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Hangzhou Zhongce Celebrates 50 Years

The Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company can trace its history back to 1958 and today the group produces a wide range of products. These include tyres for two-wheel vehicles and bicycles, passenger car tyres (bias and radial), truck and bus tyres (bias and radial), light truck tyres, industrial, solid and skidsteer tyres, agricultural and OTR tyres. In addition to tyres, the company’s product range includes rubber crawlers, belts, hoses and miscellaneous rubber products.

Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company has grown steadily over the past half century and is now one of China’s top 500 enterprises. The products are widely exported and the brand names – Tartu, Chao Yang, Goodride and Westlake – have become increasingly familiar to the tyre industry (and to motorists) outside their home country.

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Leading Indian Manufacturer Focuses on EM Exports

TVS Srichakra, the number one motorcycle tyre maker in India, is focussing on promoting its “large programme of off-the-road (OTR) tyres for the export market” at this year’s Reifen Essen exhibition. The Indian manufacturer describes itself as a global player due to its distribution networks in Europe and USA; and major OEM accounts in Europe. In total the company and exports to over 55 countries in all the six continents. TVS Srichakra, with its “Eurogrip” programme for overseas markets, offers a wide range of off-high way applications, covering in excess of 400 stock keeping units.

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New Concepts From Rema Tip Top

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At this year’s Reifen exhibition, the emphasis for Rema Tip Top Automotive will be on new service concepts. In addition, the company’s complete range of products and services will be on show on the 900 m2 stand and highly qualified specialists will be present to explain and demonstrate these products and services.
There are only a few exhibitors who offer comprehensive system solutions, covering the whole range from high-quality products, through services to training and expertise. As an example of the latter, Rema Tip Top will be demonstrating its new training truck in a further exhibition area near the main stand. The truck provides mobile training concepts with the emphasis placed on runflats and UHP tyres. It also provides companies with a cost-saving option for training on site. The training truck will be the venue of a daily tyre-changing contest, where Germany’s best tyre fitter will be selected. The winners will be awarded attractive prizes, and will also be featured on Rema Tip Top’s website after the show.

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Marangoni Addressing European Tyre, Retread Needs

Marangoni Pneumatici, parent of Marangoni Tread North America, recently held its annual sales meeting in Italy, discussing the company’s latest tyre and retread product offerings. According to the company, the main topic of the meeting was an in-depth analysis of the problems of rubber-tyred transport, including the impact of fuel costs, around 32%, on companies operating in Europe. To meet those needs, Marangoni officials outlined the company’s new Ecoenergy low rolling resistance compounds, line extensions and bead-to-bead retreading for truck tyres. In addition, Marangoni has been working toward retreading larger OTR tyres, and now offers treads for sizes 33.00R51 and 36.00R51.

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Uzmai to Launch High Speed Crane Tyre Range

Uzmai, the manufacturer of Maitech all-steel radial OTR tyres, is to launch a new range of high speed crane tyres during the Essen show. Company representatives told Tyres & Accessories that the first product to be released from this new line will be a 445/95-25 (1600-25) product. Uzmai already offers its Maitech UM3 tyres in a range of 6 sizes covering 15.5R25, 17.5R25, 20.5R25, 23.5R25, 26.5R25 and 29.5 with several new products just launched for 2008 including L5 in 23.5R25, 26.5R25 and 29.5R25.

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Gripen Wheels Now in the UK

The products of Swedish manufacturer Gripen Wheels have only recently arrived in the UK, with the company’s first pricelist for our market introduced in 2007. The company boasts a wide range of product offerings – in addition to a large stock of rims for OTR vehicles such as earthmovers and those used in mining operations, the company claims to have the largest OTR tyre warehouse capacity in Europe with most tyres in stock for immediate delivery. Further details about the company’s product offerings can be obtained from the Gripen Wheels website www.gripenwheels.com

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RTF 2008 Qingdao Exhibition Opens

Following a year of preparation, the 5th China International Rubber & Tyre Industry (RTF) exhibition opened its doors today. From the outset it is clear that the show is dominated by large numbers of mainly Chinese manufacturers looking to sell OTR tyres to domestic and International customers. However, with news of an RFID agreement between Mesnac and Pneu-Logic, a host of companies new to Tyres & Accessories and well-known exhibitors like Shandong Linglong, there are sure to be some interesting developments during the course of the shows.

According to the exhibition’s organisers, RTF has attracted more than 200 foreign purchasers from 30 countries, with predictions for the total number visitors rising to 12,000.

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Kirkby Tyres Reports 20 per cent Sales Growth in 2007

Following a successful 2007 that saw Kirkby Tyres & Wheels achieve sales growth of 20 per cent, managing director, Dave Dorrity, is looking forward to meeting new and existing business partners in Essen: “Reifen 2008 is the ideal event for us to meet all our existing customers in the UK and Ireland who attend the show and perhaps meet up with potential new customers as well. There is no doubt that a great deal of UK and Irish companies visit during the course of the four day event so it is important that Kirkby are on hand to promote their tyre brands and services.”

The Kirkby stand (Hall 2:324) is expected to show a selection of most of the manufacturers and brands that the company acts as UK and Ireland distributors for.

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Goodway to Show Extended Range, Green Benefits

Goodway Rubber is planning to bring its Supercool range for a return-visit to the upcoming Reifen-Essen 2008, but this time with an extended offering of its pre-cured treads designed to meet a myriad road conditions. Goodyway’s appearance is designed to reinforce Supercool’s presence in the European market, and also refreshing old ties with existing European customers and sourcing potential new opportunities.

The Supercool range will be represented by select samples including KL60, KH90W, KM45, KM38, KM67, KM48, KM71, KM46E and KM87 which will be mounted on display for a first-hand “feel-and-touch” experience. The Supercool pre-cured liners’ 10.2m KH27 and 3.3m KW55 will also be available for viewing to visitors.

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Analysts: OTR Tyre Markets Remain Strong

The US credit crunch may have caused turmoil in global financial markets, but, according to Deutsche Bank analysts, the OTR tyre segment at least continues to go in the “right direction.” As a consequence of continuing high raw material prices, strong demand remains for Earthmover tyres, particularly premium brand products. According to the analysts, Michelin is planning to increase its OTR production capacity by 25 per annum over the next 4 years, and their current projections suggest that the current shortage will remain until 2012. In 2007, this business generated revenues of 1 billion euros (or 6 per cent of Michelin’s total sales). EBIT margins in this segment are reported to be approximately 35 per cent.

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Indian Tyre Production Up 10%

Tyre production in India grew by 10 per cent in the period between April and December 2007, compared with the corresponding period the year before, reports the nation’s Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA). This equals an increase in production from 54.8 million units to 60.2 million. And according to ATMA figures the increase for car tyre exports was notably higher.

The export of passenger car tyres grew by 54 per cent during this time, and truck and bus tyre exports by 9 per cent. The average monthly export of tyres increased from 430,028 to 500,543 units, an April-December growth of 16 per cent. Total export figures for April to December were 4.5 million units, up from 3.9 million the year before.

Another growth area has been in the OTR tyre segment, where monthly production figures have increased by 15 per cent.

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Michelin Showcases First Tyre From Brazil OTR Facility

The official dedication of Michelin’s new OTR tyre facility in Campo Grande, Brazil, took place in February, and the company is displaying the first tyre produced at the plant, a Michelin XDT, at the 2008 ConExpo-CON/AGG show in Las Vegas between March 11 and 15. The tyre has been autographed by employees at the Campo Grande facility.

“This tyre demonstrates Michelin’s commitment to investment in OTR tyre production in the Western Hemisphere, increasing Michelin’s production capacity to address the heavy demand for our OTR tyres,” said Luc Minguet, president of Michelin Earthmover Tire worldwide. “The Campo Grande production facility will complement the expansions taking place at our Lexington, South Carolina, facility as Michelin continues to demonstrate its commitment to supplying these industries with top-quality, radial tyres.”

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Ceat to Invest Almost £100M in New Facilities

The managing director of Ceat Ltd took the opportunity to elaborate upon his company’s plans for a new radial project and OTR facility during a press conference in the Indian city of Mumbai. Mr. Paras K Chowdhary said Ceat will invest a total of 8 billion rupees (£98.4 million) in the greenfield projects – 5 billion (£61.5 million) in the radial project and the remainder in the OTR plant, which will be located in the western Indian state of Maharastra. About 1.2 billion rupees (£14.8) from the sale of Ceat land in Mumbai will be used to fund the projects.

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New Sizes For US Yokohama OTR Lines

Yokohama Tire Corp. is unveiling four new OTR sizes at the upcoming 2008 Conexpo-Con/Agg Show in Las Vegas. The new sizes are being added to Yokohama’s RT41T (29.5R25 and 23.5R25) and the RB31T (26.5R25 and 29.5R25). “The RB31 and RT41 have an incredible amount of technology built into them,” said Gary Nash, director of Yokohama’s OTR tyre sales. “These advancements translate into improved performance and longer tyre life, which means equipment spending more time on the job making businesses profitable.”

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Titan Sales Hit Record, Loss Still Posted

Titan International’s 2007 sales were up 23 per cent compared to the year prior, but the company yielded a net loss of US$7.2 million for the year. Sales for 2007 reached a record $837 million, up 23 per cent compared to 2006’s sales of $679.5 million. Those results were buoyed by record fourth quarter sales of $204.9 million, said Titan. The profit drop compared to a net positive profit of $5.1 million in 2006.

Titan said the sales boost was primarily due to expanded agricultural and OTR tyre offerings, including the addition of General branded OTR tyres to its portfolio. Titan’s year-end cash balance was $58.3 million, up some $25 million from $33.4 million at year-end 2006, and Titan’s long-term debt balance sat at $200 million at the end of 2007, down $91.3 million from the year prior.

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