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Conti consumer tyre production up 10% in 2011

Due to strong demand in both its original equipment and replacement markets, Continental reports its total passenger and light commercial vehicle tyre production this year will be around ten per cent higher than in 2010. This equals some 124 million tyres, a greater quantity than the German tyre maker has previously produced in the course of a year. Despite this, Continental states its anticipated output is “not yet sufficient to cover the predicted long-term demand completely,” and thus it has embarked on a capacity expansion programme; details of projects undertaken as part of this can be found via the links below.

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

UK vehicle industry boosted by £500 million BMW investment

Britain’s vehicle manufacturing industry has received welcome news from BMW, whose plan to invest £500 million in its Mini assembly plant in Oxford plus in its Swindon and Birmingham sites will safeguard some 5,000 UK jobs. The German manufacturer announced this investment during a Downing Street meeting between leading vehicle manufacturers and the Prime Minister. During the meeting, Mr. Cameron told industry representatives that “we really want to see the automotive industry flourish and we are determined to do the things to help it succeed.”

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Groundbreaking held for Hankook plant no. 7

Less than a month after breaking ground on its Liang Jiang Xin Qu factory in China’s Chongqing region, Hankook Tire has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant in Indonesia. This facility, in Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, will become the Korean tyre maker’s seventh global plant. Four production facilities on a 60 hectare site will cater to North American and Middle East export markets and serve as a regional business hub for the emerging Asian market.

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to invest in Costa Rica production and services

International News

Two planned investments will increase Bridgestone’s presence in Costa Rica: The local subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO), Bridgestone de Costa Rica, has announced the company’s new Financial Shared Services Center for the Latin American Region is to be located in the Central American country. Bridgestone also confirmed it will invest US$70 million in its La Ribera de Belen tyre factory in Heredia province over the next five years.

6th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

CES (UK): aftermarket emissions are more than just the right part

In every area of achievement, a passion for what you are doing is an important ingredient for success. This even applies to the humble automotive exhaust and was the case in 1984 when Howard Warren and Charles Cotton established CES (UK) Ltd. The two men’s love of cars and motor racing helped drive CES (UK) on to become a significant presence first in the British exhaust aftermarket and then as a supplier of an enviable range of aftermarket vehicle components. Tyres & Accessories recently spoke to CES (UK) managing director Steve McCann, who shared how this original passion is still propelling the company on the course of continued growth.

2nd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Lanxess to build Singapore Nd-PBR plant

Following a feasibility study evaluating potential locations throughout Asia, Lanxess has announced plans to erect a second synthetic rubber facility on Singapore’s Juron Island. A memorandum of understanding on the new plant is scheduled to be signed by the German company’s CEO Axel C. Heitmann and Singapore Economic Development Board chairman Leo Yip on June 2; the signing ceremony has been scheduled to coincide with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s first-ever visit to Singapore.

1st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Xeobib removes need for pressure adjustments at Bowden Farms

Terry Bowden, a partner in Tedburn St Mary-based Bowden Farms, says adjusting tyre pressures between jobs has become a thing of the past since specifying Michelin’s very high flexion tyres as original equipment on his latest New Holland T7050. He says he selected Michelin XeoBibs for their significantly larger footprint and after a string of tyre failures on a previous machine. The T7050 is used primarily for top work and operates with a 4m power harrow/drill combination with front mounted hopper across the 1,200-acre farm.

24th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

GT Group signs exhaust control systems deal with Russia’s GAZ

Peterlee, County Durham based engineering company GT Group intends to add some 200 new employees to its current workforce of 300 after securing £50 million contract to supply exhaust gas control system for Russian vehicle manufacturer GAZ Group. GT Group intends to boost output of its heavy-duty diesel engine exhaust gas control systems to 100,000 units per annum within three years.

23rd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti to commence Russian PCR manufacture in Q4 2013

Continental has confirmed news first reported last year on its intention to erect a new factory in Russia. Alexander Lührs, head of media and press relations for the German manufacturer’s Passenger & Light Truck Tires division, told Tyres & Accessories that approximately 200 million euros will be invested in a greenfield plant initially capable of producing four million passenger car tyres a year. Production is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013, Lührs added.

17th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Increased capacity and 444 new jobs – Conti confirms US plant investment

In response to growing demand for Continental and General Tire brand passenger car and van tyres in Northern and South America, Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) has announced plans to invest US$224 million increasing capacity at its Mt. Vernon, Illinois factory. Following the recent signing of various contracts by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, details of the investment were unveiled at a press conference at the plant on May 12; a key announcement was the creation of 444 new full-time positions over the coming four years.

13th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Styron breaks ground on Schkopau, Germany SSBR production line

Germany’s newly elected minister of economic affairs Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff joined other dignitaries and employees from Styron to celebrate the construction of Styron’s new SSBR (Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber) production line on 11 May 2011. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the introduction of an additional 50,000 metric tons of production capacity at the firm’s facility in Schkopau, Germany. According to the company, this will allow Styron better supply the “increasing demand for high performance tyres.”

11th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Rising demand prompts Michelin US factory expansion

A further US$200 million is being invested in Michelin North America’s factory in Lexington, South Carolina in order to accommodate growing regional demand for passenger tyres. Work on expanding capacity at the Lexington site will begin immediately and equipment for this latest project, which adds to the more than $1 billion invested in the site since its establishment in 1981, will be installed by the first half of 2013. Michelin North America reports that 270 new jobs will be created at the Lexington factory and phased in over the coming two years.

10th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone streamlines North American commercial tyre business

The formation of a new group to handle Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations’ commercial tyre business has led to the elimination of some 30 jobs within the organisation. Bridgestone Americas reports the job reductions are effective immediately; the creation of the Bridgestone Commercial Solutions Group to handle the company’s Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions and Off Road Tire, US & Canada Tire Sales divisions has rendered these positions superfluous.

6th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Administrators confirm Envirotyre asset sale

RSM Tenon, the company responsible for administrating Envirotyre, a Carlisle-based company specialising in the processing and reclamation of waste tyres, has confirmed that Envirotyre is in administration and that an asset sale has been initiated. The administrators also confirmed that the business has ceased trading and all 30 jobs have been made redundant.

Envirotyre based in Carlisle is not to be confused with Envirotyre UK Ltd based in Boston, which serves the tyre industry (collection and recycling of all waste tyres) in Central and Eastern England. Following the initial reports of the administration of its Carlisle-based namesake, directors of Envirotyre UK wrote to Tyres & Accessories explaining that the Boston-based business “is in no way connected to Envirotyre Ltd based in Cumbria.” This Central and Eastern English business run by Envirotyre UK Ltd “continues to trade normally” according to company director Richard King.

3rd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama reports Japan disaster relief activities

Giving an update on its assistance to relief efforts following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, Yokohama Rubber reports that as of April 28 Yokohama group companies and their employees had donated a total of approximately 88,500,000 yen (US$1,100,000) to the relief effort. That total includes donations of 61,700,000 yen ($760,000) by Yokohama group companies and their employees in Japan, including a 50,000,000 yen ($610,000) corporate donation by the parent company, and 26,800,000 yen ($330,000) by group companies and their employees in other nations. The companies and employees made their contributions mainly through the Red Cross societies in their nations.

2nd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors