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Known for its style, speed and performance marketing values, Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational company based in Milan, Italy, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922, with a temporary privatization period by the consortium led by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ChemChina.

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Pirelli signs sustainability agreement during international conference

Pirelli hosted an international conference on safety and the environment at its Milan headquarters on 23 January, during which the company’s chairman, Marco Tronchetti Provera signed a voluntary agreement with the Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea Protection to reduce the climate impact deriving from activities related to the production and use of its tyres. The conference, attended by minister, Corrado Clini, who also signed the agreement, was entitled “Driving Sustainability: a safe road to the future” and marked Pirelli’s own Sustainability Day.

24th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Stoke tyre retailer wins Dragon’s business competition

A Stoke-on-Trent tyre retailer has been named a winner of Dragons’ Den investor, Deborah Meaden’s Local Business Accelerator competition. The proprietors of For Tyres, Anthony Rogers and Kevin Ecclestone said that the company will benefit from three months’ free advertising and business mentoring following its win in the North Staffordshire region, supported by local newspaper and Tyres & Accessories neighbour, The Sentinel. Nationally over 3,000 entries were received from businesses of more than one but less than three years old.

23rd January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Cambrian – if we don’t have it, it isn’t made

Cambrian Tyres is a family-run business, and as such the company says it appreciates the importance of a friendly, customer-focused approach in supporting its dealer network. And with 220 years combined experience in the motorcycle and tyre industries – an unrivalled figure, says Cambrian – and with everyone from the managing director through all of the sales, purchase and marketing staff being regular riders, Cambrian states its customers can be assured of knowledgeable help and advice on sales and technical matters.

23rd January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Birmingham rider collects Pirelli-Blackhorse BSB prize

Birmingham motorcyclist, Mitu Rahman has won a Pirelli Yamaha YZF-R1 British Superbike ‘pace bike’ in a competition organised by the Italian tyre company and Black Horse Consumer Finance. The bike was also signed by 2011 BSB champion Tommy Hill, and comes equipped with the latest Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa tyres. The bike helped Hill beat American rival Hopkins to take the series crown in the final round at Brands Hatch by 0.006 seconds.

20th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Wanted: F1 test car

With the 2012 season on the horizon, Formula One’s tyre supplier is looking towards 2013 to develop its product further; however, developments have hit a road block due to the unavailability of a suitable testing vehicle. Pirelli’s Motorsport director, Paul Hembery told Autosport magazine that its hunt for a 2011 car is being compromised by F1 teams’ hawkish attitude to the possibility of another team gaining an advantage by donating its car to the tyre supplier.

20th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli BRC contract extended to 2014

Pirelli will provide tyres to the MSA British Rally Championship for the next two years. The premium manufacturer has supplied the control tyre to the series since 2007, and was previously contracted until the end of the 2012 season. Pirelli says the addition of two years has shown its ongoing commitment to national-level motorsport.

16th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Former Bridgestone motorsport boss hired by Ferrari F1

Hirohide Hamashima, formerly manager of Bridgestone’s Motorsport department, has been hired by Ferrari to be the luxury car brand’s Formula One Team tyre development director. Hamashima worked with Bridgestone, which supplied tyres to F1 from 1997, until pulling out at the end of the 2010 season.

13th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone raises European retread material prices

Bridgestone Europe is to roll out a new round of price increases for retread materials across Europe during the first quarter of 2012. Starting on 1 March and varying from country to country, price increases will average 10 per cent for Bridgestone and Bandag pre-cure tread products and 8 per cent for Bandag cushion gum products.

13th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli the new control tyre supplier to Mini Challenge

Pirelli has announced a new control tyre sponsorship with the Mini Challenge. The manufacturer is currently displaying several exciting competition cars at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham between 12 and 15 January. Pirelli will also unveil the latest livery for the Pirelli Star Driver UK programme, which since 2008 has given an up-and-coming talent a fully-paid drive on the British Rally Championship.

12th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Vacu-Lug gains safety accreditation

Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record. The Grantham, Lincolnshire-based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises high standards of health and safety practice amongst UK contractors.

6th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres & Accessories November 2011

Catching up on the back log after the Christmas and New Year breaks, subscribers can now view the November issue of Tyres & Accessories online. The read the news, features and reviews contained with this editions pages (which this month focus on motorsport and the fleet business), simply click more now.

5th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli renews retread agreement with Vacu-Lug

Pirelli and Vacu-Lug have renewed the contract that means the Lincolnshire-based retreaded tyre manufacturer will continue as sole producer of the Pirelli Novateck range in hot and cold cure processes in the UK. The relationship between the two manufacturers dates back to April 2007 when a production agreement between the companies dictated that Vacu-Lug take over the machinery and moulds from Pirelli's own production facility in Burton-upon-Trent.

5th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli highlights winter tyre safety in video demonstration

Pirelli has published a video highlighting the safety benefits of fitting winter tyres to passenger cars. The short film, created in conjunction with TyreSafe, features Pirelli’s Winter Sottozero Serie II fitted to a Jaguar XF driven at slow speeds on an ice rink. The video displays the greater grip and traction offered when setting off, in addition to the reduced stopping distance; driven at 15mph, the Jaguar fitted with the winter tyres stops three metres before that running on summer tyres.

4th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

November European market volumes dent year to date curve

November appears to have been a good month for original equipment passenger car and light truck tyre shipments in Russia. In their monthly market updates, Michelin and Pirelli respectively report a 2.9 per cent year-on-year decline and 3 per cent growth for this segment in Europe – the main difference being that Pirelli’s figures include Russia, while Michelin’s do not. November results for Russia alone were not published by either company. According to the French tyre maker replacement market volumes for the month decreased 2.1 per cent year-on-year, while its Italian counterpart reports the decline as only 1 per cent. Year to date, Michelin estimates the growth in the European passenger car OE and replacement markets as being 6.9 per cent and 7.0 per cent respectively, while Pirelli gives a lower figure of 4 per cent for both.

21st December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Cucchiani resigns from Pirelli board

Following his nomination as chief executive officer of Italian banking group Intesa SanPaolo, Enrico Tommaso Cucchiani has tendered his resignation as a member of Pirelli & C. SpA’s Board of Directors. In announcing his resignation, Pirelli thanked Mr. Cucchiani for his “valuable contribution to the company.” Cucchiani served as a member of the Board since July 2007.

19th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors