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NTDA adds tyre retail gong to TAFF Awards line up

The National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) has added a new retail-orientated award to its Tyre & Fast-Fit (TAFF) line up. The awards are given in a number of categories (tyre manufacturer, wholesaler, and environmental award to name but three) but 2011 brings with it the introduction of "tyre centre of the year". Retailers will be able to put forward a tyre or fast-fit depot for consideration and those nominated will be subject to a 'mystery shopping' exercise and rated on their performance.

6th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Fuel prices still distributors' greatest problem says FTA

The price of fuel is still the biggest headache for transport companies battling to cope with rising costs, with haulage rates failing to keep up, according to a report published by the Freight Transport Association.

FTA's Manager's Guide to Distribution Costs 2011 calculates that the cost of diesel for commercial vehicle fleets rose by 15.6 per cent in the twelve months to 1 April 2011. The second biggest increase was in the cost of overheads, followed by vehicle maintenance. The total rise in vehicle operating costs to 6.8 per cent outstripped the rise in domestic haulage rates, which increased by an average of 3.41 per cent. International haulage rates increased on average by 5.40 per cent.

30th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ to anticipate tyre labelling in network developments

Industry observers are calling the European Union’s tyre labelling legislation, due to come into force on 1 November 2012, one of the biggest changes in the tyre industry for 50 years. Summing up the effect of the change on the consumer, vice president of Goodyear Dunlop EU Consumer Business Unit Mark Brickhill told Tyres & Accessories last year: “for the first time the industry is going to be required to give the consumer clear information in a standard set of KPIs [key performance indicators] from a standard set of tests, and something that is very complex – and sometimes confusing – for the consumer is going to be hugely enlightened.” Yet few tyre retailers have had much to say on the subject so far.

29th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Second-hand safety

You wouldn’t dream of buying second hand underpants, would you? Not even if they weren’t too shabby and looked perfectly serviceable? No? What strange priorities we have – the idea of togging up in someone else’s castoff briefs is enough to make most people shudder, even if the risk to health and safety from doing so is nil. Yet when it comes to tyres, something we entrust our lives with, thousands of Britons are perfectly happy to dress their cars with a pre-used product.

29th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

‘There are no bad tyres’

International News, News

Al Dobowi Group chairman Surender Singh Kandhari’s spoke on “the emergence of budget tyres” at the recent Automechanika Middle East his argument that there is no such thing as a bad tyre may have raised some eyebrows, but it certainly got the audience thinking. Highlighting that the combination of ambitious manufacturers based in emerging markets and increasingly tough legislation has seen so-called budget brands rapidly increase sales volumes and standards, his most memorable comment came when he posited: "There are no bad tyres; only good ones and better ones.”

28th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Is EDIWheel the answer to the tyre labelling question?

While the products sold in the tyre industry are undoubtedly high-tech, those working in the business are amongst the first to admit they are anything but computer technicians. So when people start talking about computational protocols such as EDIWheel, and waxing lyrical about how this evolution of the commonly know EDI standard, people’s eyes tend to glaze over. However with many of us still wondering how the tyre retail and distribution sectors are going to handle the administrative nightmare that 2012’s labelling law could bring with it, Tyres & Accessories asks if the EDIWheel standard can help solve the problem.

22nd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo opens Middle East hub

Infrastructure and tyre usage in the Middle East is very similar to that in India, says Apollo Tyres, and this is the accepted reason why its products have enjoyed a high level of acceptance throughout the region. In total, the Middle East accounts for some 30 per cent of the Indian tyre maker’s export revenues, and in the last years it has built up a 23-partner distribution network there spanning 14 countries. Now, Apollo Tyres has extended its Middle East presence with the opening of its first office outside the company’s operations in India, the Netherlands and South Africa. This new Dubai-based office will serve as a hub for distributing Apollo’s India-manufactured tyres.

9th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres dominate Automechanika Academy in Dubai

International News, News

Following a successful opening day, with a steady stream of visitors in attendance, Automechanika Middle East 2011 continued today with a series of tyre-related seminars dominating the day’s Automechanika Academy sessions.

8th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Rhodia offers rolling resistance lowering solutions

As well as manufacturers of electric vehicles and related equipment, suppliers of the kind of raw materials and chemical components that make low rolling resistance tyres possible were also in attendance at last month’s Challenge Bibendum. The most prominent suppliers in this category were Rhodia and Lanxess. But with many premium tyres and a growing number of lower cost products already utilising silica-based technology for example, how low can tyres continue to go in terms of rolling resistance?

2nd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bond International joins ITMA to “stay on top” of EU import regulations

UK importer and wholesaler Bond International has joined the Imported Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA). As the exclusive UK distributor for several brands, the company says it will benefit from ITMA’s expertise and access to the latest EU legislation and regulations, in ensuring that its imported tyres remain fully compliant for sale in the EU. “The number of laws and technical requirements for importers and manufacturers looking to sell tyres within the EU can be quite daunting and overwhelming,” explains Steve Tidmarsh, financial director, Bond International.

2nd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Infinity: Our European market tyres are Reach compliant

In response to the ETRMA’S recent concern regarding the Reach compliance of some tyres imported into the European Union, Infinity Tyres took the immediate decision to re-test its tyres at the ETRMA certified TARRC (Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre) independent testing centre in Brickendonbury, Hertfordshire. Testing was conducted by experienced analysts according to TARRC’s UKAS accredited ISO21461 method.

19th 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

RMI backs TPMS rule change

News, Product News, UK News

The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) has reacted to the European Commission’s plans to tighten the mandatory detection requirements for Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS). While the RMI backs the change and sees it as an important move towards improving road safety, it also wants to ensure that its members will be ready and equipped to work with the new technology.

5th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Increased safety a factor in new ATS Euromaster service livery

Keen-eyed motorists may have already spotted the first examples of a sight set to become much more familiar; ATS Euromaster has launched a new livery for its 1,000-vehicle mobile service fleet. The company decided upon a new colour scheme – including more prominent chevron safety markings – in order to enhance safety while raising brand awareness and highlighting the company’s expertise.

5th 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