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ContiTrade Africa acquires Jody’s Tyre Group

ContiTrade Africa, a newly founded entity of Conti Global Holding, has bought eight Jody’s Tyre Group fitment stores in Johannesburg, South Africa. ContiTrade Africa is responsible for franchise and retail operations in Africa with two main systems, FIT&GO and Best Drive – some of which are company owned while others are franchise stores. Of the eight stores recently acquired three will be converted into FIT&GO and four into Best Drive with one store trading by the name, Jody’s Tyres.

11th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

GT Assist building brand confidence with Manchester dealer

The GT Radial brand has made much well-documented progress within the UK commercial vehicle tyre market over the past few years, and in December 2012, its manufacturer Giti Tire’s UK operation began rolling out a commercial vehicle roadside service assistance programme. Now in the third quarter of 2013, GT Assist has developed to consist of a network of approximately 220 dealer partner depots covering the UK and Ireland. Tyres & Accessories visited one of GT Radial’s longest standing customers in the UK, Manchester independent family business Tyre Save, to discuss the roadside service assistance programme with sales and marketing director Truck and Bus Tony McHugh and regional sales manager Truck and Bus Steve McDonald from GiTi Tire (UK) and Tyre Save owner Mark Davies and manager Stewart Little.

10th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Boost for Jaguar Land Rover at Frankfurt show

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar Land Rover announced an investment approaching £1.5 billion to introduce an all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio 1,700 new jobs will be created in the UK at the company's advanced manufacturing facility in Solihull.

10th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho US plant back on track

On 5 September, representatives from Kumho and leaders of Macon-Gibb County in the US state of Georgia jointly announced that an agreement has been reached that will allow the tyre maker’s Kumho Tire Georgia, Inc. unit to begin construction of its tyre plant. Kumho will initially invest around US$200 million to build the plant on a 150 acre site within the Sofkee Industrial Parklocated in Macon, Georgia. The plant will employ more than 300 people and mainly service the North American markets.

9th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni closing Anagni new tyre plant

Marangoni Group has confirmed that it will end new passenger car and van tyre production at its Anagni factory. The announcement comes amidst local news reports of despondency amongst workers who expected to return to work in September after two postponements in August. Around 400 employees at the Anagni plant will be made redundant. The group said it would “assess possible solutions with relevant organisations and parties in managing this difficult period”. Unions are said to be planning solidarity events in support of workers.

5th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik Fit introduces ‘plus’ concept, offers more ‘slow fit’ servicing

Kwik Fit is showing signs that at least part of the vast independent fast fit network is evolving in the direction of autocentre style garages. According to online news sources this is part of a bid to increasingly target fleet business – an area the business is historically strong in – with the offer of servicing and mechanical work.

4th September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Managers locked out in Apollo/Cooper protest

Resistance to the acquisition of Cooper Tire and Rubber by Apollo Tyres continues unabated, with workers at the Cooper Chengshan joint venture factory in China's Shandong province locking out their US managers in protest against the deal.
Workers say that the takeover will put their jobs at risk and, according to Yue Chunxue, director of the labour union at the plant, foreign managers could face the risk of "bodily injuries". He added: "unless the deal is cancelled, we will continue to boycott it until the very end. A three-month strike ended on August 17th but the union is continuing to boycott work on Cooper-branded products.

3rd September 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Chengshan workers end strike

It appears the strike at the Cooper Chengshan factory in China is over, and the 5,000 workers are back at their jobs and producing tyres. Details of how the strike was resolved are not yet known.

22nd August 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin contemplating Poland plant expansion

According to local media, Michelin may expand its Olsztyn tyre factory in Poland. The country’s economic minister Janusz Piechociński is reported to have named Michelin as one of two automotive sector firms that may potentially invest in Poland; the tyre maker is said to be considering investing zł.379.5 million (£77.8 million) in the plant expansion, which would create 51 new jobs.

12th August 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

"Inaccurate fuel figures mask massacre of independents" – PRA

Surprising new data from Government confirms that Supermarkets now have a much higher share of the UK market for retail transport fuels than previously admitted. The latest combined total for petrol and diesel sees an increase to 46.5 per cent in 2012. This compares with the official total of just 39 per cent for 2011 quoted in the Deloitte study and also 39 per cent for 2012 stated in the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report, such figures were clearly far from being accurate.

6th August 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental broadens Norbert Dentressangle logistics contract

Continental Tyres has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further five years, including “a significant extension” to the scope of the operation. In addition to acting as Continental’s UK and Ireland National Distribution Centre (NDC), under the new contract, Norbert Dentressangle’s site at Rugby will also act as a consolidation point for orders which were previously delivered as full loads direct from Continental’s European manufacturing plants to major wholesale customers in the UK.

6th August 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Ohio Senator meets with Apollo senior management

On 25 July, United States Senator Sherrod Brown, who represents the state of Ohio, met with Apollo Tyres chairman Onkar Kanwar and vice chairman and managing director Neeraj Kanwar to urge them to protect jobs in his – and Cooper Tire & Rubber’s – home state.

29th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

TyreSafe details “check your pressure” campaign

Today TyreSafe unveiled a range of steps the tyre safety education body is investing in in order to promote positive tyre safety messages this year. Announced at the fourth annual TyreSafe industry briefing the suite of awareness-raising initiatives include a bolstered tyre safety month, a new campaign microsite, dealer locater, promotional videos created with both YouTube and social media networks in mind and a collaboration with the Highways Agency.

18th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Official opening for Vietnam’s first truck radial plant

On 29 June, Vietnam’s Danang Rubber Company and the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) held the inauguration ceremony for their, and the country’s, first truck tyre radial factory. The new plant is located within the Lien Chieu Industrial Zone in Da Nang City, and covers an area of 106,632 square metres. It was built with a total investment of VND 2,992 billion (£92.1 million), including equipment costs of VND 1,663 billion, and has a 600,000 tyre per annum capacity. The Vietnamese tyre maker says plant equipment was imported from Italy, The Netherlands and Germany.

15th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Circuit of Wales gets planning approval

Britain is to get a new race track, following Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council’s approval of plans for the construction of what will be known as “Circuit of Wales”. It will host all types of racing except Formula One according to news sources.

11th July 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors