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Bridgestone Outlines Senior Management Changes

Bridgestone Corporation has announced a number of senior personnel changes, scheduled to take effect October 1. Yoshiyuki Morimoto has been appointed vice president and officer of Tire Research and Material Development plus assistant to the vice president and officer, Office of Group CEO Technology Relations. Akihiro Eto will become vice president and officer, chief financial officer of Finance and chief information officer of IT & Network; Eto will concurrently serve as director Corporate Planning Division, Internal Control Division, Advanced Business Development Division; he will also take on the role of general manager Paper Business Planning and Sales Department. Yutaka Yamaguchi is to become vice president and officer Tire Products Development. At the end of October Akihiro Eto will shed some of his responsibility, and will serve as vice president and officer, chief financial officer of Finance and chief information officer of IT & Network plus director Corporate Planning Division and Internal Control Division.

13th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

BSI Hits Back at Which? Report Criticising Garages

BSI has aired it views on Radio 5 Live and BBC Leeds following a Which? report stating that garages are not correctly servicing cars. According to Which? there is still “incompetence” in UK car garages following an undercover investigation that found nearly 90 per cent of the garages investigated by the consumer watchdog missed (or ignored) at least one potentially dangerous fault. However, the report failed to mention that BSI-operate Kitemark scheme “offers the most robust certification because of its rigorous criteria.”

13th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Fill Up With Air Campaign the “Biggest to Date”

Michelin says drivers in the UK are losing out on more than £440 million pounds by driving with the under-inflated tyres. The French giant is publicising the effects of this perpetual problem via its Fill Up With Air roadshow, on which a Michelin team offers free tyre checks. Michelin’s research, based on a parc of 30.3 million cars driving 12,000 miles per annum at 35mpg, with fuel costing £1.20 per litre, suggests more than 370 million litres of fuel are being wasted each year.

8th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg Launches New Twin Radial Tyre

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has launched a new 710/50 R26.5 twin radial tyre. According to the company, the new product offers enhanced flotation characteristics that protect the soil, the driver’s health, lowers noise levels and contributes to reduced overall operating costs for the farmer. The twin radial features a 15 per cent wider footprint area, additional lugs and a longer central block compared to the previous version. This means an increased land/sea ratio and 14 per cent deeper lugs.

3rd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Manbat Provides Mobility Scooter Batteries to Aid Medical Research

Cutting-edge research expeditions may not be the first thing to spring to mind when UK battery distributor Manbat’s name is mentioned. However, a group of medical researchers have employed Lucas LG75 batteries supplied by the company to keep vital blood samples at the correct temperature while staying at a hut in the Alps. The Xtreme Alps project is designed to test the effectiveness of a dietary supplement taken to improve the body’s tolerance for lack of oxygen.

3rd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Expands Electronic Paper Production at Iwata Plant

Bridgestone Corporation is to expand its electronic paper operations with the installation of a new production line in its Iwata Plant (Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture). According to the company, the new line will entail an investment of approximately ¥1.0 billion ($11.8 million), and will triple the company's production capacity of electronic paper to 15,000 A3 sheets per month, compared to the current capacity of 5,000 A3 sheets per month. Production at the Iwata line will begin this month.

2nd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Launches North America Blackberry Application

A mobile dealer locator application for Blackberry smart phones currently being rolled out in the US and Canada has been described by Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) as the “first truly mobile tyre-related application in the trucking industry.” The tyre maker intends the new Blackberry application to complement its existing Michelin ONCall emergency road service and online dealer and service locator in its “Wherever You Go” offering.

27th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Ireland Tyre Tax Increase Would Compromise Jobs & Safety – ITIA

Ireland’s government apparently is considering increasing the tax levied upon tyres, and the association representing the country’s tyre industry has slammed it as a measure that would compromise safety and jobs. HGV Ireland reports that in a submission to Environment Minister John Gormley, the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) has stated that any tax increase would lead to hundreds of job losses as motorists would cross the border into Northern Ireland to make their tyre purchases.

19th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Indian Replacement Market Tipped to Surpass £2.75 Billion by 2012

A research report released by market research firm TechSci Research predicts that total turnover for India’s replacement tyre market will surpass Rs 200,000 million (£2.75 billion) by the 2012 financial year. The replacement segment currently accounts for more than 60 per cent of the industry, the report notes, and it has become a key focus area for manufacturers due to the higher margins its offers. In the most recent financial year almost 50 million unit sales took place in India’s replacement segment, with motorcycle tyres and truck/bus tyres the two largest markets.

18th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Encircle Moving into French and Italian Markets

Tyre market research specialists Encircle Marketing has been developing Italian and French portals of its website as a prelude to launching sell-out pricing and selling way programmes in these countries in the first quarter of 2011. Test programmes will be conducted in the last quarter of this year.

18th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Encourages Staycationers to Inflate Tyres Correctly

Cooper Tire Europe has urged motorists to check tyre pressures at least monthly and before long trips, and to refer to the vehicle manufacturer’s handbook for the correct pressure when travelling fully laden, with the trend for overseas holidays down 15 per cent amongst Britons last year. The company suggests the average family car carrying a full family on holiday will have to transport an additional 201kg in passengers and luggage, compared to the typical ‘driver-only’ car journey. Cooper says many do not realise they need to set their tyre pressures to compensate for the additional load being placed on the tyres in order to reduce the risk of accidents and premature tyre wear.

17th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Schrader Rejects Magazine’s TPMS Criticism

Schrader Electronics, one of the leading suppliers of Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) has rejected criticism of the technology published by motoring magazine Auto Express. The article by Jon Morgan, published online on 6 August, said a number of car companies in the UK have voiced criticism of the European Union’s decision to make TPMS fully mandated by 2014. The criticism focussed on a suggestion that they are an unnecessary piece of technology and one for which some motorists have suggested that they would rather not pay, that the car industry was “furious” and there was a “backlash” as a result. Some of those quoted in the piece said drivers should take responsibility and check tyre pressures on weekly basis. Schrader’s somewhat pragmatic point of view is that this clearly does not happen.

17th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Rebranding for General Truck Tyre Range in North America

A relaunch of the General truck tyre range in North America is intended to give it “a stronger focus and an identity that will resonate with commercial truck drivers across the Americas.” Upon announcing the changes to the Continental Tire the Americas brand, truck tyre brand manager Libor Heger commented that the General commercial vehicle tyre portfolio would be expanded to meet the needs of customers throughout the entire continent.

17th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Researchers Hack a Hole In Tyre Tag Security

Scientists from Rutgers University and University of South Carolina are warning that the wireless communications technology found in tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) is susceptible to interception and high-tech forgery known as “spoofing.” The scientists concede that the potential for misuse “may be minimal,” but the potential vulnerability is said to demonstrate a “troubling lack of rigor with secure software development for new automobiles.”

10th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TyGre Tyre Recycling Method Billed as ‘The Ultimate Retread’

The Economist news magazine has referred to the TyGre gassification method of tyre recycling as “the ultimatum retread” in an article published online on 9 August 2010. TyGre, a project developed by nine collaborators including Tubitak Marmara Research Centre in Gebze, Turkey in a European Union-financed endeavour intended to make useful things out of redundant rubber researchers at the sees tyres transformed into silicon carbide by reacting them with sand. The resultant silcon carbide can reportedly fetch up to 10,000 euros ($13,000) a tonne.

9th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors