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Pirelli: Quitting WRC Only One Option

Pirelli have confirmed that they are ‘reviewing’ their position with regard to competing in the FIA World Rally Championship beyond 2006. Reports in the latest edition of Autosport speculate that the Italian tyre manufacturer is considering quitting the sport and that they are less than happy now that Michelin is promoting its sister brand, BF Goodrich. However when contacted by Crash.net for clarification, Pirelli’s rally manager, Paul Hembery added that quitting the sport is only one option and that ‘many scenarios’ are possible for 2007 and beyond.

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PallEx Forklift Fleet Switches to Michelin

PallEx, which operates the UK’s largest fleet of compressed natural gas powered forklift trucks has switched to Michelin Stabil’X XZM pneumatic radial tyres in a move aimed at cutting running costs by extending tyre life. Following an 18-month trial comparing solid tyres with pneumatics, PallEx and Barloworld determined that the Hyster Fortens fitted with Michelin Stabil’X XZM tyres delivered.

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Laser Transport Claims it Gets More Miles With Michelin

A Volvo FH12 4×2 tractor unit operated by Kent-based Laser Transport International reports to have clocked-up 630,000 kilometres on the same Michelin Energy drive-axle tyres, before they needed replacing. The tyres were fitted as original equipment when the Volvo was delivered new in February 2003, and have been replaced with a set of Michelin Energy RemiX tyres.

Commenting on the impressive performance, Jon Palmer, Fleet Engineer at Laser Transport International, explains: “We have only just fitted the RemiX tyres, and these should see the vehicle through its fourth and final year’s service on our fleet.

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Free Michelin Pressure Gauges

Michelin is running a consumer promotion offering a free digital alloy pressure gauge worth £19.99 to anyone purchasing a pair of its Pilot Power tyres from 1 June. Dealers wishing to take part need to buy a minimum of five pairs of Pilot Power tyres and will get their name and contact details on Michelin’s website.

During July and August there will be supporting advertisements in the September issues of Fast Bikes and Superbike Magazine telling readers to visit the website for details of participating stockists.

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Michelin Plant Makes 200 Millionth Radial

(Akron/Tire Review) There is one P225/50R17 Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 that will never see the open road – the 200 millionth tyre produced at Michelin North America’s (MNA) Greenville, S.C., US1 plant last week. And Richard Simmons, the man who helped build the plant’s very first tyre – a BR78R13 – in 1975, was on hand to help produce that landmark radial. According to MNA, some 100 employees at the plant have been at US1 since day one.

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Impending Master Contract Talks to Focus on Cost Cuts

(Akron/Tire Review) The United Steelworkers (USW) stated goal of protecting job security will certainly be challenged as formal negotiations begin next month for new master contracts between the Steelworkers and Goodyear, Bridgestone/Firestone and Michelin. The talks will begin against a backdrop of ever-increasing raw material, benefit and legacy costs that have forced global outsourcing of production in order to maintain profitability.

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Michelin Credit Rating Put on CreditWatch by S&P

(Akron/Tire Review) AFX reports out of London say that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its BBB+ long-term corporate credit rating on Groupe Michelin, citing concerns over the tyremaker’s profitability. S&P affirmed, however, Michelin’s short-term rating at A-2.

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Schumacher and Bridgestone Win European Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher Bridgestone-shod Ferrari has won the European GP in front of home crowds to give Bridgestone its 97th win since entering Formula One in 1997. The result was Schumacher’s 86th win of his career. After a race-long battle, Schumacher beat the Michelin equipped Renault of Fernando Alonso into second place. Ferrari and Bridgestone’s Felipe Massa completed the podium.

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Michelin Launches New Fuel Efficient SUV Line

(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America (NA) has launched the Michelin Latitude Tour HP, an all-season premium touring line targeting luxury cross-over vehicles and SUVs that the company said can cut driver fuel costs. The Latitude Tour HP features a dual tread compound, MNA said, for enhanced wet and dry traction; “load-sensitive contact patch technology” to help maintain “the widest possible footprint” at all times; “Secure Lock technology” for control and grip in wet and snowy conditions; dual sidewall plies and an aramid nylon belt for durability.

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Food Transport Fleet Benefits from Regrooving

David Price Food Services Ltd is enjoying an average 27.8 per cent increase in mileage performance from each of the Michelin drive axle tyres on its fleet of 26 commercial vehicles by regrooving them in-line with Michelin’s recommendations. According to the manufacturer, the company fits new Michelin 295/80 R22.5 XZE 2+ and XDE2+ tyres as standard across its fleet, with each tyre regrooved by the local ATS Euromaster branch when the tread depth reaches two to three millimetres.

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Making High Performance Better

Since BFGoodrich took over supplying some WRC teams, the brand has been showing its high-performance colours. Now managers are offering independent dealers some great opportunities to taste the hi-octane lifestyle.

Like other influential companies Michelin group brand BFGoodrich has felt the effect of a downturn in general passenger car replacement market. However, though sales volumes dropped in the first half of 2005, associate brand manager Dominic Clark reports that this was compensated for in the second half -against the market trend. While some sources put the total market downturn between 11 and 13 per cent, BFGoodrich only experienced an 8 per cent drop in the first half of 2005. In the second half sales compensated for the first half results and the company ended the year only 1.2 per cent down on 2004.

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High performance tyre sales support UK market development

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The ERMC-compiled Europool figures report that the total UK passenger car tyre market amounted to 16,111,696 units in 2005 (down 1.9 per cent on 2004). This compares with a slightly larger drop in the Europe-wide total of 117,242,516 (down 2.9 per cent on 2004). However, due to the way these numbers are compiled (excluding tyres that are not produced within reporting countries) they are perhaps overly optimistic. As industry insiders will be aware, the total market is actually more than 10 per cent larger and has fallen significantly more than one to two per cent in recent years. New figures compiled by market research company GfK put the total market at 18.49 million units, down 13 per cent over 2004 in terms of volume (21.33 million in 2004 and 22.58 million in 2003).

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NTDA TAFF Award Winners

At the NTDA 2006 TAFF Awards Dinner at the Hilton Hotel, NEC Birmingham earlier this week, the coveted TAFF trophies were presented by Mark Lovett of Renault UK Vans, the Awards sponsors. Announcing the winners, Martin Rowlands, Immediate Past Chairman of the NTDA, said that this year the Awards had attracted phenomenal support, with over 5000 votes being cast.

The winners were:-

Tyre Manufacturer of the Year 2006 – Michelin Tyre plc

National Wholesaler of the Year 2006 – B I T S

Regional Wholesaler of the Year 2006 – North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts Ltd

Product Innovation Award 2006 – Goodyear RunOnFlat

Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year 2006 – Rema Tip Top UK Ltd

Environment Award 2006 – C-Tyres Ltd

Industry Advertising Award 2006 (in association with Tyres & Accessories) – Goodyear RunOnFlat

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Bibendum Flies the Flag for Michelin

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Beginning this year, Bibendum the Michelin Man will once again serve as Michelin’s spokesman in the UK and Europe. Still funny and playful at 108, he is returning to centre stage in Michelin’s advertising — after several years’ absence — in a multi-media European campaign which started in late January 2006 and extending throughout the year. In the UK, the Michelin Man will be featured on radio, in magazines and newspapers, and on the Internet and in sales outlets.

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Unionisation Plans at Michelin’s Canadian Plants Hit Snag

Following Michelin’s decision to close its BFGoodrich plant in Kitchener, Ontario, the United Steelworkers has closed its offices in Nova Scotia, says the Halifax Chronicle Herald. The union has been trying to form a union at Michelin’s three Nova Scotia plants for some time; indeed, during Michelin’s 36-year history in Nova Scotia, a dozen or more attempts at unionisation have failed. The USW says that efforts will continue but will now be centralised from the offices at Moncton, New Brunswick.

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