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Nürburgring EV record broken on Nokian tyres

A new lap record has been set at the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife circuit – and Nokian Tyres is proud of the role its products played. The Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) vehicle, built by the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and fitted with Nokian Z G2 tyres, zipped around the Nordschleife in 8:42.72, setting a lap record for road legal electric cars. The E-RA averaged more than 142 km/h during its run and cut more than a minute from the previous record.

5th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon-shod Caterham breaks donut world record

Avon Tyres’ niche CR500 product has helped long-time partner Caterham Cars and stunt driver Terry Grant set a new Guinness World Record for the number of donuts completed in one go, spinning a 150bhp Caterham Roadsport consecutively 566 times. Having seen his own previous record of 161 donuts beaten on Sunday, 4 September by one of Caterham’s rival sportscar manufacturers at 283, Grant was determined to reclaim his place at the top of the Guinness World Record table.

23rd September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Murfitts cleared in tyre blaze trial

A tyre recycling firm which suffered a huge blaze two years ago has been cleared of allowing waste to harm people’s health after the case against it collapsed. In 2009 a fire started among the 2,000 tonnes of tyres and rubber being stored on the company's site, burning for seven weeks. Murfitts Industries, based in Wisbech Road, Littleport, faced trial at Cambridge Crown Court after pleading not guilty to a charge of treating, keeping or disposing controlled waste, contrary to section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act.

14th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni shod Hill Climb European champions

Marangoni tyres helped Simone Faggioli rout the field at Ilirska Bistrica in Slovenia to record the best time in both heats of the race, winning the FIA Hill Climb European Championship with one race still remaining. Faggioli drove his Osella FA30-Zytek with Marangoni Zeta Linea racing tyres to a fourth championship victory, making him one of the legends of the sport. Marangoni said Faggioli’s victory and domination of hill climb races over recent years is “confirmation of the exceptional work done by the engineers and technicians at the Italian company’s research & development department”.

2nd September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Stoner tyre management the deciding factor on new Brickyard surface

Casey Stoner and the Repsol Honda Team delivered a masterclass in consistency and tyre management in particularly tricky conditions to extend the Australian’s MotoGP championship lead to 44 points at the high temperature, newly resurfaced Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was followed across the line by teammate Dani Pedrosa in second and Yamaha Racing’s Ben Spies who recovered excellently having dropped to ninth to climb onto the podium for the third time this season.

30th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli pledges to buy Italian bonds

Reuters reports that, in a move to alleviate the euro zone crisis Italy faces, Pirelli & C. SpA has signed a newspaper petition offering to buy government bonds. The tyre maker is said to be one of 24 Italian companies that added their names to a petition instigated by the business daily Milano Finanza.

9th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear declares dividend on 5.875% preferred stock

Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have declared a quarterly dividend of 73.44 cents per share of mandatory convertible preferred stock. The dividend is payable October 1, 2011, to shareholders of record on September 15, 2011. The payout represents an annual rate of US$2.9375 per share.

3rd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone seeks US MotoGP performance upgrade

MotoGP tyre supplier Bridgestone is taking a softer rear compound to the US Grand Prix this weekend in the hope that they will provide a further performance improvement to that of the asymmetric rears Bridgestone supplied to west coast California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last year. Hirohide Hamashima – assistant to director, Motorsport Tyre Development Division explained: “Last year at Laguna we saw an improvement in tyre performance when we selected our asymmetric rear slicks for the first time in the single supply era there, and I hope by choosing softer rear compounds this season we will see another step forward in performance.

22nd July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

End of the line for Goodyear’s Union City plant

Tyre production at Goodyear’s Union City, Tennessee plant has come to an end. Plans to close the factory by the end of the year were announced in February, yet production has ceased even soon, it appears, than the tyre maker itself originally anticipated. “When we announced our intention to close the plant, we expected the shutdown would occur by year-end,” stated Goodyear chairman and CEO Richard J. Kramer. “Since then, the product transfers to the other Goodyear plants have been completed more quickly than expected. We are now able to meet the needs of our consumer tyre customers without further production in Union City.”

11th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Lorenzo victorious on hard compound at Mugello

Jorge Lorenzo won the latest Italian MotoGP round using Bridgestone’s hard front and rear slicks, overcoming Casey Stoner’s early lead of 2.3 seconds. He also set a new lap record at Mugello, while Championship leader Stoner also lost out to Andrea Dovizioso in the final six laps, allowing the Italian to achieve his best result of the season in front of a home crowd. Round seven’s winner Ben Spies got the better of Marco Simoncelli for fourth position, ahead of Valentino Rossi who finished sixth having climbed from 12th on the grid.

4th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Solvay notifies EC of Rhodia friendly takeover bid

Belgian company Solvay has informed the European Commission of its friendly takeover bid on Rhodia in order to gain the competition authority’s approval of the transaction. The cash takeover offer was first announced to Rhodia shareholders in early April, with Solvay saying it would pay 31.60 euros per share for the French chemical manufacturer. Rhodia’s board of directors unanimously recommended acceptance of the offer.

4th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Selleck to take on Michelin North America top job

Upon the retirement of Michelin North America chairman and president Richard “Dick” Wilkerson later this year, current president of Michelin’s Truck and Bus division, Pete Selleck, will step into the role of heading up the company’s North American operation. Wilkerson will become chairman emeritus of Michelin North America when he retires from his current role.

22nd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Fairy Jobmother’ finds former dancer work with ATS Euromaster

Channel Four reality television show The Fairy Jobmother will feature a 24-year-old former professional wrestler and dancer from Birmingham now working for ATS Euromaster this evening (21 June). Sarah Baker, who has danced at the National Indoor Arena and acted at the New Alexander Theatre is now a full member of the Customer Response Team at the head office of tyre company ATS Euromaster in Aston, thanks to the Jobmother herself, Hayley Taylor, who helps people to find work on the show.

21st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear declares preferred stock dividend

Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today declared a quarterly dividend of 74.25 cents per share of mandatory convertible preferred stock. The dividend is payable 1 July, 2011, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2011. The payout represents an annual rate of $2.9375 per share.

3rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Stoner fastest on harder slicks in France MotoGP practice

Casey Stoner finished the first day of practice for the French Grand Prix fastest overall, lapping under the existing lap record by nearly half a second. His fastest lap came on the harder option front and rear Bridgestone slicks, though he also lapped under the lap record and set provisional fastest using the new soft asymmetric rear tyre. Masao Azuma, chief field engineer at Bridgestone Motorsport: “I am pleased with the performance of both our slick tyre options today as we can see from the laptimes that both worked well.

13th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors