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Automechanika Malaysia to Promote ASEAN Auto Industry

Automechanika Malaysia (previously known as Automechanika Asia) will take place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia’s most modern event facility between 25 – 29 March 2009. Over the past six years, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) has extensively promoted this fair as part of the Malaysian Government’s initiative to further develop the automotive industry in Malaysia and across the ASEAN region.

The last fair, held for the first time in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre during 2007 attracted more than 5,480 buyers from 60 countries and regions. There was strong attendance from China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, supporting the majority of visitors from Malaysia. Altogether in 2007 there were 151 exhibitors from 18 countries and regions at the fair: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

11th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Wheels Australia’s Indonesian Operation Commences

Titan Europe has announced that its Titan Wheels Australia Pty Ltd subsidiary has commenced operations in Balikpapan Kalimantan, Indonesia. The business operation will trade as PT Titan Wheels Indonesia and will initially run as a sales and distribution outlet for products manufactured and marketed by Titan Wheels Australia. Company personnel will also be trained in the non destructive testing and wheel repair business.

11th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

22% Growth Predicted for GT

Thanks to sustained growth in Indonesia’s automotive sector, one of the country’s leading tyre producers expects to see full-year sales to swell by 22 per cent. Gajah Tunggal’s director, And Catharina Widjaja, told Jakarta-based news sources that demand would continue to be high in the second half of the year, following the near-50 per cent growth in car sales in H1. According to GT, the company’s sales will top 8 trillion rupiahs (about 484 million pounds sterling) for the year; a significant increase on 6.6 trillion rupiahs for 2007.

GT’s president director, Christopher Chan Slew Choong, has backed up these figures, stating that the end-year predictions were in line with the company’s goal of achieving annual sales of 1 billion US dollars (c. 554 million pounds sterling) by 2010. Net sales for H1 2008 were 21 per cent up year-on-year to 3.9 trillion rupiahs (c. 233 million pounds sterling), supporting a net profit of 208 billion rupiahs (12.5 million pounds sterling), up 258 per cent from 58 billion.

1st September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler Group to be a “Total EM Tyre Management System Provider”

The path of development follows a natural course and is absolutely logical: First the Rösler group covered all facets of earthmover tyre retreading, then entered the original equipment market with the “Winstone” brand of new tyres – and now the company has taken the final step in regard to its range of products and services for mine and opencast pit end users. The company is already on target on its “way to being a Total EM Tyre Management System Provider,” says Klaus Mühlbäck, international business Vice President for ‘Rösler Tyre Innovators’; a company title that made its debut several months ago at the Essen tyre show.

28th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Brazilian and Indonesian Companies Join TRIB

Pneuback Industria E Commercio De Pneus Ltda. from Brazil and PT Ossiana Sakti Ekamaju from Indonesia have joined the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB). “TRIB now has nearly 500 members in 50 countries and we expect to see continued growth,” said Harvey Brodsky, TRIB managing director.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler Gruppe Promotes ‘Re-Manufactured’ Tyres

With a freshly renewed corporate identity in hand, the Dortmund-based Rösler Gruppe, was primarily promoting the company’s OTR retread technology in Essen. But with pioneering developments in its Zeus tyre-fill division, the company certainly has more than one string to its bow.

The Rösler Gruppe’s Schelkmann brand is a name that is associated with premium pre-cure OTR tyre retreading. At a global level, the SPR (Schelkmann-Precured-Retreading) system currently gives the company a technological lead in supplying retreads for large EM tyres (25 to 27 inches). This still relatively new technology has already won favour in the mining industry, since it is extremely reliable and guarantees an extremely high level of safety. Tyres retreaded using the SPR system are designed to hold their own against premium new tyres in terms of service life, TKPH value and payload. In addition, this method significantly reduces costs per operating hour of these tyres in comparison with new tyres and other retread methods.

7th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Advanced ID Opens Asian Office

RFID-maker Advanced ID Corporation has gained approval for the incorporation of a subsidiary in Hong Kong, Advanced ID Asia Pacific Company Limited. The decision took effect on 20 June 2008, meaning Advanced ID has already opened its offices in Hong Kong led by its newly appointed managing director Cherry Lim.

Lim, 42, has spent her entire career working with companies that have innovative technology applications. With positions as chief executive officer and other executive management roles, she has concentrated in the fields of information technology, wireless technologies and integrated circuits. A Hong Kong native fluent in three dialects of Chinese and English, Lim was educated in the United States and received a Bachelors of Science from the University of South Florida, which was followed by an Executive MBA received from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

27th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Optima Range Generating Much Interest, Reports Bernaerts

For Bernaerts Tyres International, the Belgium based tyre distributor and wholesaler, Reifen Essen presented the first major opportunity for displaying the company’s latest brand. When T&A spoke to company sales manager Luc Claeys during the exhibition, it was evident this new range, Optima Tyres, is one Bernaerts is promoting with absolute confidence throughout its European markets, including the UK.

“The Optima range was launched late in 2007,” commented Mr. Claeys. “It is our own range, an exclusive private label. And when we say it is our own range, I should point out we aren’t simply purchasing overseas made tyres and selling them under the Optima name. The moulds used in production belong to us and were built to our own design and specifications with heavy investment.”

11th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Wholesalers See Great Potential in Russia

The Tires & Rubber show was unmistakably a genuine tyre trade show, despite its appearance as an event mainly attracting machinery and raw material suppliers. Among the 197 exhibitors at the show, which took place in Moscow from March 4-7, 2008, were only a handful of tyre manufacturers – but plenty of resellers, importers and wholesalers. And most of these companies are only interested in the distribution of tyre brands produced outside of Russia, i.e. in China, Korea or Europe.

Together with Russian importers such as Petromaster (Hankook, Sumo Firenza), Avantek (Alliance), Satim (Mitas) or Yarshintorg (Sumitomo), TransGaz Komplektatciya presented itself to visitors of the Moscow Tires & Rubber show and featured the “Primewell” brand. This brand is produced by Giti Tire in China and TransGaz is initially importing only truck tyres from this range. Later, however, Giti’s new importer in Russia will also import and distribute Primewell and Runway passenger car tyres. Runway is yet another brand from the GT group (Giti Tire from China and Gajah Tunggal from Indonesia). To what extent, if at all, TransGaz will play a major role with regards to importing the group’s core “GT Radial” tyre brand has yet to be decided, says Richard Lyons, sales director with Giti Tire Europe and thus responsible for the Russian tyre market, in an interview with Tyres & Accessories.

1st April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

GITI Announces ‘Grand Entrance’ into Europe

GITI Tire Europe’s decision to take a stand of its own at Reifen 2008 points to the company’s strategy of being known as a leading supplier in its own right. In previous shows the company has been represented by its German distributor – Reifen Gundlach but for the very first time GITI Europe will be staging its own impressive presence at the event. The GITI Europe stand will cover 220 square metres, around 70 per cent complete will be GITI-branded, with the remaining 30 per cent of space being taken by Reifen Gundlach.

European Marketing Manager, Peter Foulkes commented: “GITI intend to use their presence at the show to officially launch and take forward to the next progressive stage, the company’s growing sales presence in Europe (including the UK and Ireland).”

26th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Egypt Drops “Anti Dumping” Tax On Indonesian Tyres

After an 18-month-long investigation, Egypt has announced it will drop a 40 per cent anti-dumping tax applied to Indonesian tyre products and said dumping allegations were cleared.

17th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Wins Right to Block Counterfeit Tyre Sales in Japan

Yokohama Rubber has won the right to prevent a particular tyre bearing more than a passing resemblance to its DNA S.drive high performance tyre from being sold in Japan. On January 18 the Tokyo Customs Office accepted Yokohama’s application for an import injunction against the counterfeit tyres on the basis that these products infringed Yokohama Rubber’s design rights. As a result, all customs offices in Japan will henceforth prohibit the import of any such product.

27th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

SPR licensees begin production

It is almost 20 years since the Rösler Group bought the Schelkmann patents for the pre-cured retreading of OTR tyres. Today this German company has reached a position on the European and global retreading market where the Schelkmann procedure is itself used as a product, a product that appears to be in strong demand. During the past two years the Rösler Group has emphasised the commercialisation of Schelkmann licenses, obviously a good means of generating cash through licence fees, but also very attractive to the German group; together with the licence comes a production plant using Rösler technology and a subsequent demand for Rösler pre-cured OTR treads. As of March there are six Schelkmann production entities operating worldwide, one of which is Rösler’s model plant in Dortmund, the company’s location in Western Germany.

26th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodway Keeps Cool With Premium Retread Range

Supercool, the flagship retread range produced by Goodway Rubber is, says the Malaysian based company, the product of many years’ innovation and invention, guided by a single dominant principle – caring for the people who produce the product and those who use it.

As Malaysia’s largest retreader and manufacturer of rubber compounds, Goodway believes its strength stems from its people, and the company boasts having some of the industry’s finest minds as part of its team, who carry with them a wealth of hands-on experience and industry knowledge. The fruit of this fortuitous combination is, in Goodway’s own words, uncompromising safety and durability.

20th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Gajah Tunggal Plans 15% Sales Growth in 2008

Indonesia’s Gaja Tunggal Tbk is reported to have plans for increasing its sales by 15 per cent during the course of 2008. This growth will take place on top of sales revenue increases of around 20 per cent during 2006, up from IDR 5.47 trillion (£304 million).

18th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors