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Aufine to Raise Prices Price 5 per cent from April

Aufine Group has announced plans to execute a 5 per cent price increased “for all the shipments from 1 April 2010” because of the increasing cost of production materials, especially rubber. Writing in a customer newsletter, company representatives explained that price has been “soaring highly within the past several months…Most of the Chinese manufacturers are under such great pressure and have increased their prices. We are really so sorry for it and your kind understanding on it will be highly appreciated.”

10th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Metro Tyres Expanding Capacity to Meet Growing Two-Wheeler Demand

India’s Metro Tyres is reportedly increasing its annual motorcycle tyre production capacity to 1.8 million units. According to the Press Trust of India, the company will invest Rs 500 million (₤7.2 million) in its Ludhiana, Punjab state plant, where capacity for tyres manufactured as part of a technical collaboration with Continental AG is currently 600,000 tyres per year. Expansion work is anticipated to be completed by April.

5th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Report: Michelin Eying Thailand Expansion

TNA reports that Groupe Michelin may be planning to boost tyre production in Thailand, but such expansion will be based on prevailing political issues in that country. Michelin Southeast Asia and Oceania managing director Frederic Vincent told TNA that Michelin sees Thailand as Asia’s most important production base for exports worldwide and planned to increase its production capacity to accommodate economic recovery in Thailand. At the same time, the managing director said the company will “monitor the political situation closely as the group did not want to witness any uncertainties.” (Tire Review)

19th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

CV Radial Shortage Causing OEM Headaches in India

India’s Tata Motors reports its commercial vehicle production has been reduced by between five and ten per cent since January due to a shortage of radial tyres and other key components. This disclosure follows one from Ashok Leyland, who was forced to decrease production by 20 per cent for similar reasons.

17th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Shearings Group Chooses Bridgestone Tyres

Bridgestone UK Ltd has signed a three-year PPK contract to supply Bridgestone tyres on Shearings Group’s 300-strong coach fleet. Under the arrangement, Bridgestone UK will supply replacement coach tyres and service support to the Shearings fleet.

3rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Sibur Tyre Production Down 28% in 2009

Production figures released on 27 January show that Sibur’s tyre production fell 28 per cent in 2009 (7602 tonnes, compared with 10,650 tonnes in 2008). The news is set against a 27.3 per cent increase in rubber sales and a three per cent increased in the large group’s petrochemical product output. As a group, Sibur reported consolidated receipts 152.5 billion rubles (£2.550 billion; 2.948 billion euros; $4.116 billion) for 2009, down 12 per cent compared with 173.5 billion rubles (£3.540 billion; 4.092 billion euros; $5.713 billion) in 2008.

28th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti to Boost Junior Staff Numbers in 2010

Just days after announcing plans to use football as a means of highlighting its attractiveness as an employer, Continental has outlined plans to “put stock in fresh expertise, new ideas and, thus, increasing innovative prowess in the form of highly qualified junior staff” during 2010. “This year we plan to hire around 1,000 university graduates and young professionals worldwide,” reported Continental Executive Board member Heinz-Gerhard Wente. A quarter of these new recruits will be employed in Germany, he added. The automotive supplier says that while it will primarily focus upon hiring engineering and natural science majors, it is also looking for business and economics graduates.

22nd January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

First Australian Rösler Retread Produced

On January 15 the first precure was manufactured at Rösler’s new retreading facility in Perth, Australia. The retread bearing the serial number RA 001001 was made on a 27.00R49 casing owned by Rio Tinto, and will go into service at one of their iron ore mines in Western Australia.

21st January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop India to Produce at Full Capacity by Next Fiscal Year

The production of Dunlop brand tyres in India has recommenced, and according to parent company the Ruia Group, the brand expected to generate revenues of Rs 6 billion (£80.6 million) by the next financial year. Before the two facilities ceased operations in 2008 Dunlop India turnover stood at Rs 900 million (£12.1 million).

18th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Vacu-Lug Invests in New SIO Buffer

Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres has invested £150,000 in a latest-generation, twin-headed fully-automated buffing machine to ensure the greatest possible accuracy in the preparation of its retread tyre casings. Capable of working to a tolerance of one millimetre, the new Danish-built SI0 buffing machine is reportedly being used in the production of Vacu-Lug's Duramold range of premium quality retread tyres.

"Our new machine is fully computer-controlled and has been pre-programmed with data for every tyre in the Duramold range," said Vacu-Lug Plant Manager, Brian Barron. "Our casings typically require between two and three millimetres of rubber above the steel belt and this machine can achieve that with pinpoint accuracy. In practice, this enables us to work to the most exacting quality standards, with a perfect result every time for any retread tyre from 17.5-inch through to the largest super-single."

14th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Iran to Invest $440 million in Tyre Factory

Irans’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) has reportedly earmarked $440 million dollars for the construction of a tyre factory in the country’s western Kordestan province. According to a report in the Tehran Times, the goal ultimate goal is for Iran to become self-sufficient in terms of tyre production.

14th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alliance Considering White Collar Redundancies

In the last year more than two hundred Israel based Alliance Tire staff have been laid off, and on December 24 Israeli financial newspaper Globes reported the possibility that the same fate may now await “dozens” of white collar employees and production support staff. It would appear those employees not covered by the collective agreement signed between Alliance and Israel’s labour federation in 2008 are most likely to bear the brunt of any redundancies – the agreement forbids Alliance from firing any staff covered by the deal without first going through a pre-agreed process.

5th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Slowdown in UK Car Production Decline Seen in October

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders report a total of 114,335 new vehicles produced in the UK in October, a 10.1 per cent year-on-year decline. Of this total, 106,400 passenger cars were manufactured, 6.7 per cent less than a year ago, and 7,935 commercial vehicles, a 39.5 per cent decrease compared with October 2008. These figures represent a slowdown in the pace of car output decline, with the month’s shortfall the smallest this year. Commercial vehicle output, however, continues to decline sharply.

23rd November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Accuride Brands Win Thomas Built Supplier Awards

Accuride Corporation’s Gunite and Accuride Wheels brands have received Silver Supplier Awards for 2009 from Daimler Trucks North America division Thomas Built Buses. This award is given to Thomas Built Buses suppliers whose “supplier report cards” exceed a 90 per cent standard of excellence for the year. Suppliers are graded on their performance in specified criteria surrounding quality, delivery, cost, warranty, and technical support.

18th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

First Stage of Shougang Tyre Cord Plant Ready

International News, News

Shougang Concord Century Holdings has celebrated the completion of the first construction phase for its new steel cord facility in China’s Shandong Province. This milestone in the Tengzhou Eastern Steel Cord (TESC) plant’s development was marked by a ceremony on November 11, which was attended by dignitaries including Shougang Corporation chairman Zhu Jimin, senior company management, government officials and industry professionals.

18th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors