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Veyance Expands Presence into South America

Veyance Technologies, exclusive producer of Goodyear Engineered Products, is expanding its conveyor belt installation, splice and repair service footprint into South America. The company has acquired, subject to regulatory approval, leading Brazilian conveyor belt service provider RCT Servicos de Vulcanizacao Ltda., based in Belo Horizonte, some 600 kilometres north of Sao Paulo.

This is the third conveyor belt service acquisition announced by Veyance this year, including North America’s Monk Mining Supply based in Virginia and National Belt Service based in Alabama that cover US and Canada coal industry needs.

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Oliver Rubber to Increase Prices

You can thank those rising costs yet again – citing increases in raw material, energy and transportation expenditure, Oliver Rubber is putting up the prices on its Oliver and MegaMile brand pre-cure bonding gum products in North America. The increases will be up to 6 per cent and take effect September 15, 2008.

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Michelin Latitude Tour Accentuates Crossover Benefits

Despite rising fuel costs and a trend towards smaller cars, crossover SUV vehicles remain particularly popular in North America. Aware of this, Michelin has produced a tyre specifically for this unique class of vehicle. The Michelin Latitude Tour tyre is specifically designed for crossover vehicles, and the tyre major states the tyre is intended to accentuate the features that make these vehicles so popular, providing the strength of a truck tyre with the ride and comfort of a passenger car tyre.

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Goodyear Retail Closures Viewed Positively, Comment DB Analysts

A Deutsche Bank analyst report indicates that Goodyear’s decision to close 92 “underperforming” retail locations in the US is a good thing. “Overall, we view this announcement positively,” says the report, “as it demonstrates additional cost savings as GT (Goodyear).” The closure of the retail stores is expected to result in after-tax charges of US$40 million and generate savings of $9 million per annum. This level of savings, says Deutsche Bank, could potentially add $0.03 to $0.04 to its earning estimate.

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Michelin Acknowledged For Supply to US Military

Two Michelin North America divisions have been acknowledged by the US military for their tyre quality and delivery service. The Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) awarded Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) and Michelin Aircraft Tire Co. (MATC) Best Value Medal silver awards August 26.

Michelin is one of 89 companies among the DSCC’s 82,000 suppliers to receive the military’s Best Value Medal. The military’s Best Value Medal is awarded to companies that have demonstrated exceptional quality and delivery performance as measured by the Automated Best Value System (ABVS), a computerised system that collects a vendor’s past performance data and translates it into a numeric score ranging from zero to a perfect 100.

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J.B. Kim new Kumho Tire USA President

Kumho Tire has appointed Mr. J.B. Kim to the position of President Kumho Tire U.S.A. He will be based in the company’s US headquarters in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he will oversee Kumho’s US operations.

Kim joined Kumho Tire in 1986 in the company’s OE division. He worked in a variety of sales capacities for Kumho in the company’s OE and replacement market divisions in the Middle East and Europe. Most recently, Kim was responsible for doubling sales in his capacity with Kumho Tires Latin America.

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Analysts Welcome Michelin’s Plans to Cancel Mexico Plant

A few days after the news that Michelin was walking away from earlier plans to build a new factory on a Greenfield site in Mexico, financial analysts have lauded the decision as “a wise move.” Michelin initially announced its plans to invest up to $740 million by 2014 in a second passenger car and light truck tyre plant in Mexico last year. Construction was due to begin in late 2008, the production line was expected to start running in 2010 when output would begin towards its 15 million passenger car tyres-a-year target.

The strategy here was believed to be for Michelin’s management to use significant natural attrition of the company’s North America work force to transfer production from the US to Mexico, where labour costs are reportedly four times than in the US.

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Michelin Drops Plans for Second Mexico Factory

Plans for a second Michelin factory in Mexico have been shelved due to a decline in North American tyre sales. The manufacturer announced on August 29 its intention to “adjust” production capacity in the region, bringing the proposed facility in Guanajuato state, as announced August 2007, out of step with the company’s current direction. This second factory was to produce tyres primarily for the North American market.

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BFNA Closes Warehouse

Bridgestone Firestone North America has closed its south-eastern distribution centre in Georgia in anticipation of the opening of a new warehouse in Jacksonville, Florida. The new facility is twice as big as its Georgia counterpart, which held up to 480,000 tyres and employed 100.

Local news sources have reported that three of the Georgia warehouse’s employees applied for jobs at the new facility, but were told that “they wouldn’t be a good fit” in Florida. Meanwhile a manager at the original plant reportedly moved his office to Florida without telling anybody.

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Bridgestone Bandag Honoured for Outstanding Delivery Services

In recognition of its 100 per cent on time delivery and 100 per cent delivery accuracy, Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) has received a Delivery Achievement Award from Hino Motors Manufacturing. The award acknowledges BBTS truck and bus tyre deliveries to Hino’s assembly plants in North America for 2007.

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US Congress Orders Rolling Resistance Information Campaign

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Following some 12 years during which it blocked any attempt to introduce a tyre rolling resistance standard, the US Congress has responded to climbing fuel prices by ordering a consumer information programme by next year to inform consumers what to expect from tyres in terms of fuel economy. Since 1996 a congressional ban on adding such information to existing grading standards has been in place and renewed annually.

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Bridgestone Celebrates 10 Years in Aiken County

The first tyre rolled off the production line at the Bridgestone Firestone North America Tire (BFNAT) factory in Aiken County, South Carolina on August 26, 1998. A decade on, the facility is producing 25,000 passenger and light truck tyres every day. The 10th anniversary of production was commemorated with a luncheon, at which business and local community leaders were the guests of senior company officials.

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New Super Wide from Michelin

Michelin North America added the Michelin X One XDN2 to its super wide line-up. The tyre was unveiled at last week’s Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. The tyre will hit the market with November, MNA said, and replaces the X One XDA-HT Plus.

“This tyre takes the traditional compromise between traction, long-life and fuel efficiency, and throws it out the window,” said Marc Laferriere, vice
president of marketing, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “By utilizing two different Michelin Durable Technologies, the X One XDN2 tyre delivers
significantly increased tyre life and exceptional, uncompromised traction, complementing the significant fuel efficiency gains of a Michelin X One wide
single tyre.”

The XDN2 tread incorporates Michelin’s Matrix Siping Technology, corrugated grooves in the tread blocks that add rigidity to aid traction and wear, MNA said. The tyre will be available in sizes 445/50R22.5 and 455/55R22.5. (Tire Review/Akron)

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Aircraft Tyre Production Begins at Bridgestone’s Tokyo Plant

Production of new aircraft radial tyres has begun at Bridgestone’s Tokyo Plant in August, reports the company following the completion of the facility’s initial phase. Once the Tokyo Plant is fully completed, which will likely occur by the end of 2011, Bridgestone estimates the factory’s overall production capacity of new aircraft tyres will be approximately 2.5 times the current level.

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Neumann Appointed New Conti Exec Board Chairman

At its meeting on August 23 the Supervisory Board of Continental AG decided upon the appointment of Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann as new Executive Board Chairman, effective September 1. Neumann has been a member of the Continental Executive Board since October 2004 and is succeeding Manfred Wennemer, whose request to be granted early release from his mandate effective August 31, 2008, was previously accepted by the Supervisory Board.

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