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Outsourcing to ContiNetwork Brings Transporter Significant Savings

Purfleet, Essex-based logistics company, FP Young Transport Limited has been experiencing significant savings and greater ease of use following the company’s decision to outsource the management of its fleet’s tyres to ContiNetwork partner TAB Tyres.

Since handing over its tyre administration to TAB, FP Young’s progressive shift to Continental’s rubbers is resulting in longer tyre life, resulting in fewer tyres being fitted and vehicle downtime being reduced. The structured tyre management process based on the five-stage ContiLifeCycle is ensuring that optimum life is obtained from every tyre through specifying the correct tyre from the outset and then re-grooving and re-treading when the time comes.

31st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Sales, Profits Down in 1st Half 2008

In its first half 2008 results, Michelin has reported sales and net income slightly down on the same period last year. Net sales of 8.239 billion euros in the six months to June 30 represent a decrease of 1.9 per cent, however Michelin calculates that, at constant scope and exchange rates, this figure actually indicates a 4.2 per cent rise over last year. The company’s operating income of 708 million euros in the half-year was 11.3 per cent less than that in the corresponding period last year, and the operating margin of 8.6 per cent was down 0.9 pt. Net income, at 430 million euros, is 1.4 per cent lower than in 2007.

30th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Accura Mobile Delivers Easy Nitrogen Option

Having launched the new Accura Mobile – a Nitrogen tyre inflation cart – at Reifen this year, PCL has noted the increasing popularity of the machine, which is now available on the British market. The firm states that demand for nitrogen tyre inflation is rising fast in the UK, and PCL has pre-empted its popularity with the affordable yet high performance machine.

The compact N2 cart is designed for tyre shops, workshops, car dealerships, and transport depots, boasting ease of use, operated with an industry standard bottle or direct from a nitrogen generator and can be preset for a standard inflation top up, or operated with an N2 function for a purge and fill cycle. The Accura can inflate six tyres simultaneously, running off a sealed lead acid battery or a direct mains line.

28th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tenneco to Transfer Rubber Moulding Operations to Mexico

Automotive parts manufacturer Tenneco has reportedly announced it will relocate its rubber moulding division from its Milan, Ohio facility to Reynosa in Mexico. This transfer of operations will lead to approximately 65 job redundancies at the Milan plant. According to the company, the decision to move operations to Mexico is necessary to remain competitive in the domestic and global markets, due to ever increasing fuel, rubber and steel prices.

28th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Put an End to Wasted Fuel With Correct Truck & Bus Alignment

New in 2008 to the Rema Tip Top UK Limited range is a mobile laser wheel aligner for trucks, buses and trailers. Truck Align is a product with a firm emphasis upon reducing fuel consumption and maximising tyre life, and thus is, says Rema Tip Top, an absolute necessity for any serious commercial or haulage fleet. The automotive product supplier notes that field testing has demonstrated a significant cost benefit that can be delivered through Truck Align: Vehicles with misaligned wheels consume up to four per cent more fuel than vehicles with correctly aligned wheels.

25th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

GITI Tire Boosts Winter Range

GITI Tire is attempting to improve its foothold on the European winter market, building upon the Champiro range. The company, which is headquartered in Shanghai, China, is a self-styled top quality tyre supplier, and is the largest manufacturer in the booming tyre-producing nation. GITI accesses the European market through its sales and marketing office in The Netherlands.

The Champiro WT-Plus is a high-performance winter tyre for the premium passenger car sector, offering a full silica compound for optimal wet traction and a reduced rolling resistance. The company stresses the additional benefits, which include a directional tread design complete with variable shoulder blocks to increase cornering traction and stability, helping drivers achieve a quiet and comfortable drive; a circumferential centre rib providing optimum stiffness resulting in precise handling in all winter road conditions; and an advanced sipe design, which aids braking and traction properties on ice and snow, thus placing the WT-Plus within the sector addressing harsh winter conditions. The company is clearly confident in the Champiro’s ability to tackle competition in this segment, as it is increasing size options to cover 14 inches to 16 inches; from 185/70 R14 right through to 205/55 R16.

24th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Sapphire & Glacier Conduct Nationwide Safety Tour

Management from Sapphire Energy Recovery and Glacier – the resource recovery businesses owned by Lafarge Cement – have embarked on a nationwide tour to review safety improvements made at sites and to elevate safety awareness amongst employees. Senior staff, including Sapphire’s resource recovery manager Jamie Randall, commenced their week long roadshow at the Thurrock site where Sapphire collects and processes used tyres for transformation into fuel for cement kilns. Visits were also made to Westbury, Cauldon, Hope, Oldbury, Manchester and Dunbar, where the focus upon safety awareness tied in with Lafarge’s global safety month, which has been held this summer across 76 countries and 3,000 sites.

23rd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

More Than Launches ‘Green Driving Technology’

More Than Car Insurance has launched a pioneering new insurance scheme that uses Formula 1-style, in-car telemetry to help British motorists drive in a greener, more efficient and economical way. The innovative service, called Green Wheels, helps drivers understand how their driving style affects the environment by giving them access to information such as their rate of acceleration, braking and the number of short journeys they make. By doing this, More Than hopes to help change the way drivers behave behind the wheel and lower the carbon footprint of the 31 million cars on Britain’ roads.

Dowshan Humzah, Product Director at More Than, commented: “Green Wheels is great news for anyone interested in taking more responsibility for their own carbon ‘tyre-print.’ Furthermore, by helping motorists drive more efficiently the ‘Green Box’ can also help cut the cost of motoring which, with fuel prices rising, is top of many motorists’ agendas.”

22nd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Win Prizes In Unipart/NGK Promotion

Car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has teamed up with NGK to give away thousands of pounds worth of mystery prizes to workshops across the UK in an exciting lambda sensors promotion.

For every NGK lambda sensor bought at Unipart Automotive during August and September, workshops will receive a pack of NGK Playtime Cards, some of which will contain hidden lucky cards. If your pack includes a lucky prize card then you could be in with a chance of winning an ipod Nano, a Nintendo Wii, a 60 inch HD plasma screen TV with a Sony PS3 games console or one of 200 other mystery prizes.

18th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti to Make Mount Vernon, Ill. Investment

Continental’s North American division is ready to pump US$60 million into its Illinois plant spread over the next three years. The money will go towards expanding production capacity on the facility’s passenger, light truck and commercial tyre operations. The German manufacturer will expand its workforce to the tune of 75 new jobs, increasing production by around two million tyres every year.

News sources suggest that the company will spend around two-thirds of the total figure on new machinery and tools for the fabrication of passenger and light truck tyres, while the remaining third will be spent on updating the factory’s commercial tyre building machines.

17th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

OTR Keeps The Pressure Up

OTR is now supplying tyre pressure monitoring systems as part of its earthmover tyre management service. “The correct pressure in earthmover tyres not only improves the safety and stability of the vehicle, but gives operators a much improved return on investment.” That, says OTR’s Regional sales Manager Paul Skerritt, is a pretty obvious statement, but he goes on to say “you would be amazed at what we find on site sometimes.”

Graeme Manning, OTR’s Commercial Director, says: “Inflation pressure is one of the most important factors affecting tyre life. Fuel efficiency is greatly affected too – a tyre under-inflated by 10 per cent reduces fuel efficiency by 1.5 per cent.”

17th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Britain Turns its Back on Big Cars

Rocketing fuel prices, emissions-based car tax and climate change are taking their toll on drivers who are turning their backs on gas guzzlers and choosing smaller cars as well as public transport, according to research by insurance retailer Swinton. Swinton has analysed its motor insurance quotations database over the last 12 months and reports a dramatic increase in the numbers of motor quotations for smaller-engined cars.

Motor insurance quotations for the very largest cars on the roads including Hummers and Range Rovers have fallen by 16 per cent compared to 06/07 quotes, with Swinton also seeing a decrease in drivers seeking insurance quotes on more everyday Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), down 11 per cent in the last year. Quotes for cars with engines below 1.5 litres (diesel and petrol) have risen by an astonishing 20 per cent, a statistic that Swinton’s analysts lay squarely at the door of higher fuel prices, car tax bands and driver concerns over climate change.

17th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

BFNAT Plant Gets Environment Award

Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire’s Warren County, Tenn., medium truck tire plant recently received the 2008 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award for accomplishments in pollution prevention.

BFNAT said it installed new pollution-reducing technologies at the plant, added hydrogen-fuel vehicles, reduced mercury lighting in the plant, and cut back on water use. (Tire Review/Akron)

17th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

TÜV Sud Shows Michelin Energy Saver as Lowest Cost

Independent testing organisation TÜV Sud has shown that Michelin’s Energy Saver tyres lend motorists considerable savings over competitors’ brands. The Energy Saver proved to have a considerable advantage over rivals in a direct comparison in terms of longevity and fuel consumption; on average, the tyre cost £8.12 less per 1,000 miles in the 205/55R16V size category, and £5.58 less in the 195/65R15H section.

The tests involved running the tyres on identical cars for more than 14,000kms. To ensure fairness, the tyres and drivers were rotated on the vehicles, discounting the role played by these different variables. Earlier results from TÜV Sud tests had shown the tyre to be among the best in terms of wet braking performance, in addition to their money-saving properties.

14th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Maverick USA Monitors More Tyre Pressure

Having reached the end of its first year of the installation of tyre pressure monitoring systems, Maverick USA has decided to expand the initiative. The company, which incorporates Maverick Transportation LLC, Maverick Logistics LLC and Maverick Truck & Trailer Sales, has gathered positive results on the 1,000 integrated systems from WABCO already installed.

The company has claimed that the IVTM systems have led to data that allows the innovation of fuel efficiency methods, as well as the prevention of expensive tyre damage, lowering maintenance costs and decreasing equipment downtime. All of this has led to the plans to expand the installation of the systems to more of the company’s logistic fleet.

11th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors