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Protecting OTR tyres before damage extends product life

In 2010 Xstrata celebrated the inception of its latest coal mine. Having, purchased the Anvil NSW mine project from Centennial Coal Company Limited for some US$425 million back in September 2007, the company went on to invest close to US$1 billion in bringing the renamed Mangoola Coal Mine to production in 2011/12. According to tyre protection system producer Rud Erlau, all this makes protecting the tyres that keep an operation of this scale running is all the more important.

25th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti, SK Innovations battery JV a ‘strong team’ for future mobility

Yesterday, Korean firm SK Innovation and Germany’s Continental signed an agreement to create a jointly managed company. SK Innovation and Conti will respectively hold 51 per cent and 49 per cent shareholdings in this joint venture, which is being set up with the goal of mutually developing, producing and globally marketing lithium-ion battery systems for cars. This agreement comes half a year after the two companies signed a letter of intent.

24th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre war would bring ‘better tyres’ – Schumacher

Michael Schumacher has been one of the more vocal critics of Pirelli’s Formula One tyres this season, having described them in early May as akin to “driving on raw eggs.” During yesterday’s FOTA (Formula One Teams' Association) fans’ forum in Germany, Schumacher seized an opportunity to take another swipe at the Italian tyre maker.

19th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni adds products to retreaded earthmover tyre range

Marangoni has introduced a number of new products to its range of large-sized and earthmover orientated tyres. These new products, available in sizes 27.00×49, 31/80×49 and 31/90×49, have reportedly been developed with the MRLS Recaflex and MDT Recaflex profiles. In addition these tyres now have a deeper tread pattern than the previous models, with the depth increased from 70 to 75 mm. This feature, combined with a larger footprint and a low hysteresis compound, is designed to offer longer tread life without negatively affecting casing life.

18th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli hints at new hard tyre performance, testing at Hockenheim

While Pirelli will bring its P Zero White medium compound and P Zero Yellow soft compounds to the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim on 20-22 July, much of the Formula One teams’ focus on the first practice day will be on the new specification P Zero Silver hard tyre that will make its debut following a washed-out session at Silverstone. Teams will have two sets of the new tyre on top of their usual allocation of 11 sets of the race’s nominated tyres. Pirelli’s test driver Lucas di Grassi anticipates that the tyre will offers “even better traction, particularly if temperatures are at the lower end of the scale.” The company’s motorsport director Paul Hembery said the tyre has been evolved from the current hard tyre to provide a “slightly wider” range of operating temperatures.

17th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Employee ideas equal greater efficiency and hefty savings – Conti

It’s sometimes said that good employees are worth their weight in gold, and at Continental this may well be literally the case. The German tyre maker and automotive component supplier encourages those working at its 126 global locations to submit ideas on how efficiency and cost effectiveness can be boosted, and last year some 310,000 of these employee-driven suggestions were implemented. These ideas, says Continental, saved the company almost 120 million euros.

17th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni promises premium alternative with Black Line

This autumn Marangoni Retreading Systems will launch a new product range it says will be “a real alternative” to premium new tyres. The Ringtread Black Line line-up, the Italian manufacturer shares, is the result of “massive investments by Marangoni in the most modern mixing and ‘moulding’ technologies to ensure extremely efficient and automated production.”

13th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Klarius Group ranks 6th in Sunday Times Fast Track

The Klarius Group ranks sixth in the list of ‘top 10 manufacturers with biggest international sales’ published in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, where the company also achieved 62nd place overall. The league table ranks Britain’s privately owned companies with the fastest growing international sales. It is researched and compiled by Fast Track and was published in The Sunday Times on 8th July 2012. The published figures show 70 per cent of sales being generated outside of the UK, mainly in Continental Europe, with sales growing 58 per cent between 2008 and 2010.

12th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear’s German tyre stores to use e-paper solution

The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company’s ‘Quick Reifendiscount’ stores in Germany have given e-paper manufacturer ZBD a “significant contract” to roll out its large format displays. Working alongside installation partner Aha Trade Marketing Concepts, ZBD will provide its e-paper displays to Quick stores over the next few months. With tyre labelling mandatory in November, tyre retail stores continue to search for the best ways to display information. It seems that a flexible system such as e-paper could allow companies to integrate the new label into current product pricing displays effectively.

11th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Shamrock Marketing aiming to grow in Europe

The Reifen show is a meeting point for both long-established and new companies; Shamrock Marketing Inc. belongs – at least in Europe – to the second of these groups. The US-based trading company, which was founded in Louisville, Kentucky twenty years ago by Douglas Conley, now seeks to enter the European market. The firm began life as a distributor of vulcanisation envelopes, and although this remains a core element of the company’s business activities in the US and other markets, Douglas Conley Jr. told Tyres & Accessories that Shamrock has added many additional products to its portfolio during the last 20 years. Shamrock Marketing’s current range covers accessories, tools and equipment such as autoclaves, monorails, buffers and envelope spreaders, plus tyre mounting equipment – everything needed in a cost-efficient retreading facility.

5th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Delticom expands Flotten24, opens Dutch and French versions

Delticom is expanding its influence in the fleet market with the expansion of German operation Flotten24 and the introduction of Dutch and French versions. "In our online shops there are quality tyres for nearly every vehicle to meet every demand, including the current test winners", says Christian Schild, Key Account Manager Fleets at Delticom.

4th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to investigate MotoGP rear tyre destruction

The general manager of Bridgestone Motorsport’s Tyre Development Department, Shinichi Yamashita has promised to investigate personally the reason why chunks of rubber fell off riders Valentino Rossi’s and Ben Spies’ medium compound slick rear tyres at round seven of MotoGP 2012. Hiroshi Yamada – manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Department, also apologised on behalf of the company: “I am sorry that some riders experienced tyre problems during the race. We are now investigating the issue and will report back to teams with our findings at the next race.” The Dutch TT, held at Assen, on Saturday 30 June 2012 was won by Casey Stoner, who capped an impressive weekend for the Repsol Honda team to take his third win of the season ahead of teammate Dani Pedrosa in warm, dry weather.

2nd July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Market decline 'uneven' across Europe

The latest report from AlixPartners reveals that the decline in vehicle sales is not evenly distributed across Europe, but has distinct focal points.

Belgium, Italy and France have experienced double-digit declines in sales and the outlook remains negative. In the UK, Germany and Spain, by contrast, declines have been relatively moderate (between 0.8 per cent and 2.4 per cent), while the markets in Russia and Poland have grown slightly.

The European automotive industry is severely in need of consolidation, says AlixPartners. In North America, the crisis of 2008/2009 led to "a healthy streamlining" of the automotive industry – by contrast, only three car factories have been closed in Western Europe since 2007, while eight Eastern European plants were opened during the same period.

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

UK hauliers still face fuel price disadvantage

Aldermore, the new British challenger bank, says UK haulage firms still need fuel price parity with other European countries if they are to successfully fight-off foreign competition.

Responding to the announcement that the government is to postpone its proposed 3p price increase in fuel duty until January 2013, Damon Walford, Managing Director of Aldermore Invoice Finance, said: "The UK haulage industry remains at a significant disadvantage against European competitors, who pay as little as 106p per litre for diesel in Spain, 111p in Austria and just 96p in Luxemburg (even in Germany and France, diesel prices are significantly lower at 115p and 118p respectively).

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

European CV registrations – the slide continues in May

In May, ACEA figures show that new commercial vehicle registrations continued the downward trend commenced in January, facing the sharpest decrease since 2009 (-17.8 per cent , compared to May 2011). The UK was the only market to post growth in the month (+10.0 per cent ), while Germany (-13.6 per cent ), France (-22.1 per cent), Spain (-27.4 per cent ) and Italy (-42.4 per cent ) all recorded double-digit downturns. From January to May, the EU market shrank by 11.8 per cent, compared to the first five months of 2011.

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors