Prometeon Tyre Group is exhibiting at the Road Transport Expo [RTX] 2023 at NAEC Stoneleigh from 28-30 June. Stand GR37a, Hall 2a will feature the improved Serie 02 range of tyres and the Prometeon team will also be demonstrating their Pro Service solutions and the company’s UK SuperTruck network.
Prometeon Tyre Group has launched its new SuperTruck UK network to supply its branded tyres alongside tailored maintenance and audit services for truck fleet operators. SuperTruck was first launched in Italy in 2019 and is successfully rolling out to six other European markets: Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland. According to the company, Prometeon UK has been working with an initial 16 tyre dealers to tailor their product offering and services in line with the company’s SuperTruck initiative designed uniquely to support the needs of truck fleet operators.
British manufacturer of pig and poultry feed ABN, a division of AB Agri, has signed a new ‘pay-as-you-go’ deal with tyre supplier Prometeon. Tyres supplied under the arrangement include Pirelli Triathlon steer axle fitment and the Prometec TG01 remould product for the drive axle. Trailers within ABNs fleet use the Pirelli G02 tyre.
Norfolk-based Roger Warnes Transport and Prometeon Tyre Group have renewed their partnership for a further three years, continuing the long-standing relationship between the organisations. The deal covers the entire 222‐strong Roger Warnes Transport fleet – consisting of 108 trucks and 114 trailers – on a fixed pence per kilometre (PPK) contract.
Sinochem Holdings, which through its subsidiaries plays a major role in Pirelli, Aeolus Tyre and Prometeon Tyre Group, has a new president. The appointment of Jiao Jian was confirmed at an enlarged executive meeting on 31 March 2023 by the leaders of the organisation department within the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee.
It may not produce motorcycle tyres, but Prometeon Tyre Group benefits from the exposure the Pirelli brand gains as top sponsor and tyre supplier to WorldSBK. Prometeon also took on WorldSBK official sponsorship in April 2022 and now seeks to further raise its profile amongst those who enjoy riding fast on two wheels by becoming co-title sponsor of the Yamaha WorldSBK team.
Prometeon Tyre Group has shared details of the planned investment in its factory in Alexandria, Egypt. The tyre maker announced in 2022 that it would invest approximately 30 million euros to lift production capacity and to upgrade the plant’s technology. Post investment, the facility in Egypt will be capable of making 1.1 million tyres annually, with production of Pirelli Serie 02 tyres increasing.
After a successful return to participating in LAMMA last year, Kirkby Tyres will once again be exhibiting at the UK’s premier agricultural machinery show on 10 and 11 January at the NEC. Occupying the same 225 square metre space in Hall 9 of the National Exhibition Centre, the wholesaler is looking forward to showcasing its main and exclusive agricultural brands including Alliance, BKT, MRL and Pirelli.
Prometeon Tyre Group reports that its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risk Rating has been graded as low, strengthening the tyre manufacturer’s commitment to its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability goals. The achievement is also crucial for managing a 350-million-euro sustainability-linked loan.
With a fresh commercial tyre range now available and the UK launch of its new fleet service offer just months away, there is plenty happening at Prometeon Tyre Group (PTG). To find out more we caught up with Ali Yilmaz, who in July was named commercial director for the UK, Ireland and the Nordic countries.
On 11 October, a 59/80R63 radial engineering tyre rolled off the production line at Aeolus’s Jiaozuo manufacturing base. This giant OTR tyre has a diameter of over four metres and a weight of nearly six tons. It is mainly used for giant mining weighing about 400 tons.
Adeel Tariq has joined the Yokohama Europe GmbH team in Düsseldorf, Germany as the company’s new Vice President Human Resources & Admin. He comes to Yokohama Rubber’s European sales and marketing business from Prometeon Tyre Group, where he held several roles over a five-year period.
A significant leadership change has taken place within the company closely linked with Pirelli, Aeolus and Prometeon Tyre Group. During an executive meeting that Sinochem Holdings held this morning for middle and senior management, a representative from the Chinese Communist Party announced that Ning Gaoning is no longer chairman of the company’s board, nor is he secretary of Sinochem’s leading party group. Li Fanrong takes over both positions.
Earlier this month, Prometeon Tyre Group (PTG) became the main sponsor of Italian football club Parma Calcio. Its multi-year agreement with the club, which currently plays in the second-tier Serie B league, gives the tyre maker a presence on players’ shirts and within their home stadium. Shirts will display the Prometeon logo rather than the Pirelli branding encountered on PTG tyres.
The SuperTruck dealer consortium is gearing up to launch in six European markets, including the UK, and Prometeon Tyre Group has appointed Riccardo Schena to lead the network during this time of growth. The company introduced Schena, who has served as Prometeon’s chief financial officer for Europe since September 2020, to dealers at a recent meeting in the Italian town of Gubbio.
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