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UK automotive industry agrees £1 billion investment plan

The UK government has agreed to match automotive industry investment of £500 million, resulting in a £1 billion 10 year automotive investment plant designed to secure the growth and development of its vehicle and component manufacturing sector.

This new funding supports multi-billion pound investments announced in the last few years by global automotive companies to boost production levels and develop new technologies and models. And when the term “automotive industry” is used it includes original equipment components such as tyres, with the full report pointing out tyre plants in Northern Ireland and Scotland as the wider British impact the investment programme is likely to have.

12th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Americas appoints new head of communications

Effective 22 July, Bridgestone Americas will have a new head of communications. Paul Oakley takes on the role of vice-president, communications, and in this capacity will lead Bridgestone’s communications strategy across the Americas.

12th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

UAE bans part worn tyre imports

Nearly year after the UAE banned the sale of used tyres, local news sources report that an import ban has been added to measures designed to curb the part worn trade. The new law is part of a tyre management plan implemented by the Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (Esma), which will implement the ban on the import of used tyres in September. In the meantime, the existing federal law is “being openly flouted by traders and workshops in Sharjah and Dubai”, according to Gulf News.

9th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Reactions to Government Spending Review

In his Spending Review yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne announced an increase in capital spending on transport to a total of £9.5 bn starting in 2015 and promised the largest investment in roads for half a century. Reaction to the announcement has been swift and generally favourable, with a few caveats; the Freight Transport Association welcomed the news and the recognition that improved transport links are vital for economic recovery.

27th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Government announces VOSA and DSA merger

The Department for Transport (DfT) hgas announced plans to merge the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) into a single agency. According to the announcement, these services will be delivered by the two agencies under a single chief executive and transitional board from July this year.

21st June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre makers join South Carolina manufacturers’ council

Late last month a new organisation was formed to represent tyre makers in a region some refer to as the “tyre capital of North America”. The establishment of the Tire Manufacturers’ Council was announced by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce on 29 May; it says the council’s aim is to “evaluate and propose policies relating to the manufacture of tyres in South Carolina.” Foundation members include Michelin North America, Bridgestone Americas and Continental Tire the Americas.

17th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti donates to European flood relief

The worst of the flooding in Central Europe is now over and the time has arrived to clean up – an effort that some estimate will cost up to €12 billion. Continental has chipped in towards these efforts with a donation of €250,000.

14th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Cable appoints ex-Ford boss as Automotive Investment Organisation head

Business secretary Vince Cable has appointed Joe Greenwell, the former chairman of Ford, as head of the Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO). Funded with up to £3 million over the next two years, the AIO will spearhead the campaign to attract inward investment to the UK. Continuing to attract investment from overseas into the UK is one of the main themes of the automotive industrial strategy to be published shortly. The automotive sector is one of 11 key areas that the government is working collaboratively with industry on a long-term plan to deliver economic growth and prosperity.

13th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin cuts its losses in Colombia

In response to what it describes as “more than a decade of substantial annual losses in Colombia”, a situation it says “repeated investments have failed to stem”, Michelin has decided to discontinue the manufacturing operations of its local subsidiary Icollantas. The tyre maker singles out the unit’s insufficient size and other local economic factors as the reasons behind Icollantas’ lack of competitiveness.

13th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin a technical partner for VŪHL supercar

It may sound like an epithet uttered by Mr. T’s European cousin, but VŪHL is in fact the name of a Mexican vehicle that will make its global debut at next month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. This is of particular interest to us as Michelin has entered into a technical support arrangement with VŪHL Automotive, the company behind the VŪHL 05. Needless to say, the all-new road-legal lightweight supercar will be shod with Michelin tyres.

12th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone acknowledged for carbon emission efforts

Bridgestone’s voluntary efforts to reduce carbon emissions have been praised by the Freight Transport Association. The tyre maker shares that FTA climate change policy manager Rachael Dillon has “welcomed” the work Bridgestone is carrying out, following the Department for Transport’s overall commendation of self-regulation across the sector.

23rd May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Fuel transparency Bill thrown out

The Road Haulage Association is disappointed at the news that staunch FairFuelUK supporter Robert Halfon MP's attempt to pass a Private Members Bill to achieve fuel tax transparency by printing the tax take on fuel forecourt receipts didn't achieve a second reading and is now just another item in the history books.

20th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo’s Chennai plant wins quality systems award

Apollo Tyres’ Chennai facility in southern India has won the Platinum prize in the large size category of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI) Quality Systems Awards for Manufacturing 2012. This highest-level award was presented to Apollo Tyres by Saurabh Chandra, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India.

17th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Approved Garages website launched

A new Government-backed car MOT and Service business has been launched online offering great savings for car owners nationwide. Approved Garages has over 350 industry approved garages throughout England, Scotland and Wales, with more garages joining every day. The simple online service allows customers to quickly find their nearest reputable garage for all their vehicle requirements, specialising in competitive MOT and Services for all car makes and models.

16th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

François Michelin shares an insight into his emotional life

Almost precisely seven years after Edouard Michelin’s fatal accident, his father and legendary head of the Michelin-clan, François Michelin (87), has granted French weekly magazine Paris Match a rare interview and divulged a glimpse into his emotional life. François Michelin, whose daughter-in-law, Edouard’s wife, Cecilia died of cancer in 2011, today lives in retirement home in Auvergne, free from every luxury.

16th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors