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Vipal directs European course with Spanish recycled tyre association

Brazilian retread material and tyre repair manufacturer Vipal has hosted a course in Europe. The even was run in conjunction with Universidad Miguel Hernández and Asociación Española de Neumáticos Reciclados (the Spanish recycled tyres association).

One of the objectives of the inaugural course in Elche, Spain, was to provide participants with a general overview of the techniques involved in recycling tyres, with a particular focus on common problems and methods for avoiding them. Held at the end of October, this event launched activities that are part of the course entitled “Research and Training regarding Recycling Tyres” that has become part of the Mechanical Engineering degree offered by the University.

8th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Chipped – Goodyear releases its first RFID tyres

News

Reduced downtime, improved tyre management and greater security are three of the advantages Goodyear claims the introduction of microchips into its truck tyre range will bring. The tyre maker has released its first product to utilise the technology, the Goodyear Regional RHT II RFID (Radio Frequency Identity) 435/50R19.5 trailer tyre; the microchip built into the tyre helps deliver fleet operators the above benefits through interfacing with FleetOnlineSolutions, Goodyear Dunlop’s internet-based tyre management programme.

6th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New ETRMA stats show European retread recovery in 2010

News

In its recently released 2011 ‘European Tyre & Rubber Industry’ statistics, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association states that retreading managed to stage an almost complete recovery in Europe during 2010. Quoting Europool figures, the ETRMA shares that after experiencing a 21 per cent decrease within the region from 2007 to 2009, with unit sales dropping from 5,800,000 to 4,561,000 during this time, in 2010 retread unit sales rose 22.9 per cent year-on-year to 5,605,000. The number of retreads sold within Europe last year is thus only 3.3 per cent lower than 2007 levels, the ETRMA notes.

28th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone announces North American off-road, retread price rises

News

Base prices for Bridgestone, Firestone and Continuum off-road tyres and Continuum pre-cure tread rubber and retreading materials are to increase by 15 per cent in the United States and ten per cent in Canada. Announcing the new pricing, which takes effect 1 January 2012, Bridgestone Americas Commercial Solutions president Kurt Danielson commented: “We are committed to providing our customers with products of the highest possible quality and value. While we make every effort to absorb rising costs, increases related to market conditions, supply pressures, global competition and manufacturing expenses have made these adjustments necessary at this time.”

23rd November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

L-Ray offers differometric tyre analyser for under $100,000

Premium, Product News

Non-destructive tyre testing equipment provider L-Ray has launched its newest differometric tyre analyser model for the tyre manufacturing and retreading industry. The new MDA-48 series machines will use the same differometric technology as previous, more expensive models, but in a manual load/unload, two-camera configuration with a base price of under $100,000.

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15th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Westlake Tyres signs exclusivity deal with Direct Tyre Management

News

Westlake Tyres has announced that it has appointed Direct Tyre Sales as sole distributor of its truck tyre range in the UK. Direct Tyre Management (DTM). In order to supply the British market, DTM will promote Westlake’s TBR brand through its own “team of regional sales staff” where it will “complement” its own “retread brand”. DTM plan to distribute all Westlake TBR products destined for the UK from their Wigan Retread Factory in Lancashire. Sales of circa 90,000 Westlake TBR units over the next three years are expected.

26th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear expands Omnitrac mixed service truck tyre range

News

Goodyear has announced the introduction of 14 new Omnitrac MSS II and MSD II truck tyre sizes. Typically for use on vehicles operating on and off road, such as those in service on construction sites, waste tips and quarries, the ranges now cover all the major sizes and include variants with Duraseal technology, Goodyear’s air loss prevention system in the event of a puncture.

25th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Swedish bus firm signs Marangoni supply agreement

News

Marangoni Retreading Systems has announced a new deal with Bergkvarabuss AB, one of the largest private tourist bus and coach companies in Sweden. The Italian retreader will supply tyres with its BUS-T tread pattern, manufactured using its Ringtread joint-free procured ring technology, to the transport firm, becoming the first retreader to supply Bergkvarabuss. Founded in 1975 as a small taxi and bus business, the fleet has since grown to become the biggest family business in the sector in Sweden.

19th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

MGT Tyre taken over by Italmatic

Retreading

Italmatic Italy reports that it has taken over MGT Tyre, an OTR and aviation tyre retreading equipment manufacturer, in a deal that includes the brand and the related technology and know-how. Dr. Massimo Ghitturi, CEO of Italmatic Italy, pointed out that the takeover of MGT forms part of the company’s plans to invest in its technology and human resources with a view to becoming “the leading company in the worldwide retreading equipment market.”

11th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone donates tyres to Cambridgeshire charity

News

Bridgestone has donated over £2,000 worth of free tyres to Cambridgeshire charity Connections. The charity, which supports its local 13 to 19 year olds with a wide range of advice, guidance and practical help, relies on its converted double decker buses for its drop-in youth clubs. The tyres have come as a welcomed surprise, especially during a time when tyre prices continue to increase.

11th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bipaver “very uncomfortable” about truck racing retread ban

Retreading

The European retreading organisation Bipaver states it feels “very uncomfortable” regarding a decision taken by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to go ahead with its ban on the use of retreaded tyres in its Racing Trucks Technical Regulation. On October 6, Bipaver secretary general, Ruud J.L. Spuijbroek, outlined the European retreading organisation’s concerns in a letter to the FIA secretary general for sport, Pierre de Coninck.

10th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Proposed US state bill lays cleanup cost at retread sellers’ feet

News

Retreaders and retread sellers in the US state of Michigan may be forced to perform the tyre industry equivalent of cleaning up dog doo from the front lawn – even though someone else’s puppy left the mess. A new Bill introduced into the Michigan House of Representatives recommends imposing a US$5.00 fee upon every retreaded tyre sold by a retailer within the state, with the funds generated by this fee used for the “cleanup of roadside waste from deteriorated retread tyres” and other recycling and littler cleanup.

7th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

“Re Tyre" aimed at securing the future of medium-sized retreaders

Retreading

Now that its financing appears secure and all pertinent formalities are expected to be sorted out in Brussels any day now, work linked to the “Re Tyre” project is now ready to commence. With the aid of results gained from this study one of its backers, the European retreading association BIPAVER, aims first and foremost to secure the continued existence of medium-sized retreading businesses.

5th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bulldog certification concludes Bridgestone’s European ISO programme

News

Bridgestone reports its ISO 14001 certification for all its European tyre plants has been completed one year ahead of its own internal target. The final certification was granted to its commercial vehicle tyre retreading subsidiary, Lincolnshire-based Bulldog Remoulds Ltd, in August 2011. This means that, some 12 years after the tyre maker began its European certification programme, all 13 Bridgestone Group plants in Europe employing more than 50 people are now ISO 14001 certified.

26th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni consolidates European presence, renames Ellerbrock

Retreading

As of 1 September 2011, Ellerbrock Reifenrunderneuerungs-Technologie GmhH, which was acquired by the Marangoni Group in the early 1990s, officially began trading under the name Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland GmbH. And in order to explain the rationale for this move, its recent performance and the company’s vision for the future, Marangoni invited Tyres & Accessories to see the fast growing Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland operation first hand and hear from executives at the same time.

Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland’s facilities in Henstead-Urzburg cover an area of 26,500 square metres, with an additional 13,500 square metres occupied an accompanying logistics centre. The facility, which currently employs 120 people, manufactures Profil Liner pre-cured tread strips and Marangoni’s trademark pre-cured rings for truck tyre retreading.

22nd September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

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