
  3. Nokian Begins Job Cut Talks
  4. Nokian Confirms Lay-Offs
/by

Nokian Tyres laying off 122 in Finland

The statutory negotiations regarding Nokian Tyres’ passenger car tyre factory in Finland ended today, and the tyre maker reports that 122 people will lose their jobs. Adjustments will also be made to production capacity.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Nokian Tyres to lower production, lay off workers in Finland
  2. Nokian Tyres: Layoffs, dismissals at Finnish plant
  3. Nokian Tyres eliminating 41 jobs at Finnish plant
  4. Nokian Production Cuts Mean Layoffs on the Cards
/by

Millbrook buys Test World

, , ,

Millbrook, the well-known vehicle test, validation and engineering service provider, signed a contract to acquire specialist winter test centre Test World on 14 September. No price-tag has been publically released.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Hankook building winter tyre proving ground in Finland
  2. Michelin buys ‘Fox Farm’ test centre in Ivalo, Finland
  3. Technotrac: Hankook Tire opens own winter test facility in Finland
  4. Test World opens newly expanded indoor proving ground
/by

Unseasonably cool – Hankook presents all-season, winter tyre ranges at Test World

When it comes to testing a vehicle or tyre’s winter aptitude, few places in the world better are suited to the job than the Finnish village of Ivalo, some 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The average daily temperature struggles to rise above -10⁰C in the dark months of January and February, and for half the year the white stuff beloved by skiers is abundantly present. No surprise then that Test World, the internationally-renown vehicle and tyre tester and type approval centre, chose to set up shop just outside Ivalo. But what does Test World do in summer, when its ice and snow circle turns into a massive birdbath? It moves winter indoors.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Hankook building winter tyre proving ground in Finland
  2. Technotrac: Hankook Tire opens own winter test facility in Finland
  3. Test World opens newly expanded indoor proving ground
  4. Hankook all-season range to receive global premiere at Autopromotec
/by

Giti makes Nordic and France/Benelux management appointments

,

Giti Tire has strengthened its Northern European operations with Åke Älmdalen appointed as Business Development Manager – Nordics and Amaury Pouzet extending his remit to General Manager – France and Benelux. Åke Älmdalen will be responsible for increasing existing business in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden across both Passenger Car and Light Truck (PCR) […]

Read more

Related news:

  1. European commission approves 3.2 billion euros of battery research support
  2. Richard Lyons joins Trelleborg as North Region general manager, UK MD
  3. Nokian appoints Pantioukhov as interim president/CEO
  4. ATEQ appoints Agneta Ronceret
/by

Nokian Tyres to lower production, lay off workers in Finland

,

The the economic situation in Russia and the CIS countries has led to a downgrade in Nokian Tyres’ 2015 outlook. The Finnish tyre maker says sales of passenger car tyres have continued to decline in this region, and those tyres being purchased within the Russian market are increasingly lower B or C segment brand products. The company’s own sales in Russia were down 39.1 per cent year-on-year during the first half of 2015.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Nokian to ‘adjust’ output at Finnish plant
  2. Nokian Tyres charged 59 million euros extra tax in Finland
  3. Nokian Tyres: US factory launch team training in Europe
  4. Nokian Tyres adjusting output in Russia, freezes hiring at new USA plant
/by

Nokian Tyres’ tax ruling overturned

In December 2013 and January 2014, Finland’s Tax Administration ordered Nokian Tyres plc to pay additional taxes totalling €100.3 million following a reassessment of the 2007 to 2010 tax years. The tyre maker appealed this decision and now reports that The Board of Adjustment within Finland’s Large Taxpayers’ Office has annulled the reassessment decision and returned the matter back to the Tax Administration for reprocessing.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Nokian handed additional tax bill
  2. Tax bill: Nokian Tyres wins appeal
  3. Nokian’s Hakkapeliitta Gains Finish Trademark Protection
  4. Nokian Tyres stopping production for two weeks in April
/by

Goodyear Dunlop opens winter test circuit in Finland

,

Goodyear Dunlop has opened a new winter tyre testing facility, the Arctic Centre, in Ivalo, Finland. Located 300 km north of the Arctic Circle, near the town of Ivalo in North Eastern Finland, the Arctic Centre is one of Europe’s leading winter tyre testing centres, and as of December 2014, will be exclusively used by Goodyear Dunlop. Jean-Pierre Jeusette, general director of Goodyear’s Innovation Centre, Laurent Colantonio, director of global tyre performance prediction and, representing the company‘s Nordic Region, Ludvig Nauckhoff, general manager Nordic were present as the ribbon was cut.

Membership Required

If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber, you can change that here.

Subscribe now

Becoming a member has benefits such as:

  • Read our sector-leading articles in full
  • Full analysis of tyre business segments
  • Read Tyres & Accessories magazine online/in print

Already a member? Log in here

Related news:

  1. Hankook building winter tyre proving ground in Finland
  2. Millbrook buys Test World
  3. Continental compares WinterContact TS 860 with 15-year-old tyres…and cars
  4. Top tyre manufacturers deny involvement in tyre test manipulation
/by

Sami Toljamo becomes Test World MD

Sami Toljamo has been appointed managing director of well-known Finnish test centre Test World effective 3 November 2014. According to the company, Toljamo has strong background in international business and in managing test facilities.

Read more

Related news:

  1. TestWorld building year-round winter test centre in Summer 2012
  2. Millbrook buys Test World
  3. Test World appoints new business development director
  4. Test World opens new tracks to ‘meet growing customer demand’
/by

Nokian to ‘adjust’ output at Finnish plant

,

Nokian Tyres intends to implement a series of measures at its passenger car tyre factory in Nokia, Finland to “adjust the production to meet the market situation.” It will begin statutory negotiations with this goal in mind on 25 September. Nokian says its negotiating aim is to adjust how production capacity is utilised and to create cost savings.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Nokian Tyres to lower production, lay off workers in Finland
  2. Nokian Heavy Tyres lifting production capacity by 50%
  3. Nokian Tyres: Layoffs, dismissals at Finnish plant
  4. Nokian Tyres eliminating 41 jobs at Finnish plant
/by

We see you are visiting us from China.

If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com. Or click below to continue on Tyrepress.