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Some Freedom for Shredded Tyres in Landfill Engineering

Defra has allowed some shredded tyres to be used for “certain landfill engineering purposes” after the landfilling of tyres is officially banned in July. The news follows research conducted by the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP).

Initial interpretation of the Landfill Directive declared that from July this year only whole tyres would be permitted for this purpose and the use of shredded tyres was therefore precluded. However, according to the NISP this move would have had serious environmental consequences; because NISP had already identified replacement aggregate as a re-use option for up to a quarter of this year’s UK tyre waste.

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Stoecken Passenger Car Production Reprieved

Continental AG has reached an agreement with unions to hold-off job cuts for a year, and therefore continue passenger car tyre production at its Hanover-Stoecken plant. The management had originally said it would cut 320 positions, 10 per cent of the Stoecken plant’s workforce, and halt passenger car tyre production by the end of 2006. Now the company reports that it will cut jobs between 1 January and 31 December 2007.

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A New Form of Drink-Driving

Drivers are being warned to avoid caffeine excess after a man was jailed for dangerous driving after drinking 20 cans of Red Bull. Peter Edwards, 48, from King’s Lynn, was jailed for four months on Friday after Norwich Crown Court heard he was pursued across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. His car was seen “swerving from side to side” across the A10, the court heard. Edwards car was then involved in a 50-mile police chase, according to a BBC report.

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Rubber Recovery and Crumb Rubber win WRAP Tender

The results of WRAP’s (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) open tender are now in and Rubber Recovery Ltd, based in Barnsley, and Crumb Rubber Ltd, from Devon, have been named as winners. The tender asked potential applications to come up with new products made from used tyre. One of the winning suggestions uses retreading, while the other is based on a new concept.

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News from Motaquip

Motaquip, the UK supplier of motor parts, has started the new year with a couple of changes. The first of these is the appointment of a new product planner. Alistair Large has taken up this role, with responsibility for Motaquip’s extensive clutch, steering and suspension propositions. Prior to joining Motaquip, Mr. Large notched up 15 years with Unipart Automotive in product and promotional management roles for Brown Brothers and ADS.

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Was Your Car Ready For Winter?

Leading tyre retailer, Kwik-Fit, and UK manufacturer, Avon Tyres, have published research on UK drivers’ winter tyre awareness habits. The Kwik-Fit research shows that 6.9 million UK motorists (25 per cent) don’t check their tyres at all during the winter. Not surprisingly, 12.9 million British motorists (47 per cent) admit to losing control of their car on a wet or icy road – with nearly one-in-five of these incidents (17 per cent) leading to an accident.

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Tyre Prices Increased 34 per cent Since 1999

(Akron/Tire Review) The $15 billion US replacement tyre market has grown 34 per cent since 1999, according to a new study from Research and Markets. Volume sales benefit from an automobile fleet that is larger and older than any in US history. However, the real growth in the market increased in what consumers spend per tyre, with average price per tyre rising from $59 in 1999 to $76 in 2005.

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Heigold to Lead Goodyear NAT Business Operations

(Akron/Tire Review) Fred Heigold has been named vice president of business operations and integration for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s North American Consumer Tire Business unit. Heigold will report to Larry Mason, president of the unit. Most recently, Heigold was CEO of Phogenix Imaging, a joint venture of Eastman Kodak and Hewlett Packard. He began his career with Eastman Kodak in 1971, and served in various research and development, manufacturing and general management positions, including several international assignments.

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Modern Tyre Service Donates £1000 to Breast Cancer Research

Last month Northern Ireland’s largest independent tyre retailers held a series of ladies tyre safety clinics at a selection of their depots. The nights coincided with National tyre safety week and were run in conjunction with the All Women Together breast cancer awareness campaign. For each of the 100 ladies that attended, Modern Tyre Service donated £10.

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Analysts Publish New Market Statistics

In 2004 the global tyre market for passenger cars, light, medium and heavy-duty truck applications totalled nearly 1.2 billion, of which 857 million (72 per cent) were replacement tyres. According to a new report published by Research and Markets, the world tyre market is essentially a replacement market in terms of volume and value, with OE sales representing only a small but influential quarter of the market.

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Continental Ends Hanover Passenger Tyre Production

Continental AG has announced that it will reduce the number of staff working at its Hanover-Stöcken plant by 10 per cent, by the end of 2006. The job losses will affect 320 tyre production employees.

“The unexpectedly weak growth in passenger tyre sales…left us no other choice in the end but to schedule discontinuation of passenger tyre production in Stöcken as of 31 December 2006 and to demonstrate cost-optimised flexibility at other plants by cutting back the number of shifts,” said Manfred Wennemer, chairman of the executive board of Continental AG and board member responsible for the Passenger and Light Truck Tires division.

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Tyre Cord Business Thrives

According to market research conducted by steel manufacturer Corus, the automotive industry is demanding premium quality steel at an unprecedented rate. Much of this demand comes from the Far East and Central and Eastern Europe, where tyre production is increasing at a rapid pace. In China alone, consumption of steel tyre cord has increased by 30 per cent a year since 2001. This year, the market is expected to grow to more than 300,000 tonnes. In response Corus has invested £14 million in rod mill enhancements to boost its ability to produce, handle and distribute these premium steels.

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Maxxis to Construct New R&D Centres in Asia and US

Maxxis is planning to complete construction of three new technical centres in Asia and the US in the next eight months. Construction is complete on the first new centre, near Shanghai, China.

Here workers are reportedly putting the finishing touches on the six-story, 143,182-square-foot facility, which will employ 200 engineers. Plans are also underway for construction of a proving ground, expected to open in 2008.

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WRAP Selects EER Ltd

After a competitive tender process, WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has chosen US-based EER Limited, an international consulting firm specialising in waste tyre reuse, recycling and recovery, to carry out a comprehensive study of international ‘Best Practices’ for recycling scrap tyres into marketable products. “EER Limited’s wide-ranging international experience was important in the decision making process,” said Steve Waite, WRAP’s Tyre programme manager.

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Tweel Takes Wins Popular Science Award

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(Akron/Tire Review) Groupe Michelin’s Tweel, the non-pneumatic tyre and wheel assembly that debuted at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year, has been named one of the “100 Most Innovative Products of the Year” by Popular Science magazine.

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