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Apollo Tyres Launches Refreshed Website

During the first quarter of 2009, Apollo Tyres launched its new corporate identity across its operations. Now it’s the turn of its website to don the new look and colours. Apollo has moved away from the earlier usage of black and red to the vibrancy of purple and orange, moderated by shades of grey – colours and usage, which no other tyre company has, and only a few companies across the world dare to incorporate. The colours have allowed Apollo, it says, to bring to the fore its “internal reality of youthfulness and dynamism”.

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Delticom Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Europe’s leading online tyre business, Delticom AG (mytyres.co.uk in the UK), has been celebrating its 10th Anniversary by offering special additional discounts of up to 10 per cent off its normally competitive prices. “The formula for our success is our more than 3 million satisfied customers to date and the fact that we do not want to stop being better,” Rainer Binder, CEO of Delticom AG, explained, adding: “More and more drivers buy their tyres online. In the current economic situation across Europe, a rising number of consumers are discovering favourably priced purchasing opportunities on the Internet, which they can find with us in 35 countries and in more than 100 online shops.” According to Delticom, the company’s prices are on average 20 to 25 per cent cheaper than traditional tyre dealers. Moreover customers are offered a worldwide network of about 24,000 service partners, who mount the tyres professionally for “reasonable prices.”

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Euro Car Parts Now Stocks Rema Tip Top Repairs

Euro Car Parts (ECP) now stocks what is described as “a comprehensive range of tyre repair materials” from Rema Tip Top. According to a statement released by ECP, Rema Tip Top complements the ECP strategy to offer a wider range of consumables and offer an even greater service to its customers. Rema Tip Top UK Ltd has been operating for over 50 years and offers a wide range of automotive consumables and equipment, ranging from valve hardware and balance weights, to chemicals tools and accessories.

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Simon Tattersall Appointed ATS Euromaster Head of National Truck

ATS Euromaster has appointed Simon Tattersall as Head of National Truck, reporting directly to Peter Fairlie, Group Sales Director. Tattersall has worked for with parent company Michelin for 28 years, based at their headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent. In his most recent role he was Business Development Manager for Michelin Fleet Solutions and Sales Manager, responsible for the company’s original equipment sales to trailer manufacturers in the UK and Nordic countries.

Commenting on his appointment, Tattersall said: “My primary focus as Head of National Truck is to continue building on the success ATS Euromaster has enjoyed over the last two years, during which it has won major contracts with customers including Eddie Stobart, Suttons and Gist.

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

TyreSafe Reminds Caravanners to Carry Out Tyre Checks

With more than 2 million extra caravan holidays predicted in the UK this year, TyreSafe is reminding caravanners to make sure all of their tyres are safe for travel before taking to the road. Caravans left standing throughout the year can develop flatspots or suffer from exposure to UV rays which may lead to handling issues or premature failure. Additionally, tyre pressures should be checked not only on the caravan, but also on the towing vehicle and adjusted accordingly to take account of the extra load.

VisitBritain is predicting a 20 per cent rise in British holidays this summer. Earlier this year The Caravan Club reported advance bookings up by 40 per cent on 2008, and the National Caravan Council predicts that nearly 14 million holidays will be taken in 2009 in touring caravans, motor caravans and caravan holiday homes.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Indian Tyre Industry Expected to Have CAGR of 6.81% in 2010

A new report published by Aarstore Enterprise predicts the Indian tyre industry will report a compound annual growth rate of 6.81 per cent in full year 2010 figures. The industry registered a five-year CAGR of 8.02 per cent between full year 2003 and 2008, according to the research. The largest category of truck and bus tyres (T&B) recorded a five-year CAGR of 5.90 per cent while light commercial vehicle (LCV), motorcycle and car tyre categories grew at 13.34 per cent, 12.27 per cent and 13.98 per cent, respectively in the period.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Oragadam Greenfield Facility in Operation by November

Indian media sources reports production at Apollo Tyres Oragadam Greenfield facility near Chennai will enter production by November 2009. The plant, which will produce both passenger car and commercial vehicle radials, will have an 8,000 tyres per day capacity.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

CLEPA Elects New President

A unanimous vote at the annual general meeting of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) has seen Peter Tyroller elected its new president. He will commence his two-year term with the representative organisation on January 1, 2010, succeeding Giuliano Zucco.

Tyroller has been a member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH since 2006, where his responsibilities include original equipment sales, corporate marketing, and the automotive aftermarket.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Receives DEKRA Tyre Test Results

Readers of Tyrepress.com will be aware that Tyres & Accessories was in Narbonne, France in April 2009 to visit the roads on which the DEKRA Test Centre was putting several premium brands through their paces. Engaged by Michelin with part of the manufacturer’s 600 million euro annual research and development budget, the independent test centre compared the Energy Saver (195/65R15 H), the Primacy Alpin PA3 (205/55R16 H) and the Primacy HP (225/55R16 W) with other premium brand tyres purchased at the same time on the replacement market in two key areas; longevity and fuel consumption. The Test Centre presented T&A with the “circuits” it had drawn up from the varied road-types present between Narbonne and Toulouse, on which a convoy of four Volkswagen Golf 1.9l TDIs (195 and 205) and four Audi A4 Avant 2.0l TDIs (225) would travel during testing. A third set of comparative tests on these tyres was carried out by TÜV SÜD on its asphalt testing track at ATP Papenburg in Germany, this time concerned with wet braking.

Full details of the test results, including all the tested tyres and the methodologies used by both the DEKRA Test Centre and TÜV SÜD, will be published in the August edition of Tyres & Accessories. Click “More” for the headlines in each category.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Lands Moto2 Tyre Deal

Dunlop has secured the contract to supply tyres to the new Moto2 class, which gets underway in 2010. The company will supply 3.75 x 17-inch front and 6.00 x 17-inch rear tyres to the series that replaces the 250cc World Championships.

Speaking about the three-year deal, Dunlop Motorcycle sales and marketing director Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sharon Antonaros, said “We’re excited about building on the expertise gained over fifty years of continuous participation in Grand Prix racing to continue our development of racing tyres and then taking the technology to our road tyres.”

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Calhermit to Promote Consumables at CITExpo

Calhermit Enterprise Co., Ltd. was established in 1983, and will – from booth 5503 at CITExpo promote the tyre-related consumables it supplies in markets such as Taiwan, Europe and America market. It will be exhibiting a range of its products, including tube patches, radial tyre patches, bias-ply tyre patches, retreaded tyre patches, universal insert string, vulcanizing fibre-seal string, tyre shop equipment, tyre repair tools and kit, vulcanizing cement and wheel wrenches.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Lithium-ion Battery Development Wins Award for Conti

Continental claims the lithium-ion batteries it has developed offer significantly greater storage capacity compared with the nickel-metal hydride battery technology still currently used in hybrid vehicles. The battery’s energy density is said to be around 30 per cent and its power to size ratio some 50 percent greater, while still retaining its compact dimensions. Development work on this unit, which saw its series production debut in the latest Mercedes-Benz S 400 BlueHYBRID, took place at Continental’s Nuremberg, Germany facility, and the site now has a production capacity of 15,000 units per annum. Recently Conti’s Powertrain Division and its Hybrid & Electric Vehicles business unit were acknowledged for the battery’s development and series introduction with an award from a logistics and transports association located in the factory’s local region.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

DailyDepot to Promote New Designs; e-Commerce

Booth 2105 in Hall 2 will belong to DailyDepot Inc., a wheel production division under China Southern Motor Group. Products cover alloy wheel for passenger cars, steel wheel for passenger cars and steel wheel for commercial vehicles. The company has an annual production capacity of 5 million piece alloy wheels and 9 million piece steel wheels. It has in-house test labs and tooling work-shop, with teams to provide service from scratch, R&D to production to logistical services. Moreover, the company says it can support EDI and JIT system too.

Its experience includes the joint-development of new product and supply chain management, with customers including China Chery, China BYD, Audi, Ford, India Tata, and many other prestige after-market brands in United States and EU. DailyDepot will be welcoming interested observers to its booth, promising presentations on new designs in a fully-curtained area. It will also promote its new e-Commerce enabled website during the show, with registered customers in with a chance of winning a set of alloy wheels.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Thai Retread Plant to Boost Bridgestone’s Asian Activities

Asian markets hold great potential for retreaders. To boost sales within this region and develop its solutions business in Japan, Asia and China, Bridgestone is investing some 5.2 billion yen (£34.7 million) in building a new precure retreading plant in Thailand. Construction at the 43,600 square metre site, located approximately 60 kilometres southeast of Bangkok, begins in July 2009 and the facility is scheduled to enter service in November 2010. The plant will employ around 100 staff when production commences and by the second half of 2013 capacity is anticipated to reach 30 tons per day.

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

TPMS Maker, Distributor Sponsor Solar Car

Advantage PressurePro and L&S Safety Solutions sponsoring the University of Michigan’s Solar Car Team in the upcoming World Solar Car Challenge. The team will be using PressurePro’s TPMS technology to ensure proper inflation in their tyres during the race.

UM’s Solar Car, powered entirely by energy from the sun, is designed solely by the university’s student-run organization to race in solar-powered vehicle competitions in North America and around the world. The 2009 World Solar Challenge will be held this October in Australia. (Tire Review/Akron)

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors