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Analysts: US Replacement Tyre Market Recovering

In the US, RMA members reported that replacement tyre demand grew 9.3 per cent year-on-year in December 2009, from a drop of -16.0 per cent the year before. Financial analysts pointed out that the overall market volume grew 6.1 per cent, implying that domestic tyre manufacturers (namely Cooper Tire and Goodyear) continued to experience market share gains. The is believed to be a result of last year’s Chinese-made tyre tariffs as Chinese produced tyres reportedly occupied 16.6 per cent of the US market in 2008.

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USW Confident WTO Will Uphold China Tariff Decision

The United Steelworkers of America says it has “complete faith” that the World Trade Organization will uphold the US government’s imposition of an added tariff to consumer tyres imported from China. The WTO has acted on an appeal from China to investigate the three-year, tiered added tariffs imposed on China-made consumer tyres last September. The tariffs – 35 per cent for the first year, 30 per cent the second, and 25 per cent for the third – came on top of an existing four per cent standard import tariff.

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US Website Aims to Meet Projected Employer Demand for Talent

In the USA, the TireJobs Company has announced an upgrade to its “Post Jobs” section of the TireJobs Classified website to make posting jobs a much easier process. A “one time” free job posting is available if contact is made directly with Carl Koester, the company president. TireJobs also provides comprehensive job searches and customised employment referral services for the tyre industry at www.tirejobs.com. It is a division of TAF Management, Inc; a consulting and project management company that helps commercial tyre dealers with sales promotions, business planning and other services.

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Pirelli adds Western Power Sports to US Distributorship

Pirelli Tire North America has announced the addition of Western Power Sports as a selected aftermarket distributor for Pirelli motorcycle tyres in the United States. Western Power Sports is a wholesale/distributor of motorcycle parts and accessories with warehouses in Idaho California, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.

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Michelin Challenge Design Unveils 2011 Competition Theme

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Michelin North America has announced the 2011 theme for the Michelin Challenge Design, its global vehicle design competition. In its tenth year the competition bears the name ‘PLUS 10. The Best is Yet to Come!’ and entrants have the opportunity to share their transportation concepts for the year 2021.

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Magazine Marks Michelin Military Efforts

Defence Logistics magazine honoured Michelin North America’s aircraft tyre group in its Defense Logistics Award competition. Michelin Aircraft Tire Co. won the category “Performance-Based Logistics Implementation of the Year” for its supply of military tyres to all branches of the US military.

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Canadian Study Finds Winter Tyre Users in Fewer Crashes

A 2009 government study of winter traffic accidents in Prince Edward Island found that only six per cent of the involved vehicles was fitted with winter tyres. But that apparently isn’t enough for the province’s transportation minister, who called the study “inconclusive” and says there is no reason to mandate winter tyre use as Quebec did in 2008.

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Record Attendance at December’s Automechanika Shanghai Reported

December’s Automechanika Shanghai exhibition attracted more exhibitors and visitors than ever, its organisers report. Between December 9 and 11 the fifth Automechanika show staged in Shanghai was home to 2,414 exhibitors, 22 per cent more than in 2008, and visitor numbers leapt 25 per cent to 38,551, with visitors from 132 countries present at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. International visitors represented 29 per cent of the total attendance figure, compared to 16 per cent at the previous show.

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Alliance Shows Strength in Europe, North America

It is now three years since Warburg Pincus and its partner, former Balkrishna Industries executive director Yogesh Mahansaria, announced an intention to acquire Alliance Tire. In the time since the Mahansaria family and their global private equity backer took possession of Alliance for approximately US$150 million, plans to develop the business have progressed steadily. Not only has the goal of taking advantage of India’s cheaper production costs been realised – the company’s $100 million cross-ply agricultural tyre factory in Tirunelveli has been readied for the start of commercial production – during 2009 acquisitions and further inroads into new markets boosted the Alliance brand’s profile considerably.

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Goodyear EMEA, Latin America Growth to Continue

Changes are afoot within Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s European agricultural tyre business. Last September, the company signed a non-binding letter of intent with Titan International to sell its European agricultural tyre assets, including the Goodyear Dunlop Tires France Amiens North factory. In December Tyres & Accessories discussed this deal with Alessandro Coggi, managing director Farm and Industrial Tires, Goodyear Dunlop Europe.

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Forth US Conti Tyre Verified for SmartWay List

A fourth commercial vehicle tyre from Continental Tire North America, the HTL1 super single trailer tyre, has been added to the US Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transport Partnership list of verified technologies for tyres. The HTL1, which, replaces dual tyres on highway or regional trailer axle fitments, joins Conti’s HSL2, HDL Eco Plus and HTL Eco Plus in this group of low rolling resistance tyres – this means that Continental now has a SmartWay verified tyre for all three truck axle positions.

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Snow Storm Brings Union Call for Winter Bus Tyres

The bus drivers’ union in Calgary, Alberta, is calling on city officials to fit its transit buses with winter tyres, according to Tire Review reports. Mike Mahar, Calgary local president for the Amalgamated Transit Union, said the winter tyres would aid the bus system in better serving riders during severe weather.

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Goodyear Chief at White House Meeting

Goodyear chairman and CEO Bob Keegan will be among a group of executives invited to a White House meeting today to discuss the state of the US manufacturing sector, says Tire Review. The meeting will be hosted by Vice President Joe Biden.

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Dealers Win SEMA-Harvard Education, More Seats Available

Two lucky tyremen were among the five winners of seats for the Harvard University Manage Mentor Program, sponsored by SEMA, reports USA news source Tire Review. Carl Kazen of New England Tire Car Care Centers in Attleboro, Massachusetts and Mike Widmaier of Black's Tire Service in Whiteville, North Carolina won a special drawing at the recent SEMA Show to attend the 42-modular management education seminar.

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Michelin to Bring Bigger, Better Media Centre to NAIAS

The North American International Auto Show in Detroit gets underway on January 11, and the 2010 exhibition marks the 22nd year of Michelin’s sponsorship of the show’s official facility for journalists and other media representatives. For the 2010 Detroit show the Michelin Media Center has grown to 27,500 square feet and accommodates 600 working desk spaces. Each desk features electrical and hard-wired, high-speed connections to a robust fibre-optic network for working media. In addition, the 2010 facility includes an expanded photo centre, media lounge, and additional team tables customised for the needs of new media.

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