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Michelin to boost North American compound capacity – $200M project announced

A planned expansion at Michelin’s semi-finished rubber factory in Starr, South Carolina, will meet heightened overall tyre production demands at the tyre maker’s North American facilities. Capacity at the Starr plant, one of two Michelin factories producing rubber compound within the region (the other being Sandy Springs, Michelin’s largest rubber-producing facility in the world), will increase through a US$200 million expansion project that will begin operation in 2014. Michelin has not stated what the Starr plant’s capacity will be following the project’s completion.

25th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin to expand Canada truck tyre production

A CDN$73 million (£46.3 million) investment for Michelin’s Waterville truck tyre factory in Canada will increase capacity over the coming four to five years. Michelin North America says the Waterville plant will make capital investments in equipment improvements and increased production capacity; the project will include the installation of new technologies in all aspects of the manufacturing process, supporting the success and continued growth of wide commercial vehicle tyres such as the X One. The project will include a 3,000 square metre assembly building expansion and Michelin anticipates the investment will create approximately 50 new local jobs.

18th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear avoids Fayetteville layoffs, achieving cuts with buyouts

The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co.’s Fayetteville, North Carolina plant has successfully filled the nearly 200 buyouts required to avoid layoffs. The company had announced the need to cut 200 jobs in Autumn 2012, offering staff the option to take buyout packages. Local news sources estimated around 135 employees’ buyouts had been completed on 16 January, with the staff leaving their jobs in phases.

17th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

1,000 independent garages "could be wiped out" – PRA

"Up to one thousand independent forecourt sites will be wiped out by new supermarket forecourts by 2017 unless the Government takes action" said Brian Madderson Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA) Chairman.

The PRA report commissioned from Christie & Co looked at the planning applications for new petrol filling stations between 2009 and the third quarter of 2012. It found that an average of 40 supermarket forecourts were being granted permission each year, and Steve Rodell, director and head of Retail at Christie & Co said: "If applications continue at the same rate, and there is no reason to believe that will not be the case, there will be another 160 supermarket sites by the end of 2016.

15th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis offering ‘e-Marked ATV tyres for on and off-road use’

Maxxis reports that it “remains at the forefront of ATV tyre development” with its range of utility, ATV and specialist sports quad tyres, renowned for delivering superb all-round performance across a variety of applications. And, of course, all these are useful in farming and agricultural applications. With all this in mind, it probably won’t come as a surprise that Maxxis is an accredited OE supplier to all the top ATV manufacturers, including Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Polaris and Suzuki.

19th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Home for Christmas – Titan axes 60 jobs at Freeport plant

In his guidance for next year, Titan International’s Maurice Taylor bragged that 2012 delivered “record revenue, net income, gross margins, operation margins – just everything.” He also boasted about his golf handicap. Perhaps news of the company’s vitality and Taylor’s prowess on the green will provide some comfort to the 60 or so workers reported to have been laid off at Titan Tire’s Freeport, Illinois factory in the US. According to local newspaper the Journal Standard, the Titan International subsidiary confirmed on 17 December that employee lay-offs had occurred; while the Journal Standard says Titan officials were “unavailable for comment”, it writes that David Young, executive director of the Northwest Illinois Development Alliance, attributes the job cuts to a seasonal reduction in demand.

18th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Consultation launched on proposals to cut red tape for freight industry

A package of measures promised as part of the Red Tape Challenge is being launched for consultation by Roads Minister Stephen Hammond today. The consultation looks at ways of streamlining the way in which operators have to comply with regulations around drivers' hours; tachographs and the support of green technology.

13th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis partners to expand retreading operation

Kian Hon Tyres Sdn. Bhd., the sole Malaysian distributor of the Maxxis tyre brand, is placing a greater focus on retreading the Taiwanese tyre maker’s products with the opening of an expanded retreading facility. The company says it has received the “full support and involvement” of Maxxis to construct a tread rubber production line and expand its retreading plant in Penang. Total capacity at the plant, which first entered operation in 1980, will increase to 120,000 retreads a year and 15,000 tread liners per month. The plant will be the primary retreading and tread liner production site for the Maxxis brand within the region.

13th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Greenville hoping to attract Michelin investment

Is Michelin planning to expand its Greenville, South Carolina site in the US? The greenvilleonline.com news site says local officials may offer the tyre maker incentives to do so. On 3 December it reported the existence of tax documents that show Michelin North America is seeking a property tax break from Greenville County Council in exchange for a possible expansion in the local area. But any growth plans depend upon any effect the upcoming reduction in the US budget deficit – the fiscal cliff, as it’s known in the US – may have on the economy.

5th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

South African tyre waste plan finally implemented

More news about the tyre recycling world’s equivalent of a yo-yo: after being approved (November 2011), withdrawn (January 2012), declared “back on track” (April 2012), approved again (July 2012), declared “stolen” (August 2012), challenged in court (August-September 2012), and then once again put on hold (November 2012), South Africa’s REDISA plan has now been re-gazetted and come into force.

3rd December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Career app brings Conti jobs to your phone

Finding a job at Continental just became easier for people on the go – the tyre and automotive supplier has released an Apple-compatible career app, and it shares that an Android version is currently in development. Conti says the app can help potential employees “conveniently find a dream job with the international automotive supplier.”

29th November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper guayule activities outlined at AAIC meeting

Last week, US-based organisation the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) held its 24th annual meeting; the event’s focus was ‘developing sustainable solutions’, and during the meeting Cooper Tire research scientist Dr. Howard Colvin presented a paper, titled “Securing the Future of Natural Rubber – an American Tire and Bio-Energy Platform from Guayule.”

23rd November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Spain bearing the brunt of Bridgestone cutbacks

Representatives of Spanish trade unions Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) and Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) have organised a march today in protest of planned redundancies at Bridgestone factories in Spain. This action is just one of a number of measures planned; a two hour strike is scheduled at its Puente San Miguel plant tomorrow, and Bridgestone workers intend to protest the job cuts on 25 November.

22nd November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

'Meet the Funder' event will boost auto industry lending

More than 20 high-profile banks, financial support services, and venture capitalists have signed-up to attend SMMT's 'Meet the Funder' event later this month, keen to enhance their understanding of the UK's automotive supply chain and boost funding in the sector.

13th November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Scottish National Party will vote against fuel price increase

The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the news that the Scottish National Party are to vote against the 3ppl fuel duty increase planned for January 2013.

12th November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors