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Enhancing a Global Position

The last year has been eventful for Cooper Tire & Rubber. First the company sold its Cooper Standard business, then it bought an 11 per cent stake in Korean manufacturer Kumho Tire, now the company’s management is optimistic that it is “in the middle of a transformation.” Tire Review’s Jim Smith met Cooper president and CEO, Tom Dattilo, and found out his thoughts on the diverse diverse subjects of emerging markets, run-flat technology and how Cooper can enhance its position as a global player.

26th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Putting the UK Market in the Picture

This year Trelleborg is 100 years young. The company’s name is fairly well recognised in the UK market but there is still room for improvement. Ask where the company comes from, what it’s up to on the UK market, or how Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS) fits into the picture and the response is often vague. However the manufacturer is addressing these brand awareness issues and is beginning to focus more and more on its agricultural division as well as marketing itself as a specialist in agricultural tyres. Tyres & Accessories spoke to Ian Gillespie, managing director of Trelleborg Wheel Systems UK, to discern its UK market approach.

26th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear and Continental Receive General Motors Supplier Awards

General Motors has awarded Continental Automotive Systems and Goodyear with supplier awards. GM gave the 2004 “Supplier of the Year Award for Tyres” to Goodyear in a ceremony held at GM’s vehicle engineering centre in Warren, Michigan. GM’s vice president of global purchasing and supply chain, Bo Andersson, noted: “Only suppliers that drive to be world class and exceed GM’s expectation in quality, service, technology and price win this award.” This year, fewer than 80 suppliers were selected for a top supplier award from GM.

26th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Amtel Completes Vredestein Acquisition

Amtel Holdings Holland NV has completed its acquisition of Vredestein Banden BV from Vredestein Investment Consortium (VICO) for 195.6 million euros in cash. Amtel says it plans to use the opportunity to expand its global operations in Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union and North America. Combined production capacity will now amount to around 22 million tyres a year.

26th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Wheel Manufacturing in the UK

International News, News, Product News, UK News

It would be something of an understatement to say that high raw material costs, the weak dollar and unprecedented competition from the Far East is affecting UK alloy wheel manufacturing. But, in the cases of the selection of companies that Tyres & Accessories spoke to, it is more a question of ingenuity triumphing over adversity. So, in the face of such pressing circumstances, how are UK manufacturers holding firm? Work smarter, not necessarily harder, they say.

25th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Breaks Ground on Mexican BIRD Plant

(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone executives along with members of the Mexican government gathered in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to celebrate breaking ground for the company’s new BIRD based tyre plant. Representatives from Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. (BAH), Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) and Bridgestone/Firestone Mexico, SA. de CV (BFMX) were all present.

21st April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

US Panel Decides to Keep Steel Tariffs

(Akron/Tire Review) The US International Trade Commission voted 4-2 yesterday to retain tariffs on steel imports, saying that removing the duties would further hurt the struggling US steel industry. The tariffs specifically cover steel from Japan, Brazil and Russia. Duties on flat-rolled steel range from 20 per cent to 50 per cent, and were imposed about five years ago.

18th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

GE Expands to Meet Demand for Silica Tyres

GE has expanded its capacity for high technology silanes used in the production of silica tyres. Additional capacity was brought on line last week to meet the high demand for GE’s new proprietary process.

“Demand has been very strong for our new NXT silane that helps enable fast and easy dispersion of silica during rubber compounding for silica tyres,” said Dr. Ian Moore, general manager for GE’s global silanes business. “We are focusing resources on new products and processes, and this is another move in our long-term strategy for growth in the silica tyre segment. In fewer than 24 months of design and construction, we developed and deployed an innovative process that delivers vastly increased capacity for silanes.”

15th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Opens New Facility in North Carolina

Following a $6 million investment Alcoa’s Subassembly and Logistics business will open a new manufacturing plant in North Carolina.

The company, a part of Alcoa Wheel and Forged Products, provides wheel and tyre assemblies to the Freightliner Group, the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America and a leading manufacturer of medium-duty and specialised commercial vehicles.

The new facility is scheduled to begin production in mid-April. It will add to Alcoa’s presence in North Carolina, where it already has four other operating locations.

15th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Steelworkers and PACE Agree to Merger

(Akron/Tire Review) Members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) have voted overwhelmingly to merge. The votes were held yesterday at concurrent national conventions of the two unions, both being held in Las Vegas.

The new union will be called the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International or USW for short, according to the USWA. The merger creates North America’s largest labor union, with a combined total of 850,000 members.

14th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Adds New Locations to Ringtread Network

(Akron/Tire Review) Marangoni Tread North America Inc. has added four new Ringtread plants in the Northeast, Sourtheast, North Central and Northwest regions of the US

Two of the new plants were converted from competitive precure systems, said Marangoni, while the other two are additional facilities opened by existing Ringtread dealers.

12th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

NHTSA Bows Again to Car Manufacturers

(Akron/Tire Review) Initial analysis of NHTSA’s final regulations mandating tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) on all new passenger vehicles shows the new regulations are badly flawed, raising questions about how well they will protect drivers.

And they illustrate clearly just how much sway the car manufacturer lobby has with the safety agency, and how little consideration the logical and correct argument raised by the tyre industry and the automotive aftermarket really received.

11th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Exhibit at Auto Shanghai

Yokohama Rubber will participate in the 11th “Auto Shanghai 2005”, which runs from 22-28 April in Shanghai, China.

In an effort to enhance its image as a supplier of high performance tyres, the company will show AVS dB and ASPEC A380 high-performance passenger-car tyres manufactured by Hangzhou Yokohama Tire; Yokohama’s manufacturing and marketing subsidiary in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. It will also exhibit GEOLANDAR H/T-S on-road-use SUV tyres to be manufactured and marketed by the subsidiary this year.

11th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokia Proposes Edouard Michelin to Board

The Governance and Nomination Committee of international mobile phone giant Nokia has proposed Edouard Michelin, managing partner and CEO of Michelin Group, to be elected to the Nokia Board for a one-year term.

Edouard Michelin joined Michelin 1985 and has since held different managerial positions within research, manufacturing, marketing and sales. Between 1990 and 1993 he headed the Michelin manufacturing facilities in North America and the truck tyre product line. He is a Michelin managing partner and has been CEO of Michelin Group since 1999.

8th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

SmarTire Offered on Luxury Motorhomes

SmarTire’s active tyre monitoring system is now available on a luxury line of motorhomes
Smartire has announced that Western Recreational Vehicles Inc. is offering SmarTire’s active TPMS as optional equipment on their prestigious Alpine Coach Limited Series line of recreational vehicles. With over 34 years of recreational vehicle manufacturing experience, Western RV is one of the top producers in the US of diesel powered Class “A” motorhomes.

7th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors