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Amtel-Vredestein to Launch 150 million Euro Bond

Amtel-Vredestein N.V. will debut a 150 million euro-denominated Eurobond by 30 June 2007. The company plans to use proceeds from the Eurobond to replace some of its existing debt positions. Nomura International plc will manage the sale of the unsecured Eurobond.

“I enthusiastically support Amtel-Vredestein’s inaugural Eurobond, which is expected to further align the Company’s funding structure with its operating needs,” said Supervisory Board Chairman, major shareholder and Amtel-Vredestein founder, Sudhir Gupta.

“We believe that this Eurobond will be an ideal new opportunity for investors to participate in Amtel-Vredestein’s debt portfolio and we fully support it,” said Vagan Abgaryan, Head of Asset Management, Senior Vice President of major shareholder Alfa Bank.

13th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Dubai Authorities Plan Tyre Safety Campaign

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has finalised preparations for the launch of a two-month campaign to create awareness about the importance of tyre safety in order to avoid accidents. According to the Khaleej Times, Maitha bin Udai, executive director of the Traffic and Road Agency, RTA, said the campaign would feature a comprehensive programme, including a permanent traffic exhibition. A message, to be displayed at more than 300 sites, will tell motorists that excess luggage and passengers or failure to make proper maintenance of the vehicle run counter to traffic safety rules.

She said the campaign, which will be launched in association with the Nasser Abdul Lateef Al Serkal Establishment and a number of companies connected with road users’ safety, will conduct random patrols to advise motorists on the validity and road-worthiness of their vehicles’ tyres. These patrols, she said, will comprise supervisors from the RTA awareness section and tyremaker, Bridgestone. They will offer a tyre examination service to all motorists regardless of the brand of tyres.

5th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Expands US OE Sales Office

(Akron/Tire Review) Kumho Tire USA Inc. has hired new key personnel at its OE sales office in Detroit. Former Ford product development engineer Gregory Dabkowski joined Kumho as Ford account manager. Dabkowski has spent the last 29 years at Ford, where he managed successful launches of key Ford programs.

In his new position, Dabkowski will be responsible for managing and coordinating Kumho’s tyre development and launch activities with Ford. He will also advise on commercial, quality, product design and marketing issues related to Ford programs. Dabkowski earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan at Dearborn.

David Dobradenka joined Kumho as OE quality manager. He has more than 14 years of quality engineering and management experience with automotive suppliers. He had been quality manager at ABB Corp. in Auburn Hills, Mich.

1st June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Introducing Autocat+ v4.0

MAM Software has launched Autocat+ v4.0, the next major release of its electronic parts cataloguing software for motor factors, accessory retailers and parts distributors. This introduces a number of significant enhancements to the application and further extends its functionality.

This latest version of Autocat+ is designed to run at a larger screen resolution of 1024px by 768px. This enables the software to display more information on the screen at any one time and has removed the need for scroll bars on some of the controls. As a result, the main parts grid now displays new fields including fuel type, body type, engine capacity, cylinders, cam, valve and transmission.

The introduction of new data columns gives users more fields on which to filter data. Combined with new progressive searching routines, Autocat+ v4 helps users to quickly and easily drill down data to find a match. With more information to search on, parts lookups are more accurate, increasing the likelihood of achieving ‘first-time-fit’.

24th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Adds to Mixed Service Truck Tyre Range

Peterborough’s TruckFest show – an event co-sponsored by Dunlop Tyres UK – was chosen as the launch venue for new additions to two of the tyremaker’s new product lines. The SP382 and SP482 tyre ranges, designed specifically for vehicles operating in on and off-road conditions, have both received new additions.

The SP482 range has welcomed the introduction of tyre that Dunlop claims now ensures all popular sizes are catered for, a 12R22.5 drive tyre. This tyre range is most commonly used on tippers, concrete mixers, cranes and other construction plant equipment that operate on-road most of the time but also find employment in locations such as construction sites and quarries. Therefore the tyre offers high road mileage while delivering the necessary off-road traction and resistance to stone cuts.

15th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear To Launch UHP All Season Addition to Eagle Range

Goodyear has announced the imminent release of the newest addition to its Eagle tyre range. The latest offering, the UHP Eagle F1 all season tyre, will be launched this summer, with consumer availability likely from July.

The Eagle F1 All Season has been designed build on the advantages of a traditional UHP tyre by offering improved snow and rain traction, which it achieves through a combination of tread design and sidewall construction, in addition to choice of compound. The tyre’s inner and outer sidewalls are reinforced with carbon fibre, providing sidewall stiffness that serves to maximise the area of making contact with the road during hard cornering.

10th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Raybestos Works to Address Tech Needs

(Akron/Tire Review) Raybestos says it has “completely re-engineered” its entire brake component product lines after conducting “months of extensive” research with service technicians across North America. As a result, Raybestos has launched a new strategy that “addresses the proliferation of both parts and vendors, which has become a major problem for distributors,” according to Jeff Stauffer, vice president of global marketing for Affinia, which produces and markets Raybestos products.

Stauffer said the research showed that “techs require a single line of hydraulics, two grades of rotors and three grades of friction.” To address that need, Raybestos launched its 1-2-3 Strategy to deliver the types of brake components techs say they need.

“The studies told us that a single line of hydraulics made to OE specs is all that is needed,” Stauffer said. “With rotors, most situations can be addressed with a basic professional grade of OE-equivalent products, but some applications, especially severe duty or premium vehicles, require an ultra premium product capable of outperforming OE.”

25th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Latest Proxes From Toyo

Toyo has released the latest in a long and distinguished line of performance rubber with the new Proxes 4. Aimed at the tuned car market where optimum performance, particularly in dry conditions is paramount, Proxes 4 is the new reference for sports handling, says Toyo.

The Proxes name is already familiar to performance drivers as Toyo’s ultra-high performance range of tyres. The Proxes range achieved instant cult status following its launch in the mid-90s with its combination of performance and value. Since then, the range has undergone continual improvement, evolving through a series of cutting edge designs into the T1-S, T-1R and the R888, noted for its grip. The Proxes 4 incorporates every lesson learned along the way wrapped in the most attractive tread design to come from the Japanese manufacturer yet.

25th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

JIA Sources to Show Key Innovations at Brityrex International ’07

Innovative new products for tyre pressure management, nitrogen inflation and ‘touchless’ wheel alignment will be the focus for visitors to the JIA Sources International stand at Brityrex’07. The company’s new Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) makes its UK debut, offering simple-to-use retrofit applications for car, truck and towed vehicles like caravans and trailers.

Nitro-Ride nitrogen inflation systems is another area of business that will benefit from the launch of a new product, with a fully automated system being presented to trade and end user buyers.

JIA Sources managing director, William Mitchell, says that in addition to being innovative and practical, the company’s products are very much in vogue with current focus on carbon emissions reduction: “Reducing the carbon footprint of motorists is a major talking point. Our products focus on setting and maintaining accurate inflation pressures and correct wheel balancing/alignment, which of course improve fuel economy and extend tyre life, both of which help reduce emissions.”

23rd April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

New Sava Sporty 3+ Sizes

Savatech has announced that, in order to “make an impression,” the company will expand the Sporty 3+ range to include140/70-12 65P, increasing the number of possible fitments. The company is also reporting that feedback about the launch of its MC29 Sporty 3+ scooter tyre is highly positive with the tyre being considered to be innovative and technically advanced whilst great value for money.

“Last year we predicted that Sava MC29 Sporty 3+ would succeed with its attractive design, inclusive range of sizes and astonishing handling characteristics. Our confidence in this new product has been confirmed now that users have been able to put it to the test and report that the most outstanding feature of the tyre is its sporty and dynamic handling, enabling quick changes of direction,” company representatives told Tyres & Accessories.

20th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

TEAM Systems back at Brityrex International ’07

TEAM Systems is back at Brityrex for 2007, maintaining a record of having exhibited at every show since the launch of the original TEAM software product back in 1993. “The fact that we keep coming back means that the show works for us,” says managing director Steve Greatrex. “It’s the ideal occasion for meeting customers, launching new products and keeping in touch with the industry, so for us Brityrex has always been an important date on the calendar.”

With over decade of consistent growth, Steve believes that the secret of TEAM Systems’ success is down to both the quality of the product and the service delivered by the team of experienced and qualified experts.

19th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

OTR Launch CushionTyre in UK

In early April Derbyshire based OTR Tyres Ltd, one of the UK’s leading earthmover tyre remoulders and suppliers, launched the OTR CushionTyre onto the UK market – a tyre OTR Tyres say will eliminate tyre downtime by combining a pneumatic-like ride with solid tyre durability, and also improve tyre running costs per hour.

Manufactured with two rows of apertures built into the tyre’s sidewall structure, the OTR CushionTyre allows for greater shock absorption while the overall solid weight of the tyre is reduced. The CushionTyre is available in a range of sizes and tread patterns.

19th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Tyres Begins Retread Production

Apollo’s first DuraTyre branded retread rolled off the production line at the company’s Gurgaon, Haryana, greenfield site. According to an Apollo statement, the tyre marks the first time that a branded retread has been produced at a Greenfield site in India. The commercial launch is scheduled for May 2007. This makes Apollo Tyres the only Indian tyre Chairman & Managing Director of Apollo Tyres Ltd, Mr Onkar S Kanwar, said: “We have made a beginning here and by the end of the year we are targeting a four-fold increase in production. In three year’s time, we are looking at a turnover of 5 billion rupees from DuraTyre. It is a hasslefree, ready-made product for customers looking at retreading as an option. This is also the right time to introduce this product given the time constraints our commercial vehicle customers operate under, the increased use of multi-axle vehicles and our improved highway infrastructure.”

13th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Cold Weather Handling

Yokohama is already looking ahead to the next cold season – March, a month in which people began to pack away their winter coats and winter tyres, saw the launch of their new W.drive, a high performance tyre designed to provide confident roadholding in all winter conditions. With speed ratings up to V, the new Yokohama tyre is clearly not intended only for jaunts to the supermarket on a frosty morning – indeed its target market is very broad, encompassing everything from compact cars right through to performance vehicles.

11th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Adds Dura-Bright to LT/SUV Lines

(Akron/Tire Review) Alcoa Forged Specialty Wheels has added the company’s Dura-Bright wheel technology to its line of aftermarket light truck/SUV wheels. Dura-Bright, already available on Alcoa aluminum medium truck wheels, is a surface treatment that helps maintain a wheel’s bright, like-new appearance.

According to Alcoa, the proprietary surface treatment penetrates and reacts with the aluminum thus becoming an integral part of the wheel, and resists peeling, cracking and corrosion.

10th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors