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Report calls for more advice on winter tyre benefits

A recently-issued report on the effect of winter on drivers says that a combination of more frequent and more extreme weather events will mean drivers having to change their habits and expectations.
A report for the RAC Foundation concludes that although councils and the Highways Agency responded well to the recent periods of snow and ice, changing weather patterns mean strategy will have to shift from one of trying to change the conditions to one of coping with them. One of the report's recommendations is for more advice for drivers on the benefits of fitting winter tyres.

15th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

PRA 'concerned' over fuel price unpredictability

The Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA) has again voiced its concerns about the unpredictability of the wholesale petrol market. In the last seven days there has been a drop by over 2.6 pence per litre (ppl), which encouraged supermarkets to rush price reductions onto their forecourts. However by the start of this week, wholesale costs recovered all that reduction, resulting in a swing of more than 5.2ppl over a few days of trading.

15th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

TRA initiative to demonstrate garages' responsible used tyre disposal

A new initiative to help garages and tyre retailers across the country has been launched by the Tyre Recovery Association today. The Responsible Retailer Certificate of Compliance will be awarded to retailers meeting best practice standards by a member of the Tyre Industry Federation Responsible Recycler Scheme. The TRA says that the new scheme is designed to help garages and retailers not only to manage their used tyre disposal in line with industry standards; the Responsible Retailer Scheme also aims to help compliant businesses communicate their environmentally responsible credentials to customers. Also launched was a new website, which will contain a searchable database of all certified garages for motorists and of local collectors for retailers.

10th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Cordenka celebrates 75th anniversary

Cordenka celebrated 75 tyre cord manufacturing on 25 April 2013. The company’s Obernburg location has been producing technical viscose yarn under the Cordenka name since 1938. And for the seven and half decades since then its products have been used as reinforcing material for tyres and other technical rubber goods.

2nd May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Government to look at young driver safety

The Government should thoroughly examine ways to improve the safety of young drivers and their passengers, says PACTS, the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. It welcomes the forthcoming Government green paper on young driver safety. Despite public and parliamentary concern, successive governments have not got to grips with the issue, according to a policy paper from PACTS, issued ahead of a debate in Parliament on road safety on Thursday 25 April.

29th April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone sponsors Air Ambulance summer fundraiser

Bridgestone’s motorcycle division has donated £10,000 to become the sponsors of the 18 August Rescue Ride Out, a nationwide bike convoy from all corners of the UK supporting the Air Ambulance service. The two-wheel spectacle culminates at the Brackley Festival of Motorcycling. The event has the support of British motorsport too; Steve Parrish, current BBC motorcycle commentator, is supporting the event.

26th April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Parliamentary group says "on your bike"

Brake, the road safety charity, is applauding a report out today by the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group, ‘Get Britain Cycling', calling for action to achieve 10% of journeys in Britain being by bike by 2025. Currently just 2% of journeys are by bike. The report urged government to work towards 20mph being the norm in urban areas, lower speeds on rural roads and more segregated cycle paths to encourage more people to take more journeys by bike. They recommended a cross-departmental Cycling Action Plan and leadership from the top of government to achieve ambitious targets to get more people out of their cars and onto their bikes.

25th April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Radian tyre policy upgraded through Government scheme

Radian Services has teamed up with ATS Euromaster to upgrade the tyres on its 160-strong fleet of vans after accessing the Government Procurement Services (GPS) tyre framework agreement.

19th April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper breaks ground on Kunshan R&D centre

On 12 April, Cooper Kunshan Tire broke ground on its new Asia-Pacific Technology Center in China. The ground breaking ceremony was attended by Chuck Yurkovich, Cooper’s vice-president of Global Research and Development, Allen Tsaur (Cao Kechang), vice-president and general manager, Cooper Asia Operations, along with regional and government representatives.

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

Superior Industries names site for new plant

As of 2015, Super Industries International will expand its portfolio of Chihuahua-made wheels. The North American aluminium wheel manufacturer announced on 16 April that its new manufacturing facility in Mexico will be erected in the city of Chihuahua. Superior Industries says it and the state of Chihuahua have “agreed in principle to a series of incentives that reflect a continued partnership between Superior and the state.” Superior already operates three manufacturing facilities in the city.

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

Sun editor challenges PM over potholes

Ken Gibson is the Motoring Editor for The Sun newspaper and he, like many of us, is fed up with the state of the UK's pothole-ridden roads. Unlike the rest of us, he has decided to do something about it and has launched a campaign to sort the problem out. He's even written to the Prime Minister.

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

Bridgestone to build pcr plant in Russia

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone concluded an investment contract with Mitsubishi Corporation, the Ulyanovsk Oblast government and the Ulyanovsk Region Development Corporation on 12 April. Under the agreement, Bridgestone and Mitsubishi will respectively hold 90 and 10 per cent equity ownership in a new tyre manufacturing company, Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing C.I.S. LLC (BMCIS).

15th April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

ETRMA on 1Q tyre demand – all sectors down

Following a slow year in 2012, the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published first quarter 2013 figures showing that the decline has continued.

According to the association, which represents the European operations of some of the largest tyre manufacturers in the world, the market for consumer tyres fell 12 per cent (to 46.6 million units) in the first quarter. This is said to have been because of, amongst other factors, bad weather conditions, delay of the change from winter to summer tyres, and not least the current economic environment.

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

"Motorists do not trust government" – IAM poll

Ninety-one per cent of motorists do not trust the government to reinvest money made from tolls on new roads, according to a survey of more than 2,500 motorists, conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).

Sixty per cent of motorists do not support toll roads, and seventy-nine per cent of motorists would not support the introduction of tolls on existing roads.

26th March 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Government to publish young driver safety green paper

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced plans for green paper on the safety of young drivers. According to the government, this could mean that young drivers could benefit from “improved training and lower insurance premiums” as a result.

The proposals were made on Monday 25 March at a summit for the motor insurance industry hosted by the DfT. Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Department for Health, insurers and consumer organisation uSwitch were also present.

26th March 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors