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OTR Tyre Duties “Level the Playing Field” – USW

The United Steelworkers has reacted positively to the US Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose antidumping duties on OTR tyre imports from China. In a statement released by the union group, USW International president Leo Gerard said that the “the decision will help level the playing field for US workers by requiring Chinese tyre imports to be priced fairly.”

At present four individual manufacturers have been investigated by US authorities, resulting in the introduction of duties ranging between 11 and 52 per cent. Other companies penalised with individual rates are subject to a margin reflecting the weighted average of individual rates or 25 per cent – whichever is higher. Those companies ineligible for individual rates must pay a duty of 210 per cent.

13th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Students Invited to Become Bridgestone E-Reporters

Once again Bridgestone is offering students throughout Europe the opportunity to have their budding journalistic talents noticed. The 2008 Bridgestone e-reporter competition is open to all full-time students in Europe who are aged between 18 and 30, and submissions are being sought by those who wish to, in the tyre major’s own words, “help launch their reporting career.”

Entry into the competition is as simple as penning a 300 word article (and interview questions) on a newsworthy story, and completed pieces can be submitted online at www.bridgestone.eu/e-reporter. A panel of highly respected media personalities and international journalists will critique the respective merits of each received entry, and eight finalists will be selected. Each will attend a European Formula One Grand Prix weekend, where their skills will be honed as they report upon the Bridgestone backed GP2 Series. All eight finalists will also be invited to the first European Grand Prix of the 2008 season, in Barcelona (25 – 27 April), to launch and celebrate the Bridgestone e-reporter competition’s fifth year.

5th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to Spend £150 Million on Additional Romanian Plant

Pirelli has plans to invest as much as £150 million during the course of this year to build a second factory at its Slatina tyre manufacturing site in Romania. According to Romania’s Ziarul Financiar newspaper, who quoted Enrico Malerba, chief executive of Pirelli’s Romania unit, work on the factory will commence in the summer. The completed facility will have an annual production capacity of 4 to 5 million tyres and will provide around 1,400 new jobs.

1st February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Automotive Systems NA to Cut Management, Admin Jobs

Redundancies affective US based Continental AG employees will mainly take place amongst executive and administrative personnel, said William Kozyra, president and CEO of Continental Automotive Systems’ NAFTA business. He said that engineers will be largely spared the cuts that are taking place subsequent to the Siemens VDO acquisition late last year.

30th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Polish Firm Buys Colway Brand

The Colway brand and equipment owned by County Durham-based C-Tyres have been bought by Polish retread company, Mark Gum. No details of how much Mark Gum paid for the company have been made available. According to local news reports, equipment from the factory on the Littleburn Industrial Estate will be now be transported to Poland. C-Tyres managing director Gary Oliver had previously spoken of his hope that a British company would take ownership of the assets, allowing tyre production to start up again from within C-Tyres leased premises in Langley Moor.

“There were several UK people that I know were interested and I was hoping there was a chance we could get things back up and running here, but that hasn’t happened. Colway tyres will no longer be made in the UK, which is very disappointing,” Gary Oliver commented.

29th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan to Transfer Jobs from Freeport Plant

News reports from the US indicate that Titan Tire is considering cutting back operations at one of its facilities. The Illinois based television channel WREX TV claims Titan Tire CEO Maurice Taylor is unhappy with the revenues generated at the company’s Freeport, Illinois farm tyre plant, and Taylor further believes that union leaders are making it difficult for changes to be made. In response, it seems likely Taylor will opt to expand facilities in Bryan, Ohio and Des Moines, Iowa and transfer jobs currently at Freeport to these two plants. “I can make money with those products and those facilities,” Taylor told WREX TV. “I can not do it up in Freeport and I’m just tired of the hassle, and so are all my managers. This is nuts.”

17th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Israeli Retreading Firm Expands into Europe

Israeli manufacturer of retreading materials and other rubber products, Ein Shemer Rubber Industries, has announced its acquisition of a cooperative partner based in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Fagum, and has stated that by April the two partners intend to establish a joint venture company, to be known as “Ein Shemer Europe.”

Fagum is based in the town of Zvornik, in the northeast of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and already possesses the technology to produce rubber products. Director of Ein Shemer, Natan Vilner, said that by April a considerable sum of money will have been invested in Fagum and 100 new jobs created. Ein Shemer currently employs 170 people and has an annual turnover of approximately ten million euros.

15th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre Recycling Faces a Reptilian Delay

The businessman behind plans for a tyre recycling facility in the Barrow docks area is hoping to begin set up work on the project by February despite a last minute environmental hurdle. The commencement of recycling at the Green Earth Regeneration Ltd facility may be delayed while a £200,000 earth wall is built to protect birds, lizards, worms and newts living in the plant’s vicinity.

This latest obstacle appears to be testing the patience of businessman Chris Parker, who has been quoted by the North-West Evening Mail as saying “There are so many conditions for a tyre recycling plant it is ridiculous.” Gaining the necessary permission to operate the business has already taken far longer that anticipated: “We have been held up massively in past months. We had nearly 12 months to wait to get a Waste Management Licence and, for the last four months, we have been held up (to do) with the ecology and reptile report for the site,” said Parker, who first submitted a planning application to Cumbria County Council in May 2006.

11th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to Expand US OTR Tyre Plant

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire intends to expand operations at its Bloomington OTR tyre facility, situated in the Illinois town of Normal. According to preliminary reports, curing capacity for large size loader tyres produced at the plant will be doubled, and new OTR sizes will also be introduced. The company says that at least US$12 million will be invested in the facility over a five-year period, with 50 new jobs created during the course of 2008.

9th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Plans Hungarian Brake Testing Facility

Reports in the Hungarian press state that Continental is to invest “billions of Forints” in a new testing facility for electronic braking systems (EBS) and their components in Hungary, around 15 to 20 kilometres from the city of Veszprém. The exact location will be decided on later this month and the project will be completed by the end of the year, creating 30 new jobs.

4th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Production Ends At Tyler

Tyre production at Goodyear’s factory at Tyler, Texas ended on December 21st; just over 50 days after the company announced its intention to cease making tyres at the plant. Around 600 jobs were lost.

4th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

£133,000 Grant Establishes Tyre Recycler

At the end of 2007 the Enhance Capital Fund provided £133,000 to help Edmonton-based London Tyre Recycling (LTR) become established. According to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), every day over 131,000 worn tyres are taken off cars, vans and trucks accounting for more than 48 million tyres (487,000 tonnes) per year. Hugh Smith, programme manager, London Remade, said: “The Enhance programme has awarded London Tyre Recycling (LTR) with a capital grant for tyre shredding equipment to work in response to the EU Landfill Directive that bans most tyres from being sent to landfill. The funding will enable LTR to take used tyres from this priority waste stream and reprocess them into rubber chips that can be used to manufacture many new products.”

2nd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

UK Members of Marine Hose Cartel Plead Guilty

The two Dunlop Oil and Marine executives and the Lincolnshire based consultant charged in the US for their participation in a price fixing cartel have entered a guilty plea. The one-count felony charges were laid in a Houston court on December 5, and the three men subsequently filed court documents detailing their plea arrangements. The pleas will be entered on December 12.

12th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

ContiTech Subsidiary to Establish Mexico Facility

A subsidiary of Continental’s ContiTech Group is establishing a new facility in Mexico that will supply automotive manufacturers in North America. The subsidiary, Benecke-Kaliko AG, will build this new plant in the state of San Luis Potosí, and it will specialise in the production of vehicle interior trim components such as PVC foam laminate and PVC leatherette as well as TPO compact film and expanded vinyl (TEPEO and TEPEO2).

“We’re targeting significant growth in the NAFTA region”, explained Dr. Dirk Leiß, Executive Board chairman of Benecke-Kaliko AG. The new facility will be a wholly owned subsidiary of ContiTech, and an investment of approximately 8 million euros will go into its construction. When the plant becomes operational more than 250 new jobs will be created.

5th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

UK Subaru Dealerships Buy 50 Brake Lathes

Following a recommendation from Subaru of America, UK dealership have purchased 50 on car brake lathes from Pro-Cut. According to the company, when the discs are resurfaced using an on-car brake lathe, mulitple repairs for brake judder, squeals and squeaks are virtually eliminated. The PFM 9.19 is the latest generation of on-car brake lathes and can skim an axle in under 20 minutes whilst the brake pads are being changed.

Subaru of America recommended the brake lathe in response to brake discs being classed as consumables and as such not covered by warranty. All Subaru dealerships and service centres have been advised to skim discs rather than replace them, saving the workshop time, saving the customer unneeded expense, and saving the environment by recycling reusable discs.

27th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors