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Michelin to Open Serbia Logistics Centre

Serbia’s Tanjug news agency reports that Michelin intends to open a logistics centre within the country. Michelin Group managing partner Michel Rollier met with Serbian deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic during the Davos economic forum, says Tanjug, and plans were made for to establish such a facility before the middle of 2010.

Also on the agenda was production capacity: “We discussed the possibility of increasing production from six million tyres a year, the current output of Tigar–Michelin Company and we will keep working on that,” added Djelic.

2nd February 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

E.G. Wholesale “Showing the Future of Wholesaling”

Horsham-based tyre business E.G. Wholesale (part of Elite Garages) has opened a new state of the art tyre warehouse and logistics operation in the West Sussex town. It will supply all its tyre customers across the south east. The operation was formally opened in December 2008 by Mark Brickhill, managing director of Goodyear Dunlop (UK). Brickhill stated, “Goodyear Dunlop are pleased to be associated with E.G. Wholesale who are certainly showing the future direction of tyre wholesaling.”

The new facility carries approximately 40,000 tyres on the shelf and – together with its two existing bulk tyre warehouses – offers one of the largest stocks and range of tyres in the South East. The company operates a fleet of 25 vans to cover its delivery area, which spreads from Bournemouth in Dorset to Ashford in Kent. All vans have satellite tracking systems to ensure timing and accuracy of delivery.

30th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Aircraft Tire Signs Up New Marketing Firm

The Michelin Aircraft Tire Company, a division of Michelin North America, has a new corporate mouthpiece following the appointment of Jackson-Dawson Marketing Solutions to handle marketing communications for the business unit. The South Carolina based marketing firm already handles marketing communications and public relations for Michelin North America’s truck tyre and earthmover tyre divisions, event planning and logistics services for Michelin North America’s passenger car tyre division.

28th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Roman Fleet Switches to ATS Euromaster for Tyres

Roman, a leading UK shower manufacturer and designer, has appointed ATS Euromaster to manage the tyres across its 78-strong fleet of light commercial vehicles and five company cars. The new agreement will see ATS Euromaster provide a complete range of tyre and fast-fit services on a nationwide basis, supporting a mixture of both short and long-wheelbase 3.5 tonne Mercedes Benz Sprinter vans, which are used to deliver shower equipment to retailers. The contract sees the Roman fleet fit a mixture of Michelin, Avon and Hankook tyres being selected as replacements across its vehicles.

Michael Spink, Logistics Director for Roman, commented: “The fleet leasing company we used to use employed the services of ATS Euromaster. When we recently switched to in-house vehicle management we decided to retain their service as it is second-to-none and we could see the clear cost benefits to us.

22nd January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Australia and Bridgestone New Zealand Join Forces

As of January 1, Bridgestone Australia Ltd. (BSAL) and Bridgestone New Zealand Ltd. (BSNZ) have officially become a single organisation. The joining together means BSAL will be the shareholder of BSNZ. However, Bridgestone reports that the two companies will retain their own identity and maintain their respective Board of Directors.

Shawn Hara, BSAL Group chairman and managing director, said the closer relations between the two companies will allow for greater sharing of knowledge and resources. “This joining of forces will strengthen operations, giving the company a competitive advantage in the market,” commented Hara. “As the Australian and New Zealand markets are similar, the joining of operations provides opportunities to improve our joint product and service delivery to improve customer satisfaction and to increase our market share in both countries.

9th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Delivers 250,000th Aircraft Tyre To US Navy

A milestone was reached by Michelin Aircraft Tire Company on December 2 when the company delivered its 250,000th aircraft tyre to the United States Navy in support of its Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract. The quarter-millionth tyre was for the nose landing gear of a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet, and was hand-delivered by Brett Carnes, director of North American military sales and Colleen Cassidy, program manager, to Air Wing Commander Captain Thomas Halley of US Naval Air Station Oceana, located in Norfolk, Virginia. Also in attendance was Sandy Ebenhoech, program analyst with Lockheed Martin.

9th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Holds Last MotoGP Tests Until February

The final MotoGP tests of 2008 took place at the end of last week. Eight teams took part in a two-day test at Circuito de Jerez in Southern Spain, while two tested at Australia’s Philip Island Circuit over three days. Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi ended the Jerez test the fastest rider, setting a time of 1.39.429 on the second day, edging out Dani Pedrosa’s first day fastest time of 1.39.525.

The test took place over 26-27 November and fourteen riders took to the track over the course of the two days. On the final day, Pedrosa was second fastest to Rossi, whilst the third to sixth fastest riders, Jorge Lorenzo, Toni Elias, Alex De Angelis and Nicky Hayden, were separated by just 0.06s, illustrating the very close level of competition, even for those riders who have changed teams from the 2008 season.

1st December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Ceva to Run Pirelli Distribution Centre

Ceva Logistics has opened a distribution centre in Westland, Michigan which it will run for Pirelli Tire North America. The centre will handle tyres for two of Pirelli’s US-based OE customers, General Motors and Ford Motor Company, providing dedicated transportation and warehousing services for the tyre manufacturer.

“We estimate to move one million tyres through the facility in 2009,” said John Godfrey, Pirelli Tire North America’s Director of Logistics.

14th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Tyre Contracts to Manage Sainsbury’s Tyres

Sainsbury’s has awarded its tyre management contract to Bandvulc Tyre Contracts, the tyre management division of the Bandvulc Group. Before the announcement, the Devon-based retreading company was already responsible for tyres belonging to the top three UK supermarkets. The latest three-year agreement sees BTC manage every aspect of Sainsbury’s Logistics tyre operation.

The contract will use Bandvulc’s range of drive axle and trailer patterns together with Continental front steer tyres. In addition, BTC’s network utilises some of the Continental Network Partners (CNPs) and therefore is probably the most flexible offer in the UK today enabling solutions to be delivered even in the most difficult areas.

5th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

DHL Europe Launches Tyre Industry Transport Solution

Logistics provider DHL is introducing across Europe a new patented solution for transporting tyres to market. The company calls the product ‘DHL Tyrebox’ and reports it is a convenient, cost saving and environmentally friendly method of packaging. The Tyrebox, says DHL, offers a unique solution to the conventional challenge of transporting tyres, turning them from a non-conveyable shipment into a conveyable one, allowing tyres to be easily stacked together and delivered flat-packed.

4th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Shelton Appointed to Lead New Bridgestone NA Department

The current Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire (BFNT) vice president of Supply, Planning & Sourcing (SP&S), Steve W. Shelton, is to assume leadership of a newly established company department – Logistics Supply Chain Management. Shelton will begin in this role as of January 1, 2009. The new group will be a part of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO), the newly announced integrated Americas tyre business.

29th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Sharron Pattison Fleet to use Michelin

Hull-based haulage company Sharron Pattison Logistics is fitting Michelin’s XDN2 Grip tyres across its fleet of Daf heavy trucks, following a successful trial. Sharron Pattison currently has four vehicles shod with Michelin tyres, including two with the latest XDN2 Grip tyres, but plans are underway for the 14-strong fleet to make a complete transfer to Michelin, as tyre wear dictates. The Michelin XDN2 Grip tyres were purchased from local independent dealer Baron Tyres, which will be carrying out regular monthly tyre inspections across the fleet, with each vehicle averaging 150,000 km a year and operating on a 24/7 basis.

29th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin to Reorganise Italy Operations

On October 28 Michelin announced its plan to make operations in Italy more competitive. More than 200 million euros will be invested between now and 2013 to upgrade the company’s production facilities in the country, in order to make them more productive and specialised.

Production capacity will be significantly increased in Cuneo; following this expansion the Michelin plant will be the largest premium passenger car tyre production facility in Europe. Car tyre production will end at the company’s Stura workshop in Turin at the end of 2009. Semi-finished products will continue to be manufactured there, however, and the site’s logistics centre will operate following the transfer of the Vercelli warehouse.

28th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Honoured by Deutsche Post

Continental Tyre Group has been recognized as one of the most improved suppliers in the inaugural Supplier Day Corporate Procurement by Deutsche Post World Net, the world’s leading logistics group. Continental was praised for the way it handled the DHL contract in the UK and European markets.

In the UK Continental supplies the commercial vehicle fleet of DHL Exel supply chain, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Post World Net group, after being awarded premier supplier status at the end of 2007. Through its emphasis on whole life cost management, Continental is said to have delivered “improvements in quality and processes at all levels.”

24th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Vacu-Lug Appoints New Business Development Manager

Roy Yeomans has been appointed to the position of Business Development Manager for Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited. Covering the key transport sectors of distribution and logistics, Yeomans will be responsible for further increasing and developing Vacu-Lug’s penetration within the UK’s major fleets.

Having worked for more than 20 years in the commercial vehicle tyre industry, including spells with Continental, National Tyres and ATS Euromaster, Roy Yeomans brings his experience to the Vacu-Lug team. During his career he has fulfilled a number of roles ranging from sales and contracts management to national fleet account management. He was also instrumental in developing Continental’s highly respected training and technical department Entyrety.

20th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors