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Pirelli Goes Dual-Compound with Diablo Rosso II

November’s EICMA International Motorcycle Show in Milan provided Pirelli with a ‘home town’ venue for the introduction of its latest tyre for supersport and naked bikes, the Diablo Rosso II. The Italian manufacturer’s replacement to the first generation Diablo Rosso is described as being an “ideal evolution” of the original tyre that has inherited its predecessor’s sporty identity while emphasising and improving versatility, wet performance and regularity of wear. The Diablo Rosso II, with its strengths as a supersport road tyre, thus joins the trackday-focused Diablo Rosso Corsa in a premium radial product line-up that Pirelli calls ‘Rosso Generation’.

9th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Power Cup 2010 Results

Last weekend saw the 2010 Michelin Power Cup race series draw to a close as the final round took place at a cloudy but mainly dry Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. In the 1000cc class Jonathan Otter took first place with second and third places taken by Greg Allsop and Rhalf Lo Turco, respectively. In the 600cc class, Will Monie took the top spot with Adrian Allsopp and Andy Rouse following in second and third places.

5th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Heads to “Important Market” for Penultimate F1 Meeting

Bridgestone heads to Sao Paulo with its medium and super soft compound Potenza tyres for the penultimate round of the Formula One season on 5-7 November. “Brazil is a fantastic country and the South Americas are very important markets with good growth so it is natural for Bridgestone to appreciate the strong presence here provided by the Brazilian Grand Prix,” said Hiroshi Yasukawa, director of Bridgestone Motorsport.

1st November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Belshina to Open Brazil Trading House

Belshina has announced that plans are afoot to open a trading house in the Brazilian city of Vitoria to “develop the company’s goods distribution network” in one of the world’s fastest growing economies and across South America. The Belarusian company has exported agricultural, truck and bus tyres to the country for the last eight years.

1st November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Former TRIB Boss Brodsky Starts News Association

While interim TRIB managing director, Marvin Bozarth was writing to the retreading association’s membership introducing himself, his predecessor Harvey Brodsky has been busy forming another association. According to online news reports, Brodsky has formed his own retreading organization. Like TRIB this new association – the Retread Tire Association – is said to be a non-profit, 501(c)(6) entity that is “dedicated to promoting and expanding retreading and proper tyre repairing throughout the world, with no closed doors and no closed meetings.”

26th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan-USW Contracts at 3 US Plants Under Discussion

Titan Tire and the United Steelworkers Union are to negotiate a new contract covering Titan’s three US tyre plants, reports Tire Review. Union representatives from Titan plants in Bryan, Ohio; Freeport, Illinois; and Des Moines, Iowa, are in Merrillville, Indiana, where the talks will be held. The USW contract with Titan that expires on 19 November lasted four and a half years.

21st October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Raising Prices in US

Prices for Hankook Tire America’s passenger car, light truck and medium truck tyres will increase by up to 6.5 per cent on November 1, 2010. The company reports that rising energy, raw materials and transportation costs have necessitated this price adjustment.

1st October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Raises Half-Year Projections

Projections made by Yokohama Rubber on July 30 for its consolidated net sales and earnings in the first half of the current financial year have been raised to reflect accelerated progress in cost cutting and an increased sales forecast. For the six-months between April 1 and September 30, 2010, the company now anticipates that the 3.9 billion yen (£29.2 million) net loss experienced in the first half of the previous financial year will “shrink to approximately zero.” Company management expects operating income to be 6.3 billion yen (£47.2 million), as opposed to an operating loss of 4 billion yen a year earlier.

28th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Report: The Car Industry Is ‘Furious’ About TPMS Law

In November 2011 tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) will become mandatory, something that according to Auto Express is causing a “backlash” within the automotive community.

9th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Chooses Chicago as Latest Guide Destination

Chicago is to become the first Midwestern US city to be given the Michelin Guide treatment. Jean-Luc Naret, the guide’s worldwide director, has announced the November release of the Michelin Guide Chicago 2011, a publication covering the city’s restaurants and hotels in a “reader-friendly layout made especially for the American market.”

14th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Increase Capacity in Thailand

Production capacity at Yokohama’s passenger car and light truck tyre factory in Thailand is to be increased by almost 54 per cent, with the additional production commencing next April. Through a 9.7 billion yen (£72 million) investment an additional 1.4 million units of annual capacity will be added to the Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) plant in Raying Province, pushing total annual capacity up to 4 million tyres.

28th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

SEMA Stays With Car Dealer Day at Show

The 2010 SEMA Show will again feature a targeted programme specifically for auto dealers, says Tire Review. Set for the second day of the show – Wednesday, 3 November, from 8:30am to 1:45pm at the Las Vegas Convention Center – the Dealer Day Conference will be co-sponsored by the National Automobile Dealers Association and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.

24th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

SEMA Introduces New Product Showcase for 2010

SEMA has announced that exhibitors at the Las Vegas event may now enter new products into the “New Products Showcase” by visiting the “New Products” section of the show’s website. With nearly 2,000 companies exhibiting throughout the million square foot Convention Center, the New Products Showcase is designed to give buyers a quick glimpse of what is new and debuting at the Show. All exhibitors may enter one product category at no cost if submitted before 8 October, 2010. The 2010 SEMA Show takes place between Tuesday 2 and Friday 5 November, 2010, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

22nd June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Issues Statement on Perambra Lockout

The lockout at Apollo Tyres’ Perambra factory in India’s Kerala state is now in its second week, and the company’s chief of India Operations, Satish Sharma, has released an official statement broaching the issue:

21st June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Ex Conti Boss Neumann to Head VW China

Karl-Thomas Neumann, the former chief executive of Continental AG, will head Volkswagen's China operations from September. The news sees Neumann, an experienced and respected manager, electronics engineer and expert in hybrid and electric cars return to his previous employer after Conti in the midst of a power struggle with major shareholder Schaeffler Group last August.

28th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors