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Asian tyre maker acquires self-inflating tyre technology licence

Czech Republic-based company Coda Development s.r.o., inventor of the Self Inflating Tire (SIT), winner of the Tire Technology of the Year award at the 2009 Tire Technology Expo, has signed a commercial licence agreement with an Asian tyre maker, and says it has already generated its first revenues. Although Coda Development has not named its new industry partner, it refers to the company as a “major” tyre producer. The contract grants rights to manufacture and sell SIT technology in specific territories of Asia.

26th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop bridge sale aids cancer charity

Dunlop, a company with almost 125 years worth of British motorsport heritage, has announced it will match the total raised by the Donington Park items that went under the hammer at the Goodwood Revival Auction. The lots sold by Bonhams raised £1500 for Leicestershire based charity – Hope Against Cancer.

21st September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Spanish factory a Bridgestone TQM award recipient

Bridgestone Corporation held its third annual Bridgestone Global Total Quality Management (TQM) Conference on Friday, 14 September, at the company's Global Manufacturing Education Center (G-MEC) building in Kodaira City, Tokyo. The motto for this year's event was "Standards are Our Guiding Principle,” and a focus was placed upon ‘kaizen’ – the Japanese word describing improvement or change for the better – throughout the Bridgestone Group. In that context, Bridgestone Europe’s Burgos plant in Spain was given a TQM award, in particular thanks to “open and close standard based kaizen” in the plant’s curing department.”

21st September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo to build plant in Turkey

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper and various Turkish media sources report Sumitomo Rubber Industries intends to invest 40 billion yen (£315 million) in building a tyre factory in Çankiri, about 90 miles from Turkey’s capital Ankara. Construction on the plant is set to start next year and the first phase will be ready in 2014, with further work completed in 2015. Output from the plant will be sold in Europe and the Middle East. No information on planned production capacity has been given.

17th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New Falken Eurowinter model boasts 10%-plus improvements

Sumitomo brand, Falken has launched its newest winter tyre, the Eurowinter HS449. Falken says the new tyre has an innovative tread pattern and compound to improve control and grip. It is available for delivery in the UK this month, meaning it is ready for the start of the cold weather season.

10th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama granted integrated ISO 14001 certification

In August, some 14 years after its first plant obtained ISO 14001 certification, Yokohama achieved company-wide integrated certification under ISO 14001. The Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certification covers Yokohama Rubber’s nine locations within Japan: the company’s head office and eight domestic production sites (Hiratsuka, Mie, Mishima, Shinshiro, Onomichi, Ibaraki, Nagano and Hiratsuka-East).

27th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Groundbreaking held for Sumitomo agri tyre plant

Sumitomo Rubber Industries reports that its 100 per cent owned subsidiary, Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand), held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new agricultural tyre factory in Thailand on 2 August. The plant, which is currently under construction in the Amata City Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, will be Sumitomo’s first agricultural tyre factory outside of Japan. It is being set up with a total investment of some 10 billion yen (£80 million) and is scheduled to enter production in May 2014. The 130,000 square metre facility should produce around 50,000 tyres a month by the end of 2017.

22nd August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone OP beats analysts expectations

With Bridgestone having announced that first half operating profits grew 43 per cent year-on-year to 133.8 billion yen, the tyre manufacturer has upped its full-year operating profit guidance. Bridgestone had predicted that it would achieve 118 billion yen by this measure, with Deutsche Bank estimating nearer 136 billion yen. As a result the financial analysts now report that the company has lifted its full-year operating profit projections and is now looking at 50 per cent year-on-year growth to 287 billion yen (previous predictions were 269 billion yen, with Deutsche Bank expecting 316 billion yen).

13th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo, Stamford to open Falken sales company in India

Japanese tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber Industries and Singapore’s Stamford Tyres Corporation have announced plans to establish a joint venture sales company in India. The operation, Falken Tyre India Private Limited, will start business in April 2013 and be 60 per cent owned by Sumitomo Rubber subsidiary Sumitomo Rubber Asia (Tyre) PTE. Ltd, with Stamford owning the remaining share. Falken Tyre India will focus on India’s replacement tyre market; Sumitomo says it will supply tyres that “meet the local needs.”

9th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Stamford enters winter market

Singapore’s Stamford Tyres announced the entry onto the winter tyre market of its Firenza brand, introducing the company's initial sizes of its Nu Ice Firenza winter tyre range. Stamford Sport Wheels (SSW), a subsidiary partner of the Stamford Tyres Group, used its portion of the Stamford stand to display a new alloy wheel collection. SSW launched its latest range of Soleil alloy wheels in Europe for cars, 4×4/SUV's and light trucks.

8th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Alba Diagnostics braking expertise delivered

Scottish braking firm Alba Diagnostics was established in 1991, designing and manufacturing professional garage equipment. Developing from a two-person operation, Alba became the manufacturer of what it says is the world's number one brake fluid tester. The company has recently been talking up the benefits of offering customers free brake fluid checks using the Alba Diagnostics brake fluid tester. This is a boiling point tester; the only approved way to test brake fluid.

1st August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Tarox releases Mk2 Focus RS brake upgrade kit

Tarox has released a brake upgrade kit for Ford’s powerful Mk2 Focus RS. The kit consists of two precision-machined 300mm two-piece discs and uprated pads. Also available is a matching rear disc upgrade.

1st August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone reports rubber tree genome, disease detection research breakthroughs

A strong recent focus at Bridgestone, as at several other tyre makers, has been on researching alternatives to natural rubber sourced from the Hevea brasiliensis tree. At the same time, the tyre maker has also investigated the optimisation of Hevea brasiliensis productivity, and as part of this basic research into molecular breeding – breeding using genetic information – Bridgestone has successfully decoded the main genome sequence for Hevea brasiliensis.

10th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to investigate MotoGP rear tyre destruction

The general manager of Bridgestone Motorsport’s Tyre Development Department, Shinichi Yamashita has promised to investigate personally the reason why chunks of rubber fell off riders Valentino Rossi’s and Ben Spies’ medium compound slick rear tyres at round seven of MotoGP 2012. Hiroshi Yamada – manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Department, also apologised on behalf of the company: “I am sorry that some riders experienced tyre problems during the race. We are now investigating the issue and will report back to teams with our findings at the next race.” The Dutch TT, held at Assen, on Saturday 30 June 2012 was won by Casey Stoner, who capped an impressive weekend for the Repsol Honda team to take his third win of the season ahead of teammate Dani Pedrosa in warm, dry weather.

2nd July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo launches flagship eco tyre

Next week Toyo Tire & Rubber will release its Nanoenergy 0, or Zero, for sale in Japan, complete with a very favourable label rating. The new tyre has been given the highest grade possible for rolling resistance and wet grip performance under the voluntary labelling system established by JATMA, the Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association. Toyo claims the Nanoenergy Zero is the first tyre in Japan to achieve an “AAA” grade for rolling resistance and an “a” for wet grip.

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors