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Sustainability key to agri tyre design, says Trelleborg

During recent agricultural trade shows – Agritechnica in Germany and SIMA in France – Trelleborg Wheel Systems asked more than 300 agricultural sector opinion leaders what issues they viewed as key to agriculture and important in future tyre development. The Swedish firm reports that 72 per cent of those surveyed stated they considered sustainability a key issue. When it came to tyre design, 84 per cent thought lowering environmental impact should be taken into consideration in future agriculture tyre designs while 73 per cent said they believe a tyre that reduced environmental impact could actually improve farm productivity and efficiency.

17th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Dmack launches two new WRC tyres at Monte Carlo

Dmack Tyres will introduce two new tyres for its second season in the FIA World Rally Championship at next week’s series opener, Rallye Monte Carlo, which returns to WRC after a few years away. The tyre brand says it will approach the 2012 season “with a sense of optimism and confidence” after Ott Tanak achieved a top-six performance on the series-closing Rally GB using its tyres; Dmack says 2011 was largely “a development year”, and has now developed two new asphalt tyres specifically to cope with the demands of a rally steeped in motorsport heritage.

16th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

The ‘right app’ changes everything?

Michelin is right chuffed that three of its apps have appeared on the list of the best App Store applications for 2011. The three to make the list are ViaMichelin Mobile in the navigation category for iPhone, Restaurants in the Michelin guide France in the lifestyle category for iPhone and the MichelinFrance map in the navigation category for iPad. In 2011, a total of 1,400,000 Michelin applications were downloaded from the App Store.

5th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Couasnon named Michelin’s next Competitions director

Pascal Couasnon is to take over as director of the Michelin Group’s Competitions Department upon Nick Shorrock’s retirement on 2 April, 2012, the tyre maker has announced. The 50-year old, who joined the Michelin Group in 1987, currently holds the position of director of technical and scientific communication in the company’s Communications and Brands Department, a role he commenced in 2010.

21st December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Mitas to acquire Tribatyre

Mitas, a leading OE supplier of off-road tyres, has announced plans to acquire Tribatyre, headquartered in Uden in The Netherlands. According to the company, Tribatyre and Mitas plan to sign the purchase agreement on 8 December with the contract set to take effect 1 January 2012. Mitas reports that opening its new sales distribution office and warehouse in Uden will improve services and increase market share in the Netherlands and Belgium. The announcement was made at Agribex, the leading Belgian farming fair.

7th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Screwed up’ – Titan’s Taylor responds to lapsed Goodyear agri deal

The put option Goodyear had for its Amiens plant in France, which was to be sold to Titan Tire Corporation following completion of a social plan for the closing of the site’s passenger car tyre business, expired on 30 November. It now appears that Titan will drop its tentative acquisition of the European component of Goodyear’s agricultural tyre business, shredding plans first drawn up in 2009, and pursue acquisition opportunities elsewhere.

2nd December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Motorists back current MOT regime

A poll of motorists by the Institute of Advanced Motorists reveals that 60 per cent think that a car's first MOT should continue to be carried out after three years. Only 29 per cent think we should move to a European system.

23rd November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Lanxess considering 4th SSBR plant

At its ‘Rubber Days’ event held in Japan and South Korea during November, chemical company Lanxess reported it currently working on a feasibility study regarding switching production at its Triunfo site in Brazil from emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR), which is used in standard tyres to solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR). According to the German company, ESBR capacity at Triunfo is currently 110,000 tonnes per annum and a changeover to SSBR would “potentially require a medium-size, double-digit million euro investment.” A final decision on converting the Triunfo facility in order to supplement existing SSBR production in Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Brazil), Orange (USA) and Port Jérôme (France) will be made in mid-2012.

21st November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tools for electric and hybrid vehicles

Tool manufacturer Facom is introducing a new range dedicated to the safe maintenance and repair of hybrid and electric vehicles. Known as the EVT (Electric Vehicle Tools) range, these insulated tools have been designed specifically to protect mechanics working on electric and hybrid vehicles. The "high voltage" systems in these vehicles can have up to 500 volts running through some cables – enough to cause serious harm or even death.

18th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

VW and its Golf remain Europe’s leading brand and model

According to the latest vehicle registration figures, the Volkswagen Golf remains Europe’s best-selling car despite a sales decrease of 2.5 per cent in October compared to a year earlier (its sales also fell 1.8 per cent measured year-to-date). The Volkswagen Polo, with sales up by 1.2 per cent in October, regained second place while the Ford Fiesta claimed third, selling 26,553 vehicles.

17th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New Rhodia CEO named

Following the company’s friendly acquisition by Belgium-based chemical companySolvay, the functions of chairman and CEO at Rhodia have been separated. Gilles Auffret has been appointed CEO of Rhodia and a member of Solvay’s executive committee. Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, deputy CEO of Solvay, remains chairman of Rhodia.

10th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Rhodia inaugurates expanded US silica plant

The expansion work at Rhodia’s Chicago Heights dispersible silica production facility in the US state of Illinois is now complete and the enhanced site has been officially inaugurated. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony the company, along with customers, key business partners and public officials, celebrated the addition of an additional 16,000 tons to Rhodia’s North American output, a quantity that lifts capacity in the region by a third.

10th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

French Westlake distributor announces expansion plans

Distri Cash, exclusive distributor of the Westlake tyre brand in France, recently announced plans to more than double the number of retail outlets it operates over the next three years. Laurent Charlé, purchase manager at Distri Cash, explained “we currently have nine shops and we intend to increase this number to 20 to 25 over the next three years.” On the wholesale side of the business, at present Distri Cash services its 6,000 or so customers from eight warehouses, the last of which entered operation last year.

4th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Point S to make announcement of ‘global proportions’ at SEMA

Point S and Independent Tire Dealers Group, a US-based organisation that represents more than 350 independent tyre and automotive service locations across 27 states, have announced they will make a “special announcement of global proportions” at the SEMA show in Las Vegas tomorrow. No further details regarding the announcement’s content have been made public, yet tomorrow’s statement should finally shed light on comments made by Point S Development director Jürgen Benz in April; at the time, Benz reported plans for the France-based operation to hold concrete negotiations with potential network partners in the US, and he stated he was “firmly convinced that the first Point S flags will soon flutter in North America.”

31st October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

UK wing mirror supplier moves into export market

The UK’s leading supplier of wing mirrors, based in Bury, Lancashire, is entering the export market, taking its product to numerous countries, including Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, Malta, Norway and France. Wing Mirror Man started in January 2006 and provides new wing mirrors to the public and trade. It supplies mirrors suitable for 29 vehicle manufacturers, covering more than 500 car models, and in excess of 4,000 different types and makes of wing mirrors.

25th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors