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Nizhnekamskshina Ramping up Production

Russia’s OAO Tatneft states production of solid steel core (SSC) tyres is to increase at the Nizhnekamskshina factory it commissioned late last year. According to the manufacturer, this year it will draw upon technology provided by Germany’s Continental to produce 130,000 SSC certified tyres in four different sizes, and by the end of the year a total of six sizes will be certified. Starting in September tyres will be shipped to the vehicle manufacturer OAO KamAZ for OE fitment on a number of trucks.

6th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti and Reifen Ihle Invest in ‘Strategic Components’

While in bygone years retreads were burdened with a reputation for inferiority in comparison to new tyres, over time this attitude has markedly changed. This is not only because the European ECE Regulations 108 and 109 have led to retreaders significantly increasing their focus on quality; haulage companies have also felt increasing environmental and economic pressure and this has made retreading products seem an increasingly attractive solution to operational problems. And demand typically creates a supply – one that ever more often comes from new tyre manufacturers. During a recent factory tour, Continental AG and German retreader Reifen Ihle GmbH revealed how supposed competitors can become harmonious partners.

24th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Loeb Notches Up Yet Another Rally Deutschland WRC Win

Count ‘em up while you still can – another couple of seasons and we’ll run out of fingers. Sebastien Loeb has achieved his eighth victory in Rally Deutschland, the German round of the Word Rally Championship. Driving a Citroën C4 on Pirelli’s PZero tyre, the six-time world champion was fastest on nine of the event’s 19 special stages, which covered a total distance of 407.31 competitive kilometres through the Mosel and Saarland regions of Germany, making it the longest WRC round so far this season. Loeb’s win, alongside co-driver Daniel Elena, was his 59th in the world championship.

23rd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop to Show Latest CV Developments at IAA Show

Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe intends to use September’s IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany as an opportunity to publicly introduce several products that demonstrate its commitment to reducing both operating costs and the environmental effects of transport.

23rd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Encircle Moving into French and Italian Markets

Tyre market research specialists Encircle Marketing has been developing Italian and French portals of its website as a prelude to launching sell-out pricing and selling way programmes in these countries in the first quarter of 2011. Test programmes will be conducted in the last quarter of this year.

18th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Eyes Premier League Football Deal, Extends European Sponsorship

While Hankook discloses the medium term aim of widening its football sponsorship strategy to include England’s Premier League and Italy’s A Series, it is currently furthering its commitments through new deals in Germany and Spain. In addition to extending its relationship with six times German league champion Borussia Dortmund, in the 2010/2011 season the tyre maker will also display advertisements at the home stadiums of four federal league teams: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg.

13th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler Setting Up Schelkmann Retreading in Canada

Over the last few years the Rösler Group has focused intensely upon marketing its licensed Schelkmann retreading system internationally. Currently the sixth facility to utilise the system is being set up in the east Canadian province of New Brunswick. As company managing director Martin Rösler explained to Tyres & Accessories, construction work in Canada is progressing rapidly. Truck tyre retreader Pneu ABC Tires Inc. will commence the precure retreading of OTR tyres there by the middle of next year, with the bulk of output being delivered to Swiss mining company Xstrata, who extensively quarries resources in eastern Canada and is an existing ABC Pneu Tires customer. The project is being implemented through a 2.5 to three million euro investment.

13th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Damage from Goodyear Germany Factory Fire Minimal

Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany reports that damage resulting from a fire at its Hanau factory on August 10 is minimal. The fire began in the tyre final inspection area of the plant shortly before 8am; Goodyear Dunlop reports that it originated in a tyre grinding machine’s exhaust extraction system when friction caused rubber powder to heat up and catch fire. Three employees were taken to hospital and placed under observation after inhaling the resultant dense smoke.

11th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

E-Commerce Growth Drives Delticom Revenues in H1, 2010

In reporting its financial results for the first half of the 2010 financial year, Germany’s Delticom AG – the company behind mytyres.co.uk – observed a marked difference between the performance of its main e-commerce business and its comparatively small-scale wholesale operation. Delticom notes the continuation of the global economic recovery during the first and an improvement in conditions in most European countries, yet has also seen that within the “strong rebound” in its home market Germany domestic demand has lagged behind the improving consumer sentiment. Therefore, while the internet is “steadily gaining significance as a sales channel”, Delticom states that the late-cycle retail sector as a whole “has not yet been able to benefit from the upturn to the same extent as other sectors of the economy.”

10th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

RMI Call For Participation in Online EU MOT Survey

Retail Motor Industry (RMI) MOT chairman John Ball, is urging members, industry colleagues and consumers, to take the opportunity to make their voice heard by participating in an EU MOT survey, which runs from 30 July to 24 September: “This survey is a chance to make clear your view on the importance of the MOT and highlight the potential issues with and reduction in the regularity of testing”.

9th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Germany’s Gumasol Becomes Ruia Group Subsidiary

On August 1 the German tyre component manufacturer Gumasol-Werke Dr. Mayer GmbH & Co. KG became a subsidiary of India’s Ruia Group. The firm will continue operation at its site in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Germersheim under the name Gumasol Rubber-Tec GmbH and all 110 jobs at the plant have been retained. Gumasol describes its acquisition by the Ruia Group as “a new chapter” for a company “rich in tradition”, and comments that the incorporation of a previously medium-sized firm into an international enterprise “offers very good perspectives for Gumasol-Werke.”

5th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

MOT Rule Change Could Risk Lives

Following the recent news that Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to pay more attention to tyre age during MOT inspections, the NTDA has reported that it has also written to DfT on the subject of statutory testing. While not on the subject of tyre ageing, the NTDA’s letter referred to the fact that some quarters are suggesting that the currently annual mandatory roadworthiness test be made a bi-annual requirement. The DfT’s mailbag is set to get fatter still when Tyre Industry Federation (TIF) are reportedly due to put pen to paper on the subject as well. According to the latest NTDA e-zine email newsletter, the NTDA raised the matter at last month's TIF board meeting. A template is reportedly available for members who wish to make their own views felt on this very safety critical subject.

2nd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

South China Tyre and Rubber Company to Display Wanli and Sunny Brands

South China Tyre and Rubber Company travels to Brityrex with the mission of continuing its expansion into the international market with its two brands, Wanli and Sunny. Established in 1988, SCTR is located in China’s Pearl River Delta, owning two Guangzhou facilities, which are able to offer a production capacity of approximately 10 million sets of tyres annually.

2nd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Scores Bayern Munich Deal

Continental is expanding its football sponsorship with a deal involving one of the world’s best-known teams. Together with majority shareholder the Schaeffler Group, the German tyre and automotive components manufacturer has become sponsoring partner of FC Bayern Munich. Recently the companies and the club signed an agreement that runs until 2015.

26th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone uses Widest Tyre Compound Gap at German Grand Prix

The German Grand Prix had an exciting, rain-affected first practice session, with strong Championship contender Lewis Hamilton smashing his McLaren into a tyre wall at turn three. Meanwhile, the on-track intrigue this weekend would be escalated further by tactical decisions made as a result of Bridgestone’s decision to bring its super-soft and hard compounds to Hockenheim, should the rain stop long enough for their use.

23rd July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors