Prometeon inaugurates new headquarters
Prometeon Tyre Group is now at home in a new headquarters in Milan, Italy. The company now operates out of the SuperLab building in the Bicocca district.
Prometeon Tyre Group is now at home in a new headquarters in Milan, Italy. The company now operates out of the SuperLab building in the Bicocca district.
At the end of June 2024, the first Nexen InnoForum was held at the Allianz Stadium in Turin in cooperation with Juventus FC. The event, organized as a dealer conference for direct retailers from all over Italy, reportedly “marked a milestone in the partnership between Nexen Tire and Juventus, which started almost a year ago”. The dealer conference attracted a total of over 70 participants from all over Italy.
BKT has renewed its position as Title Sponsor of Serie BKT until 2028, consolidating its long-term commitment with Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (LNPB). During the first six years of this partnership, BKT reports “remarkable…in terms of audience, spectators and competitiveness” across 41 Italian cities. In the upcoming sports season, four new cities will enlarge even more the territory in which the BKT Series is to be played.
Tyre management at the Rally di Sardegna, the sixth round of the World Rally Championship, is “even more important” with a more compact 16-stage schedule, according to supplier Pirelli. Returning to Alghero, the event covers a total of 266.12 timed kilometres over three days of competition. There will be no service or tyre changing before the repeat runs, by which time the cars and tyres will have already been subjected to a lot of stress, meaning careful tyre management will benefit teams. In Sardinia the hard compound Scorpion KX WRC HB will be the prime and the soft compound Scorpion KX WRC SB will be the option.
Autopromotec, the automotive equipment and aftermarket exhibition scheduled from 21 to 24 May 2025 at the Bologna exhibition centre, celebrates an important milestone: 30 biennial exhibitions, covering 60 years of history. On the eve of a truly historic edition, the organisers are taking important strides towards achieving all-round sustainability. In fact, the path towards certification for sustainability management systems for events, the UNI ISO 20121 standard, has already begun.
China’s Silk Road Fund has sold its entire stake in Pirelli through an accelerated placement procedure. According to a statement published by the Borsa Italiana stock exchange this morning, the economic development fund has divested some 90.2 million shares, which represents a 9.02 per cent shareholding in Pirelli. Demand for the shares far exceeded supply, and MTP/Camfin have reportedly purchased shares equal to 2.2 per cent of Pirelli’s capital.
Repairify has opened a new office in Italy to support the growth of its European customer base, according to the company. Repairify representatives also suggest that the move will “make it easier and more financially efficient to access its advanced vehicle diagnostic and calibration technology”.
Steel wire and coating technologies firm Bekaert and Edison Next, the Edison Group company supporting customers with ecological transition and decarbonisation, have signed a 12-year on-site Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). This PPA will see the installation of a photovoltaic system with a total power of 6.1 MW at Bekaert’s plant in Sardinia, Italy. The 6.1 MW solar installation will be capable of meeting more than 20 per cent of the plant’s current energy requirements.
G.M.P. Group has revived the Antera alloy wheel brand, whose symbol is a stylized Panther. The 100 per cent made in Italy wheels are being presented during Milan Design Week from 14 to 21 April via a number of efforts that will unfold both onsite and on social media.
Nexen Tire is consolidating its three European entities (that is Czech Republic manufacturing and sales operation as well as its German sales and marketing led business plus its Italian mainly sales and marketing subsidiary) into a single Czech corporation. Business Korea reports that this initiative aims to “streamline business operations by centralizing dispersed bases within Europe”. Tyrepress.com’s sister titles in Germany and Italy (reifenpresse.de and pneusnews.it) have sought clarification and comment from the respective Nexen subsidiaries.
Supported by the University of Trento’s Department of Industrial Engineering, Marangoni recently conducted a lifecycle assessment (LCA) of one of its pre-cure retreaded truck tyre products, the Ringtread Blackline WSS 300 M. It compared this with a new tyre intended for the same application. Marangoni and the department tested both tyres in size 385/65R22.5.
Italian tyre distributor Fintyre has concluded its composition proceedings with creditors and cleared its debts 15 months ahead of schedule. Confirming the group’s fiscal solidity the company has also announced closing a 20-million-euro financing transaction with Banco BPM.
F1 in Schools is an international STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) competition for school students in which teams work together to design a miniature, compressed air-powered F1 car. The programme originated in the UK a quarter century ago and currently operates in more than 40 countries. Pirelli is a partner of the UK competition and has now announced becoming an Official Partner of F1 in Schools Italy.
Suzuki Italy has revealed a special edition of its popular V-Strom model, featuring Dunlop Trailmax Raid tyres as part of a package of adventure-focused upgrades that aim to “evoke memories of Suzuki’s historic off-road prowess.”
The Italian Guardia di Finanza has discovered large-scale online tyre fraud. According to our sister publication Pneusnews.it, the investigation has led to the execution of five “personal precautionary measures” for VAT fraud in the Italian online tyre trade and the seizure of about 40 million euros by Turin European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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