The GB Taekwondo team has begun its final preparations for London 2012, and as the squad limbers up to kick its rivals into next week GB Taekwondo has announced a new partnership with Kumho Tyre UK, a company every bit as Korean as the sport its members practice.
Nothing makes a statement like sliding through a tyre. This was perhaps the logic employed by two men protesting against garbage problems in the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram. The Hindu newspaper reports that the two-middle aged men ended up spending an “agonising hour” trapped inside a tyre after their “ill-conceived” acrobatic street demonstration went awry. What the pair attempted, it must be said, should not be tried at home.
Southampton based Supertracker, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012, has recently introduced a new alignment-based addition to its extensive product portfolio – a new fully computerised truck aligner, the STR410T. The new aligner has been specifically produced for the commercial vehicle sector and provides many of the Supertracker STR410R car aligner's features as well as incorporating a number of additional data adjustments for the professional alignment of trucks.
On 4 May, the Triangle Group and the Harbin Institute of Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the development of radial aircraft tyre technology. The agreement was signed at Triangle’s headquarters in Shandong Province by company chairman Ding Yuhua and Feng Ji from the Harbin Institute of Technology. Under the terms of the agreement, the two entities will set up a facility that draws upon the Weihai-based institute’s expertise in the areas of composite materials, engineering mechanics, automotive, mechanical design and manufacturing and information management professions and disciplines. Research will focus on developing tyres for larger aircraft, such as commercial airliners.
Treasury & Risk magazine's 2012 list of "30 Outstanding Women in Finance" includes Laura K. Thompson, vice president, finance for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's North American Tire business. Thompson directs finance for the company's largest business unit, with annual sales of nearly $10 billion. She previously served as vice president of business development, is also the executive in charge of developing Goodyear's new headquarters in Akron, Ohio.
Hankook Tyre UK has announced that its partnership with Northampton Saints Rugby Club will be extended for a further four years, having begun in 2009. The new agreement means Hankook will remain the elite sponsor until 2016, with the company’s logo positioned on the team’s shirts. The tyre manufacturer’s headquarters are in Daventry, Northamptonshire, near the Saints’ home ground, Franklin’s Gardens. Tony Lee, managing director of Hankook Tyre UK stated that “The partnership between Hankook and the Saints has been a great success to date.”
Pirelli has introduced a Suppliers Awards for the first time, aimed at recognising quality, innovation and competitiveness, in addition to improving the company’s partner relationships. Inaugurating the Pirelli Suppliers’ Awards the company nominated its best suppliers of 2011, as chairman and CEO, Marco Tronchetti Provera and chief purchasing officer, Carlo Costa presided over the ceremony held at the company’s Milan headquarters.
In June 2011, Michelin consolidated its Paris-based staff operations to a new site in Boulogne-Billancourt. Following this move, the company’s 12,000 square metre former headquarters has stood vacant. Michelin has now announced the property at 46 avenue de Breteuil in Paris’ seventh arrondissement has been sold to French insurer Covéa.
In addition to the sponsorship of three Major League Baseball sponsorships, Maxxis announced that it will be an official partner of the New York Knicks basketball team for the season’s remaining games. During home games, Maxxis’ signage will appear courtside for 30 seconds of TV coverage on an LED board at Madison Square Garden. The Taiwanese manufacturer revealed that the form of Jeremy Lin had encouraged its decision to buy sponsorship of the New York team.
Lanxess may still a year away from moving into its new home, yet anybody passing by the future site of the company’s global headquarters in Cologne, Germany will be left with no doubt as to whose digs it is. The specialty chemicals company has renamed the former Lufthansa building, which is currently undergoing renovations ahead of the arrival of Lanxess’ employees in the second half of 2013, and from now on it will be known as the Lanxess Tower. The name was chosen from more than 600 staff suggestions.
Supertracker has launched a new digital camber/castor gauge. Fresh for 2012 Supertracker redesigned the gauge and reduced the size and shape of the product through machining the body from an aluminium billet.
Discussions are currently underway over plans to extend the French rail network with a new, second high speed line between Paris and Lyon. The project is known as the LGV POCL (short for Paris, Orléans, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon), and at present four potential routes are being evaluated. The decision ultimately arrived at is, French media sources indicate, of high interest to Michelin, whose headquarters are situated in Clermont-Ferrand. Michelin managing partner Michel Rollier is reported to have described the POCL line as key to Clermont-Ferrand’s continued attractiveness to the tyre maker.
Want to see a tuned Marangoni Evoque, which is kitted out to run on natural gas and comes fitted with red tyres? Then you’ll want to visit the Reifen 2012 exhibition in Essen, Germany in June. Following the news that the Marangoni Evoque is currently on-tour around the UK and Europe, Tyres & Accessories asked the tyre manufacturer’s Italian communication headquarters if the tyre industry at large is likely to be introduced to the bold outfitting of this modern 4×4 classic.
Goodyear Dunlop UK has named Chris Ryder as national account manager of its commercial fleet operations. Ryder will be based at the company’s headquarters in Birmingham as well as travelling nationwide to build and strengthen relationships with key customers.
The role see him managing and developing Goodyear Dunlop’s expanding national key account portfolio as well as developing the tyre manufacturer’s industry leading sales practices.
On 9 December Bridgestone Corporation received a visit from the president of Costa Rica, H.E. Mrs Laura Chinchilla Miranda. During Mrs Chinchilla’s visit to the tyre maker’s headquarters she met with Shoshi Arakawa, chairman of the Board, CEO and president, as well as several other Bridgestone executives.
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