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Silica masterbatch technology an industry first, says Cooper

In February, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and Mexican firm Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. (INSA) jointly earned a US patent (8,357,733) for a process to produce silane, hydrophobated silica, silica masterbatch and rubber products. Building on this announcement, on 7 June the two companies reported achieving a further significant milestone. They have successfully evaluated silica masterbatch technology in full-scale production facilities and demonstrated that tyres produced with silica masterbatch technology offer a range of benefits compared with tyres produced using conventional dry silica mixing technology.

11th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Investments, closures – Michelin announces €800M plan

The awaited announcement regarding the closure Michelin’s Joué-lès-Tours truck tyre plant in France arrived on 10 June and was accompanied by news of the company’s intention to invest €800 million in its French facilities over the coming six years. The tyre maker has also announced the end of truck tyre production in Algeria and the sale of this operation.

10th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli rules out new tyre for Silverstone as Vettel canters to Canada win

Sebastian Vettel used two stops to saunter to his 29th career victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada. Vettel started on the P Zero Red supersoft tyre to sprint ahead of a similarly shod top 10 before switching to the P Zero White medium and completing the race with a final stint on this tyre. Despite wet qualifying conditions, Pirelli also completed some testing of its tweaked rear tyres in Friday practice, and Motorsport director Paul Hembery said the manufacturer would analyse the data gathered “over the next few days” before summarising the differences in performance.

10th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Kuwaiti tyre graveyard is world’s largest

A landfill site in Kuwait is the resting place of 7 million used tyres, making it the largest of its kind in the world, according to the Daily Mail. While the Mail points out that such a site couldn’t exist in the UK owing to landfill directive, the newspaper does point out the Kuwaiti site is now actually visible from space.

10th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

New Maxam OTR tyre launched

Maxam Tire International has launched a new all steel radial OTR tyre. The Maxam MS405, an E4 tyre, is aimed specifically at the ADT (Articulated Dump Truck) market and the new MS405 design incorporates an extra deep E4 tread depth, which, combined with the tyre's wide flat profile and reinforced side walls, offers excellent stability, flotation and traction.

7th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s: high performance cars call for careful tyre selection

High performance cars are by definition a cut above the average family run-around. That means they’re far more demanding on their tyres. Consequently have to be more careful when it comes to choosing replacements, says Stapleton’s.

7th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Sava launches new 17.5” truck tyre range

Goodyear’s Sava Tyres brand has launched a new range of 17.5” truck tyres for regional and local delivery vehicles. The range comprises three tyres: the Avant 4 is for steer axles, the Orjak 4 for drive axles and the Cargo 4 for trailers. The Slovenian brand says the new tyres are designed to meet the needs of the cost-conscious vehicle operator engaged predominately in regional haul and delivery operations. The tyres are suited for a wide range of vehicles including articulated trucks, rigids and a wide range of trailers.

5th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Falken TBR “expanding” in UK & Ireland – Philip White Tyres

Philip White Tyres has been a principal dealer of Falken tyres for over 20 years, and the distributor will continue to supply the brand to customers in the region. The partnership with Falken formed in the early 1990s has seen the development of the Falken brand receive key recognition among the UK and Irish commercial truck & bus market. The distributor says the Sumitomo Rubber Corporation brand has expanded in the territory during the last year on the competing pricing, performance and service benefits it offers, backed by Philip White.

4th June 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby Tyres – ‘Moving the earth for you’

Kirkby Tyres has been at the forefront of tyre and wheel wholesaling and distribution for over 60 years and has established itself as one of the largest tyre and wheel ‘full line wholesalers and distributors’ in Europe. With a head office and warehouse on a six acre site next to John Lennon airport in Liverpool and offices in Scotland, Ireland and China the company says it can supply a tyre or wheel for any application. This of course, includes OTR tyres, and Kirkby Tyres says it has a comprehensive range of tyres and wheels for this sector, including from leading manufacturers such as Alliance, BKT, Double Coin and Belshina.

31st May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Firestone-Liberia Signs New Labor Contract

The management and employees of Firestone-Liberia signed a new three-year collective bargaining agreement aimed at “increasing productivity and promoting working relationship between the management and employees of the company,” reported allafrica.com.

31st May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Q&A with Gary Nash, president of Yokohama Tire Mexico

Yokohama Tire Corporation’s (YTC) new Yokohama Tire Mexico (YTMX) subsidiary officially began importing consumer, commercial and off-the-road (OTR) tyres in Mexico on 1 May. Incorporated in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, according to the company, YTMX is squarely positioned to give YTC long-term strategic advantages. With this in mind YTMX’s president, Gary Nash, answered questions about what those advantages are, the long-term vision for the company and the positive impact dealers can expect.

31st May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama, residents plant 5,000 trees in Otsuchi-cho

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., carried out a "Heisei Forest" tree planting event on 18 May to support recovery of Otsuchi-cho, Kamihei-gun, Iwate prefecture, one of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. 553 participants, including 160 Otsuchi-cho residents, planted about 5,000 broad-leaved evergreen seedlings indigenous to the local area. Together with guests, including Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa, representatives of supporting companies, Dr. Akira Miyawaki (plant ecologist) and former F1 driver Ukyo Katayama, 245 people from Yokohama Rubber attended the event, including chairman and CEO Tadanobu Nagumo, President Hikomitsu Noji and 54 employee volunteers.

31st May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli seeks F1 tyre resolution with Canada ‘test’

Pirelli will test tyres during the practice session at the Canadian grand prix, the Formula One tyre supplier has announced. While the manufacturer had previously announced its intention to supply a new tyre range in Montreal, several teams, headed by Force India, held up the switch. Pirelli is now hoping to introduce the new P Zero F1 rubber at Silverstone for the British grand prix.

30th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Reports: Apollo sells South Africa operation

Local new reports suggest Apollo Tyres has sold Apollo Tyres South Africa (ATSA), including the Ladysmith passenger car tyre plant, to Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) for $60 million. The company will reportedly retain the Durban plant, which manufactures truck and bus radial tyres and off-highway tyres used in the mining and construction industries. All employees of the company, other than those in the Durban plant, will continue with ATSA, the company said in a statement.

30th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Amiens closure is inevitable, so what’s it mean for the rest?

International News, News

With no buyers seeking to purchase it, the closure of Goodyear’s Amiens Nord tyre manufacturing facility now looks inevitable. And according to various French news reports, France's government has now faced up to the fact that this means the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.

Indeed closure is now the only option on the table after the French Agency for International Investment (AFII) contacted 57 potentially suitable of which just eight said they would be interested. Of these five signed confidentiality agreements and two non-binding offers were presented, but France's Economic Redevelopment Ministry said "after careful examination of the plans put forward," no candidates were in a position to present a binding offer.

30th May 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors