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Cooper Gives Further Restructuring Details

Cooper Tire has given more details about how it will achieve its previously announced $100 million inventory reduction by the end of 2007. Analysts report that a recent update from the management pointed to improvement on all fronts. According to Deutsche Bank, the company has already achieved $40 million of its inventory reduction goal, and has identified approximately $34 million of its $70 million annual cost reduction target. Cooper is aiming for $170 million of total improvement from cost reductions and other initiatives.

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Michelin Pilot Power 2CT named MCN Product of the Year

The Michelin’s Pilot Power 2CT was named Motor Cycle News Product of the Year at an awards’ ceremony held at the National Motorcycle Museum on 26 October. The entries were judged on a number of criteria including product performance levels, innovation, sales success and success in meeting the needs of the market. The Michelin Pilot Power 2CT was launched to match the ever-increasing performance of sportsbikes, and at the same time, was designed to raise the level of road tyre performance to that of a track tyre.

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Continental Delivers Long Tyre Life to Argos

With 130 million customers spending £3.8 billion a year buying items on-line and through its 670 stores, the Argos retail business needs a massive logistics back up. This requires a fleet of 600 tractor units and 1400 trailers operating from 11 distribution centres strategically located throughout mainland UK. That means that at any given time there are well over 5,000 tyres in contact with the road on Argos vehicles.

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Cooper Announces Champ Atlantic Deal at SEMA

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Cooper has given details of a new motorsports partnership with the Champ Car Atlantic Series. “The Cooper/Champ Atlantic partnership is mutually beneficial. We have conducted extensive testing with the newly-designed Swift 016.a chassis and have been able to provide a tyre that allows for the best possible setup for optimal performance of both the car and tyre. The Cooper Tire racing slick allows for more adjustments in the mid-range, giving teams and drivers more scope overall. We are confident that the tyres will meet and exceed the teams’ expectations, resulting in high level competitive racing,” said Julian Baldwin, as vice president, European Operations, and managing director, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe.

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Mani Counters Palazhi Tyres Allegations

Kerala (India) Congress leader and former minister K M Mani said a State Government probe into the affairs of Palazhi Tyres Ltd politically motivated. Mani said that no financial irregularity has been committed and the company documents will speak themselves.

“The only fault with the company is that the mission for setting up a tyre factory has not become a reality till date, for various reasons. It owns 37 acres of well-kept rubber estate having big valuation at Valavoor in Meenachil taluk. The company has been registered as per company and co-operative laws and it has an audited annual balance sheet,” KM Mani told local newspapers.

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Goodyear Texas Factory To Close

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced the forthcoming closure of its tyre manufacturing facility in Tyler, Texas, as part of the company’s previously announced strategy to exit certain segments of the private label tyre business. When it made the private label announcement in June, Goodyear said that the decision would require a corresponding reduction in North American Tire’s manufacturing capacity and that plant performance, capabilities, cost savings opportunity and the focus on serving NAT customers would dictate capacity reduction.

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Continental Interested in Matador “Rubber“

According to German media reports, Continental is reportedly considering paying 150 million euros for Matador’s “Rubber” business unit, which mainly produces tyres. As this unit produces moulds and tyre construction machines in larger volumes than Conti does at its Hanover-Stoecken plant, workers have raised numerous objections against the move. Hanover-Stoecken was recently the subject of job cuts in its passenger car department.

Referring to the future relationship between Continental and Matador, company spokesman Hannes Boekhoff confirmed discussions are taking place: “The parties are negotiating about a possible extension of their strategic partnership to include the passenger car tyre range. The negotiations are not final yet.” Further details are not yet known and so far Matador has not released any information on the subject.

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NRI to Close Two Recycling Plants

NRI Industries, one of Ontario’s biggest tyre recyclers, is closing two plants, with the loss of 425 jobs. Alan Power, NRI’s chief executive officer, confirmed yesterday that the company will end automotive parts manufacturing in the next three months, but hopes to survive by producing rubber mats, flooring and sound dampeners.

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Cooper to Announce Quarterly Results

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company will announce its third quarter 2006 financial results before the market opens on 8 November. A conference call discussing the financial results will begin at 11:00. (EST).

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Yokohama Improve Results Prediction

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has revised its consolidated and non-consolidated forecasts for the first half of fiscal 2007 (1 April 2006 to September 30 2006). The current revised consolidated forecast includes 222 billion yen for net sales (just under £1 billion), a 0.9 per cent increase over the previous forecast, 3 billion yen for ordinary profit, a 172.7 per cent increase compared to same, and 3.3 billion yen (£14.75 million) for net income, a 450 per cent increase.

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All Round Safety

Continental AG’s two tyre divisions – Passenger and Light Truck Tires and Commercial Vehicle Tires – are addressing the company’s vision of making individual mobility safer and more comfortable with about 850 employees in the field of research and development (R&D). In order to manage the balancing act between scientific curiosity and practical use both tyre divisions have implemented an innovation management system. The tasks of the system include actively seeking new business fields and motivating staff to incorporate new ideas.

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Pirelli Promotes Three Vice Presidents

Three managers involved in the growth of Pirelli Tire North America over the past four years were honoured recently with promotion to vice president. Steve Carpino has been named head of R&D and product development; John Hagan is in charge of original equipment; and Andrew Kearton is responsible for manufacturing.

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Goodyear Names New OE Tyre Leader

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Johann Finkelmeier vice president and general manager of original equipment tyres in the company’s North American tyre unit. Finkelmeier will report to Larry Mason, Goodyear’s North American president of consumer tyres. Finkelmeier most recently served at Akebono North America as executive vice president, global strategy and business development OE/OES sales. Prior to that post he was president of ThyssenKrupp Steel North America, in Detroit.

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“Skeleton Staff” Puts Strikers’ Case

Strikers outside the Goodyear plant at Akron have been joined by a new ally; members of United Steel Workers of America (USWA) have put up a skeleton with a sign accusing Goodyear of “picking us to the bone.” The pickets have also erected tombstones with names of cities—Akron, Buffalo, Gadsden, Lincoln, Union City—that the strikers say are dying as rubber industry plants are closed.

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An Opportunity Missed?

As summer gives way to colder and wetter weather, a number of companies are offering advice about driving in worsening conditions. Two press releases received in the same week are typical; one was from Cooper Tire & Rubber Europe, warning of the increased danger of skidding and another was from ATS Euromaster, offering a free 10 point winter safety check to motorists.

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