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Kwik Fit name heading to Russia

International News, News

Japan’s Itochu Corporation, which purchased Kwik Fit Group for £637 million early last year, reportedly plans to adopt the fast-fit network’s name for its Russian operation – a business that may significantly expand. In an interview with The Telegraph, Kwik Fit managing director Kenji Murai explained that Itochu already has a presence in Russia’s tyre retail and wholesale sectors and operates its business there under different brand names. These will adopt the British fast-fit network’s brand name as “Kwik Fit is an Itochu leader brand now.” Murai added that Itochu currently has 15 outlets in Russia but the firm intends to grow this; the company’s network there “could easily” hit the 200 to 250 mark, he said.

8th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Nizhnekamsk truck plant passes environmental audit

Russia’s Tatneft reports the successful completion of an environmental inspection at its Nizhnekamsk truck tyre factory. According to the results of the inspection audit conducted by Republican Certification Methodology Center "TestTatarstan" (OS IMS TatSert, Kazan), the plant’s environmental management system was recognised to be in compliance with the requirements of GOST R ISO 140012007.

5th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

GT Radial introduces first bead-to-bead hot cure retread in Europe

The flagship European brand of GiTi Tire, GT Radial may have been selling truck tyres into European markets for less than half a decade, but it has come a very long way in a short space of time. In one of its major markets, the UK, the company believes it now holds third place in terms of market share, saying that it now outstrips big players Hankook and Continental with upwards of 13 per cent of the country’s one million truck tyre unit sales. It believes it holds the global number four spot in the TBR segment. The latest step forwards – unveiled first at the CV Show in Birmingham and then to a wider European audience at Reifen 2012 in Essen, Germany – has been the introduction of the company’s REE Tread development, a hot cure retreading programme, with the GTR990 regional trailer pattern in size 385/65R22.5 representing GT Radial’s first commercial vehicle retread tyre. Significantly, the tyre uses the Chinese brand’s own made-in-China casings and is manufactured by “a renowned retreader located in the south-west of England”, in the company’s words.

2nd October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

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.

1st October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Triangle reports significant sales growth in key markets

Chinese manufacturer Triangle Tyre shares that it managed to dramatically increase sales volumes in certain markets last year. Particular growth areas were Russia and Brazil, where sales volume growth reached 186 per cent and 179 per cent respectively. South African market sales volumes rose 16 per cent during this period. Sales volumes in Russia are also said to have doubled again in the first half of 2012.

26th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

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.

21st September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin releases latest market figures

On 5 September Michelin updated its tyre market statistics, and reported a four per cent year-on-year upswing in Europe’s (including Russia and Turkey) original equipment passenger car tyre market for July 2012. Year-to-date, however, the segment market is still down three per cent. A six per cent decline was reported for Europe’s replacement market passenger car tyre business. Replacement sales are down ten per cent year-to-date.

7th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Kama NU-301 range launched

A new commercial tyre from Russian tyre brand Kama has been introduced. The NU-301 range, produced in the Nizhnekamsk SSC Tire Factory, has been launched in size 275/70 R22.5, an all-position fitment primarily intended for use on buses in urban service.

4th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Triangle talks investment during visit to Russia

International News, News

Triangle Tyre reports that between 24 July and 1 August an eleven-person company delegation, led by Triangle president and chairman Ding Yuhua, visited several regions of Russia on a fact-finding mission. Topics of focus during the visit were issues regarding investment and related policy, Russia’s tyre market and vehicle manufacturers. Triangle says the group was warmly welcomed by government departments and officials.

31st August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin to broaden range manufactured in Russia

According to Thierry Chiche, Michelin’s senior vice-president Russia & CIS, the tyre maker plans to invest 35 million euros this year developing facilities within the country. Thierry shared this news during the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2012, which began yesterday, and said the funds would primarily go towards expanding the product portfolio manufactured at Michelin’s Davydovo factory near Moscow.

30th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Ex-Sibur CEO Gurinov appointed president of Stroytransgaz

Former Sibur-Russian Tyres CEO Vadim Gurinov has been appointed president of Russian engineering construction company Stroytransgaz, replacing Sergey Makarov following the latter’s resignation. Gurinov, who was elected to the post on 22 August, is a member of Stroytransgaz’s Board of Directors and continues to hold the post of chairman of tyre maker JSC Cordiant’s Board of Directors.

29th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New-gen tyres, higher capacity to follow Nizhnekamskshina equipment investments

Shafagat Takhautdinov, general director of Russian firm Tatneft, reported on 25 August that production capacity at the company’s Nizhnekamskshina plant is expected to increase by “one and a half times” to 4.5 million tyres in the near future. This capacity boost will be facilitated by the installation of Maxx assembly machinery supplied by Dutch manufacturer VMI; the equipment is scheduled to be delivered to Nizhnekamskshina by the end of this year. Installation of the Maxx machinery is part of a wider plan to replace “outdated tyres” with the production of a new generation tyres at the Nizhnekamskshina facility, Takhautdinov shared.

28th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Ecopia carries Nissan Leaf on record journey

Bridgestone has expressed pride in the contribution its Ecopia tyres made towards the completion of a 12,500 kilometre journey made by three all-electric Nissan Leaf cars within a 42 day period. This feat, the tyre maker comments, is thought to be the longest journey achieved by these electric vehicles in such a short period of time.

27th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to exhibit at Moscow motor show

Russia’s finally gained admission to the World Trade Organisation, making this massive market even more attractive to international companies. Tyre makers have shown interest in Russia for some time, and Yokohama Rubber claims it holds the top share there amongst the foreign-owned tyre manufacturers. In December 2011 it became the first Japanese tyre manufacturer to open a plant in Russia and the company reports its sales network is growing. To support its activities, the tyre maker has announced its participation in the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2012, which runs from 29 August to 9 September.

24th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli offers Scorpion Winter preview

According to Pirelli, the new Scorpion Winter tyre, designed for high-performance SUVs and crossover vehicles, features improved safety under braking and cornering while offering “the same standards of comfort, reliability and handling that was previously only available on sports cars.”

23rd August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors