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WTO rules against parallel US duties on Chinese OTR tyres

International News, Legislation, News

The United Steelworkers has described a decision made by the Appeals body of the World Trade Organization as “a slap in the face to US workers and industries that are harmed by China's predatory trade practices.” The decision reverses the findings of a WTO panel report from last year on anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings for off-road tyres and a number of other products from China; specifically, the WTO states the US Department of Commerce acted erroneously by simultaneous levying both anti-dumping and countervailing duties on these products.

14th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

“No dull moment” in international wholesaling: S&H Tyres

Netherlands tyre wholesaler S&H Tyres was founded in 2002 by Simon Klapwijk and Henk van Dijk, who opened the tyre wholesale company in “a little village under the smoke of Rotterdam,” in S and H’s own words. Rotterdam’s status as one of the biggest container ports in the world is not insignificant; S&H has a logistics centre 20 minutes away from the port. It is this kind of proximity that gives S&H an advantage in moving with international tyre-buying trends, the company believes.

28th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

From SUV to mud-lugger, Marix UK offers 4×4 retreads for all segments

Marix UK, the sole Marix tyre wholesaler in the UK keeps a stockholding of over 5000 tyres at any given time and offers what the company calls “full backup with a technical helpline.”

Marix tyres come with a five-year manufacturer’s warranty, with company representatives explaining that retreading “represents the best way to help the environment and at the same time save money, so much so that the process is actively supported by the EU.”

25th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Q4 2010 better than expected for Titan

Titan International returned to the black last year after recording a year-end net income of US$0.4 million, boosted by a final quarter that was, as described by company chairman and CEO Maurice M. Taylor Jr., “better than what we thought it was going to be.” In 2009 the United States based off-road tyre maker experienced a net loss of $24.6 million. Net income in this ‘better than expected’ fourth quarter amounted to $0.7 million; a year earlier Titan International made a loss of $30.7 million in the final quarter. Titan reached its annual net result on the back of sales of $881.6 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.1 per cent, and operational income of $40.9 million. Fourth quarter 2010 sales were $232.7 million, up 58.8 per cent year-on-year, while the quarter’s gross margin was up from a loss of $0.8 in 2009 to $26.0 million last year.

25th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Eurotire says “Romanian OTR plant is complete”

New York based mining tyre company Eurotire – not to be confused with European distributor Eurotyre – has announced the completion of its OTR manufacturing plant at Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, which was first announced in 2007. The company says US$300m was invested, with “nearly 1,000,000 sq ft of high-tech manufacturing and product development space” available at the facility. Information on the capacity of the plant, the product lines manufactured there and the markets products from the plant will be shipped to has not yet been passed to tyrepress.com.

22nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

OTR Tyres aims to reduce waste with hire option

In order to controlling the costs of waste management OTR has introduced a Tyre Hire programme designed to “remove the complexity of tyre management.” As OTR’s waste industry manager Steve Clipperton said “Our Tyre Hire service is both affordable and convenient. Budgeting is precise, giving the customer fixed monthly costs”.

17th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Eurotire opens Kazakhstan location

International News, News

Eurotire has opened up a new location in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Karaganda is located in Kazakhstan’s northeast mining region, an area rich in both coal and hard rock mining. Seeing as Eurotire’s focus is on providing the world’s emerging mining markets with OTR bias and radial tyres/OTR tyre services, the company obviously saw the value of the latest move.

9th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Japanese Consumers Facing Fresh Bridgestone Price Rise

On February 9 Bridgestone Corporation announced an additional price increase for the tyres, tubes and flaps it sells in the Japanese replacement market. These increases will take effect on June 1 and come on top of the December 2010 announced truck and bus tyre price rise to be implemented on March 1, 2011. The latest increases apply to both summer and winter tyres and are eight per cent for passenger car, light truck and motorcycle tyres, 15 per cent for OTR tyres for construction and mining vehicles, ten per cent for other kinds of tyres (including those used on industrial vehicles and agricultural equipment) and ten per cent for tubes and flaps.

9th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

IRSG Chief to Open “Largest” Tyrexpo Asia

Tyrexpo Asia 2011 organiser ECI International has announced that the event’s eighth staging in Singapore will be opened officially by Dr Stephen Evans, secretary general of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG). The Singapore-based IRSG provides statistical data and analysis for all aspects of the rubber industry. In opening the show, Evans will follow in the footsteps of his predecessor at the IRSG, Dr Hidde Schmidt, who performed a similar role at the opening of Tyrexpo Asia in 2009. ECI says the show will be the largest in terms of exhibitor numbers in the 15-year history of the event when it opens its doors from 29-31 March, 2011.

26th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Stamford to Promote Firenza ST-05A HP Tyres at Tyrexpo Asia

Singapore’s Stamford Tyres has announced that it will use Tyrexpo Asia 2011 to promote its Firenza ST-05A range of V and W rated high performance passenger tyres. “The stand will include products from across our comprehensive range,” stated senior vice president (sales and marketing) Pat Berriman, “including truck and bus tyres plus our investment in new sports wheel technology will be a big attraction for wheel stockists as it offers something exciting and different in the sport wheels market.”

24th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama’s Dan King Talks Truck Tyres

The US commercial truck tyre market rebounded strongly in 2010 – Yokohama Tire suggests that it may even have rebounded too strongly, leading to fill rate difficulties. The tyre maker has published an interview held with Dan King, its senior vice president of sales and marketing; King discusses this issue along with other challenges facing the industry and what the market may expect in 2011. The Yokohama Q&A session is published complete and unchanged below.

20th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Chinese Tyre Machinery Maker BJ Hanch Looks to Export Markets

Current annual production stands at 100 units a year, with annual turnover totalling 400 million yuan. The main customers, which include names known to European tyre import business such as Shandong Jinyu and Yongtai Chemical, reside within the People's Republic. Less than 10 per cent of production is exported.

That said the company reports that it plans to develop its export business depending on market conditions. The intention is to further develop the “excellent local support” the company's products and services have been receiving before moving into the export business. In the meantime domestic demand is described as a “more than sufficient opportunity.”

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

JK Tyre Seeking 20% Indian Market Share

Expansion work at JK Tyre & Industries’ facility in the city of Mysore and its new project near Chennai will be completed this year and are expected to help the company secure more than 20 per cent of India’s tyre market. Speaking to the Hindu Business Line newspaper, company marketing director A.S. Mehta said the two projects would help the company attain a higher market share through raising the Mysore plant’s capacity from 800,000 to a million tyres a year and from the 400,000 tyres a year expected to be coming out of the new Chennai plant by the end of 2011.

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Discusses Strategies for the Future at Key Dealer Conference

Before Christmas Bandvulc Tyre Contracts (BTC) the tyre management division of the Bandvulc Group recently hosted a conference for its group of Key Independent dealers working in partnership with BTC. According to the company, the focus of the event was to outline its performance during 2010 and advise of its plans and objectives for next year.

BTC reports that its turnover is already in excess of £30 million and has expansive plans for the year ahead. Opening the conference, Patrick O’Connell, group managing director, welcomed all to the event and outlined corporate plans and concerns with tyre and commodity prices along with stressing the importance of service delivery and maintaining quality in every aspect.

7th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin North America Raises Tyre, Stock Prices

Michelin North America has announced price increases on its OTR and industrial tyres plus its Oliver retreading tread stock. Prices for replacement earthmover and industrial tyres sold in North America will rise by as much as seven per cent as of February 1. Oliver and MegaMile branded tread stock saw increases of up to seven per cent as of January 3.

5th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors