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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company today announced that its acquisition of 51 per cent of Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Passenger Tire Co, Ltd, and Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company, Ltd. has been finalised with an effective date of 4 February 2006.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has completed its acquisition of Ansell Ltd’s interest in their South Pacific Tyres (SPT) joint ventures. Goodyear now owns 100 per cent of SPT, the leading tyre marketer and manufacturer in Australia and New Zealand.
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.
(Akron/Tire Review) The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that John Buettner, executive director for the Indiana/Illinois Tire Dealers Association, was elected chairman of the TIA state executive directors for 2006.
A common misconception made by some motor mechanics and fitters is to believe the coveralls they wear are suitable for all the tasks they perform. This can be a costly and painful mistake when that task is welding, so all involved in this hazardous operation should ensure they are wearing adequate protective clothing.
Rising raw material costs, especially of rubber and petroleum products, have prompted Indian tyre manufacturer JK Tyres to warn that it will raise the prices of its tyres over the next three months.
The China Tire Retreading and Utilization Association has changed its name to the China Tire Retreading, Repairing, and Recycling Association (CTRA), in response to a challenge from central government to move towards a resources-saving society and recycling economy.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced that all necessary government approvals have been received for its transaction to obtain 51 per cent ownership in China’s third-largest Chinese-owned tyre manufacturer.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will manage a supply arrangement with YRC Worldwide Inc, providing commercial tyres to some of its operating companies within YRC Regional Transportation.
Sibur-Holding has completed the formation of Sibur-Russian Tires and has transferred stakes in companies to Sibur Russian Tyre’s books. Omskshina, Yarshina, Voltyre-Prom, Matador-Omskshina and Uralshina Saranskrezinotehnik now all come under the news name. “In 2008 the new holding is planned to be sold wholly or in parts, also a possibility of an IPO is considered,” Russian analysts added.
Analysts are expecting tyre manufacturers’ raw material prices to increase by 10 per cent in 2006 following a 15 per cent increase in 2005. The Deutsche Bank representatives also reported that the 2005 prices increases are “likely…to be more or less fully offset by selling price increases.”
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has named Rodney A Kreinbrink as plant manager for its Albany, Georgia, manufacturing facility. Kreinbrink will oversee the daily operations of Cooper’s 3rd largest plant, which produces about 11.5 million tyres per year and employs almost 1,600 people. Kreinbrink succeeds William Bonner who retired at the end of 2005.
Yokohama Rubber Company Ltd is in the process of patenting a method of producing radial tyres for construction vehicles. The new tyre production method reportedly facilitates “a vast reduction in facility costs.”
(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co has expanded sizing on some of its performance and light truck/SUV tyres. Three sizes were added to the Cooper Zeon 2XS ultra-high performance line: 215/35R19 Y-rated; 235/35R19 Y-rated; and 275/30R20 W-rated.
(Akron/Tire Review) Amerityre Corp says that it has had “positive results” from both independent lab and field-testing of its proposed polyurethane tread stock for truck tyre retreading.
The company claimed that the testing included “pull tests” to test the “adhesion of the polyurethane elastomer tread compound to a rubber tyre casing,” and that “all tests have been conducted by an independent laboratory in accordance with ASTM test standards.”
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