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Partnership to bring Micronized Rubber Powder to Europe

Spanish Environmental Group, HERA Holding and US sustainable materials company, Lehigh Technologies Inc have announced a partnership to bring in micronized rubber powder (MRP) for the tyre, consumer and industrial plastics and coatings industries in Europe. Lehigh says that MRPs can lower costs, increase the sustainability profile of end products and deliver performance without sacrificing the reliability and performance of traditional raw materials. Its customer base already includes five of the top ten largest tyre companies in the world, and the company estimates that more than 140 million tyres have been manufactured using its MRP. The new partnership aims to bring MRP into Europe with Hera Holding adapting its recycling plant in Navarra, Spain to allow for the production of MRP.

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Paul Fitzhenry becomes Goodyear senior vice president, global communications

Paul Fitzhenry has been elected by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s board of directors as senior vice president of global communications, effective 8 October.

Fitzhenry will report to Richard J. Kramer, Goodyear’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. As chief communications officer, Fitzhenry will be responsible for leading Goodyear’s global communications strategy and aligning it with the company’s business objectives, global strategy, and corporate mission.

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Goodyear advises drivers to prepare for winter

As part of the launch of the Goodyear Ultragrip 8 Performance in September, Goodyear advised motorists – especially those driving performance vehicles – that fitting winter tyres is the best way to prepare for the forthcoming winter. According to the Met Office, 366.8mm of rain fell across the UK up to 29 August showed. And what’s more the latest figures follow a record breakingly wet April, and an April to June period that was also the wettest recorded in the UK.

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Michelin eco ranges presented at Paris show

Michelin’s Energy E-V first caught the public’s eye at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year through the release of the ZOE, Renault’s new, affordable electric car, and the tyre maker officially debuted the Energy E-V – now bearing an AA label – at last week’s Paris Motor Show.

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Dunlop Motorsport pairing cutting edge propulsion with specially designed tyres

New fuel solutions can only be optimised with equally new tyre design concepts, according to Dunlop Motorsport, which invited journalists to both witness the unveiling of the latest GreenGT vehicle and learn more about the cutting edge rubber cars like it will be running on.

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CH-Noble, Joyroad set for European sales

Although Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co. Ltd has been around since 2004, the Shandong Province, China-based company is a relative newcomer to the tyre business. It wasn’t until 2010 that the first tyre was produced at Dongying Zhongyi’s plant near Qingdao, but since then annual output of the company’s two brands – CH-Noble and Joyroad – has reached 3.5 million units a year.

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Michelin top again, but is lead eroding?

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Whatever happens in the wider economy and even in the tyre market in particular it seems that being strong helps you stay strong when it comes to online branding. Throughout the last eight annual surveys of the online prominence and sentiment of leading tyre brands one thing has stayed the same. Michelin has always come top in terms of prominence and has been beaten only by Pirelli on two occasions (2005 and 2006). Furthermore the top six places are seemingly impenetrable to those seeking to build their brands online, with the same handful of companies trading positions with each other but some way off of the rest of the pack in terms of prominence. However, there are always surprises and 2012’s survey is no different.

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Double Coin promotes winter, low profile products at CITExpo

This year was the first time Double Coin Holdings was present at CITExpo as an exhibitor, and vice-president Liu Xue Jun told Tyres & Accessories that the company had met with a good mix of end users, dealers and wholesalers during the show. The Shanghai exhibition was used as an opportunity to meet new customers and to show off the company’s new range Double Coin brand winter truck tyres. “Winter tyres are a new product for us,” commented Mr. Liu. “We’re going to promote these, along with our new 295/60 low profile tyres.”

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Bridgestone exhibits ‘100% sustainable’ concept tyre

A particular tyre on display at the 2012 Paris Motor Show represents Bridgestone’s vision of its tyre manufacturing for 2050 and beyond. The “100% sustainable materials” concept tyre on show at the Bridgestone stand in Paris exclusively utilises sustainable raw materials and was developed through a collaborative effort involving a number of resources, including academia.

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Brityrex to feature dedicated PCR retreading pavilion

Passenger car tyre retreading will have its own exhibition area at October’s Brityrex International show, with the announcement of a dedicated Retreading Pavilion. The Pavilion’s aim is to showcase the latest and best in car retreading, which has declined in terms of both UK manufacturing and market share in recent years.

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Hangzhou Zhongce to establish US sales, distribution operation

According to US industry publication Tire Review, Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber plants to establish a foothold in the US next year. The Chinese manufacturer is said to be looking at opening a sales and distribution subsidiary, and according to reports is considering locations in Southern California. It is not yet clear whether Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber will offer a full line of passenger, light commercial vehicle and medium truck products in the US market, or will initially focus on one specific segment.

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New Yokohama products debut at MINExpo

Along with several other tyre majors, Yokohama Rubber has debuted new products at the MINExpo International 2012 show, which ends today in the US. The Japanese manufacturer is displaying a total of 17 OTR radials at the show, including the new “RL45” and “RL51”, along with a new sizes in its “RB42” range for rigid dump trucks.

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MINExpo launch for Michelin XDR2

Visitors to the MINExpo show in the US were given a chance to get up close with Michelin’s newest earthmover line, the XDR2. This range, which replaces the XDR, is intended for the market’s largest rigid dump trucks and is claimed to improve safety while enabling users to improve their productivity and optimise environmental performance.

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Sumitomo Turkish JV to serve Europe, growing emerging markets

Sumitomo Rubber Industries has confirmed reports made by Japanese and Turkish media regarding a new joint venture company in Turkey. The Japanese firm says it will hold 80 per cent equity in a joint venture with Abdulkadir Özcan Otomotiv Lastik. An agreement was signed between the two companies on 21 September, and the yet to be named operation will be established next month. Sumitomo Rubber reports that the joint venture is being set up with initial capital of US$30 million and will involve a total investment of around $500 million. This sum will cover the cost of building a greenfield passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyre factory in Çankiri, Turkey.

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Lanxess announces mid-term EBITDA goal

At its media day in New York, German specialty chemicals company Lanxess announced a new mid-term goal for its leading earnings indicator – EBITDA pre exceptionals. The company projects that its EBITDA pre exceptionals will reach 1.8 billion euros in 2018, and says its previous 2015 EBITDA pre exceptionals goal of 1.4 billion euros will now be reached a year ahead of schedule. This key performance indicator has increased by an average of 20 per cent per annum since 2004, and for 2012 Lanxess reconfirms its guidance for EBITDA pre exceptionals to increase by five to ten per cent year-on-year.

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