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“Bigger and Wider”: Hankook reveals Ventus tyre for 2012 DTM season

Hankook is approaching the final quarter of the 2011 DTM season, its first as exclusive tyre partner of the German touring car series, with events in Oschersleben, Valencia and at the famous Hockenheimring at Baden-Württemberg to conclude this year’s series. The manufacturer took the opportunity to set out its tyre development for the 2012 season during the UK leg at Brands Hatch, and the most striking feature of the new Ventus tyre will be its increased dimensions – a development that Hankook says will help bring down lap times next year.

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Syron extends Everest winter range

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Germany’s Syron Tires has announced an expansion of its winter product line, introducing an SUV and truck iteration. The Everest SUV and Everest C, alongside an extension in the sizes available of the Everest 1 series, bring the total range of fitments to 52 sizes. The company says the Everest range will extend further in time for the 2011/12 winter season, making sizes from 13 to 19 inches available.

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Trelleborg announces largest super single tractor tyre ever produced

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced that it will introduce the TM1000 High Power tyre at the Agrotechnica exhibition held between 15 and 19 November, 2011 in Hannover, Germany. With a height and overall diameter of 2,300mm and a 46” rim, the manufacturer says the TM1000 is the largest super single tyre ever produced. It is engineered to meet the requirements the new generation of tractor engines and transmissions, a segment whose specifications have continued to grow in power and size alongside farm sizes and the increased use of agricultural contractors.

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Western European car market up 8% in August

The Western European car market grew 8 per cent in August despite being down 1 per cent year-to-date. This marks a significant improvement on July which was down 1.5 per cent. According to research produced by Deutsche Bank, August is usually the lowest month of the year with around 750,000 units sold.

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Goodyear blimp back in UK skies for evaluation purposes

Two months after the crash in Germany involving one of a pair of blimps leased to Goodyear and the subsequent termination of the company's blimp-related tyre safety campaign, the remaining craft has returned to UK skies. According to Goodyear Dunlop pr support manager Kate Rock, the Lightship Group-owned blimp has returned from a trip to Spain and is currently in the UK participating in a series of flights to evaluate filming locations for future tours. Goodyear Dunlop is not actively promoting the blimp in the UK at the moment, Rock added.

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MotoGP tyre regulation changes crucial for cold conditions

The Czech Republic Grand Prix weekend saw the introduction of a change in the regulations for tyre allocation, giving riders one more front slick tyre each, a third softer compound option and greater choice of both front and rear slick compound allocation. Bridgestone motorsport tyre development general manager Tohru Ubukata commented that while the weekend had not shown the true impact the regulation changes should have, it had provided a good trial run for riders and teams, The new rules are designed to provide softer compounds for increased safety in cold weather. Ubukata said the impact on the company was purely in increasing the number of tyres it must now bring to each Grand Prix. The tyre supplier also took the opportunity to continue the development of its 2012 tyres, “designed for the new 1000cc engine regulations”.

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Pirelli pledges to buy Italian bonds

Reuters reports that, in a move to alleviate the euro zone crisis Italy faces, Pirelli & C. SpA has signed a newspaper petition offering to buy government bonds. The tyre maker is said to be one of 24 Italian companies that added their names to a petition instigated by the business daily Milano Finanza.

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Ruia preparing for further growth in automotive sector

It may be currently copping flak over its Dunlop India tyre plant in Sahaganj, West Bengal, yet the Ruia Group seems to be going from strength to strength in another area of the automotive industry. Having snapped up five European vehicle seal manufacturers since 2008, the Indian company is now erecting a Rs 1.1 billion (£14.7 million) greenfield seal manufacturing plant in Pune, Maharashtra state and has plans to establish another in India.

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German industry leads the West European trailer market recovery

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The German trailer industry is undergoing a very rapid revival in its fortunes, according to consulting group Clear. Output of trailers has been boosted by three key demand growth factors, says the firm’s latest report on the subject.

Firstly, the German market itself has recovered from the nadir of 2009 in splendid style: sales of trailers will exceed the combined demand of France, the UK and Italy in 2011 as it did in 2010. Secondly, exports of trailers from Germany increased by 90 per cent in 2010 as markets in both East and West Europe, with a very few exceptions, started to recover. Thirdly, stocks of finished trailers which had accumulated as the recession bit, had been large cleaned out, leaving the industry in a very lean condition. This meant that all new orders went straight into increased production.

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‘Infinity is growing’: Euro-Tyre MD talks Infinity, Reach and the future

During a recent drifting event in The Netherlands, Frank van Leeuwen, managing director of Euro-Tyre, spoke about the relationship between his company and Infinity Tyres, their future together, and their combined approach to European legislation.

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Maxxis, Falken in action in British Drift Championship

The British Drift Championship’s third round at the Teesside Autodrome saw two major drifting tyre brands competing for top spots in the championship standings. Title sponsors of the series Maxxis supported third-placed drifter Paul Smith, moving him up to fifth in the Super Professional Championship, while the Falken brand supported Matt Carter claimed his third consecutive second place podium position to maintain his lead at the top, and Team Green Falken’s domination of the Team Championship.

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German Michelin plant manager given Europe-wide responsibility

The plant manager of Michelin’s Homburg truck tyre factory in Germany is to take on responsibility for all 18 of the manufacturer’s European truck tyre plants; as of November, Jürgen John will transfer to the French manufacturer’s head office in Clermont-Ferrand to assume this new role.

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NZ tyre shop tackled over use of All Black name

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Major football teams such as Manchester United and Germany’s HSV have gladly taken on tyre makers as sponsorship partners, but unauthorised affiliation is another matter entirely. A tyre shop in Auckland, New Zealand discovered this recently when it fell foul of the New Zealand Rugby Union.

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MoU for Conti’s Russian plant signed

In conjunction with the Russia-Germany summit held in Hannover on July 18 and 19, Continental’s CEO Dr. Elmar Degenhart and the governor of the Kaluga region in Russia, Anatoly Artamonov, signed a memorandum of understanding on the new passenger tyre plant Continental is to build in Kaluga. The tyre maker intends to invest some 220 million euros in the Kaluga factory; construction will get underway before the end of the year and the factory is expected to be ready for production in late 2013. The Russian government has pledged to support the new site.

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Conti360° launched in Austria; roll-out to continue in 2011/12

As of July 2011, Conti360° Fleet Services has extended its European coverage into Austria. This is the first addition to the German tyre maker’s service portfolio following its launch in eight core European markets – Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Spain and the Czech Republic – and Continental now has plans to further expand the network into other regions.

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