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IRSG Names New Secretary General

The Singapore based International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced that Dr Stephen V. Evans will take on the position of group secretary general on January 1, 2010, following the end of incumbent Dr Hidde Smit’s tenure. Dr Evans, notes an IRSG statement announcing his appointment, has been involved in the elastomer industry for the past decade and operated his own consultancy business since late 2008. The qualities he brings to the position include “extensive experience in biotechnology, business and marketing development as well as strategic management and research skills.”

19th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Get Going With Falken Tire

Falken Tire has launched a new slogan it says ‘personifies’ its mission – We get you going. This phrase, explains Falken in a press release, holds multiple meanings and purposes for the tyre maker: “Over the years, the company has made every effort to capture the essence of a valued product in a highly competitive market. Falken has consistently taken a leaps-forward approach in how it designs, produces, markets and sells its tyres. From the sophisticated tread and carcass designs, engineered in Japan, to the most important facet of sales: Customer Service.

5th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Sales & Earnings Decline in H1

Yokohama Rubber has reported a year-on-year 21.3 per cent drop in sales during the first half of the financial year. Upon announcing sales in the six months to September 30, 2009 amounting to 202.1 billion yen (£1.4 billion), the company noted that demand in its principal markets – Japan, North America and Europe – had weakened. Slackening demand also undermined sales volume in Yokohama’s Multiple Business (diversified products) Group, which posted sales declines in high-pressure hoses, in conveyor belts, in sealants, and in aircraft products.

2nd November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Cut Leaks with Airtex

A new inner liner material developed by Yokohama Rubber is hoped to further improve the fuel saving properties of the company’s eco-tyre products. The ‘Airtex advances liner’ adheres to the inside of the tyre and features what Yokohama describes as a special resin, which when added to the conventional inner liner can “substantially reduce the volume of air naturally leaking from a tyre.” The material, says the Japanese manufacturer, is both highly impermeable and flexible. The company says that products employing Airtex have already been marketed in Japan, North America and some European countries, and the quest is now on to produce what Yokohama calls the ‘next generation Airtex’, a product that delivers near zero air leakage.

2nd November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

New Zealand Winter Tyre Restrictions “Not Enough”, Says Campaigner

The New Zealand Government has prohibited the fitting of both winter and summer tyres to the same vehicle, yet for a man that has campaigned against the cold weather product for two years this ban does not go far enough. Don Graham’s fiancée was killed in 2007 when her car – fitted with winter tyres on the rear wheels – lost traction on a wet road, and he believes that cold weather tyres have no place in New Zealand.

29th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone OE for Mercedes S-Class Hybrid

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Hybrid Long is the first imported hybrid vehicle to hit Japan’s roads, so it’s no surprise that Bridgestone is proud to announce the supply of its Potenza RE050 Ecopia range as original equipment. The RE050 Ecopia will be fitted to the large German saloon in 255/45R18 99Y size.

15th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Kei Racing Introduces Limited Edition Okoyama Wheel

Wheel manufacturer Kei Racing has apparently gone all ‘old school’ on us with its latest design, the Okoyama. Named after the famous circuit in Japan, this pseudo split rim serves up a dollop of authentic JDM style with a deep polished lip and eye-pleasing rivet detailing.

13th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Geißinger Becomes Chairman of World Bearing Association

Schaeffler Group president and CEO Dr. Jürgen M. Geißinger has been elected president of the World Bearing Association (WBA) at the organization’s fourth annual meeting in Tokyo. The WBA represents the interests of the bearing industry where initiatives of individual companies have proved to be insufficient. Its objectives include the elimination of competition distorting trade restraints as well as the introduction of uniform environmental protection standards. Special focus is on the fight against product piracy.

“Counterfeiting earns large sums of money and causes immense economic damage,” explained Dr. Geißinger. “WBA will therefore further reinforce its initiatives – this means intensified information and clarification of facts for customers on one hand and uncompromising prosecution of offenders on the other,” said Dr. Geißinger.

WBA was established as an umbrella organization of the American Bearing Manufacturers’ Association (ABMA), the Japan Bearing Industrial Association (JBIA) and the European Bearing Manufacturers’ Association (FEBMA) in September 2006. It represents the leading global bearing companies with sales of approximately 20 billion euros, which equates to about 75 per cent of the rolling bearing market worldwide.

12th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone’s Arakawa Honoured for Contribution to Belgium

On October 7, Shoshi Arakawa, chairman of the Board, CEO and president of Bridgestone Corporation, was presented with Commander of the Order of Leopold of the Kingdom of Belgium. Commenting on the significance of this occasion, Bridgestone notes that the Order of Leopold is the most prestigious order that can be bestowed upon an individual for his or her contribution to the development of Belgium. The ceremony was held at the official residence of Mr. Johan Maricou, Ambassador of H.M. the King of the Belgians to Japan, who presented the award.

7th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Greening the WTCC

Yokohama's commitment to making the WTCC a environmentally friendlier goes further – this year, as was the case in 2008, the company will make use of "green electricity" at the Yokohama Tire Service Garage at the WTCC Race of Japan between October 30 and November 1.

29th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo to Cease Supplying US Market from China

Following the Obama administration’s decision on Chinese tyre imports, Toyo Tire & Rubber has announced it will soon stop producing passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyres for the US market in China. "Most of those tyres will soon be manufactured at our plants in Japan," the company said in a statement. "Our number one priority is customer satisfaction, and we are making every effort to minimise disruption in supplies to our dealers by expediting these production changes."

28th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Launches Tyre Mould Business

Yokohama Rubber has established a tyre mould manufacturing and sales company through its acquisition of Hashiba Tire Mold’s tyre mould manufacturing business in July. The aim of setting up this new company, Yokohama comments, is to further reduce costs through increasing the self-supply ratio within the Yokohama Rubber group.

25th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo Opens Tyre Technical Centre

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Kobe, Japan based Sumitomo Rubber Industries celebrates its 100th anniversary during 2009, and this red-letter year for the company has seen the inauguration of its new Tyre Technical Centre. A ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new centre – which Sumitomo says will “play a major role in heritage and creation of technologies to enable the company to continue to grow in the next hundred years – was held on September 17.

24th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone unveils Ecopia EP150

Bridgestone has released the latest product in its Ecopia range of environmentally friendlier tyres. The Ecopia EP150 was released at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and the manufacturer notes the new tyre meets the “challenging and previously contradictory objective” of combining safety in wet conditions with reduced rolling resistance.

21st September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Double Coin Adds 12 Sizes

Double Coin distributor, Kirkby Tyres Ltd, has announced that the Chinese tyre manufacturer is expanding its truck tyre range. According to Kirkby Tyres, the size expansion means the sole distributor (UK and Ireland) can now offer an “all-encompassing
truck tyre line to meet the needs of the most demanding tyre retailer or end user.”

10th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors