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Amtel-Vredestein to acquire Moscow tyre plant

Tyre maker Amtel-Vredestein N.V. said it is acquiring the Moscow Tyre Plant (MTP) in a deal that will provide it with production capacity to meet growing demand in Russia. The company said it plans to use the facility to manufacture its Amtel and Vredestein brands, which are in short supply due to capacity constraints. Working at full capacity, the Moscow Tire Plant could bring Amtel $66 million to $82 million a year in added sales, the company said in a statement.

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Former Deutsche Bank CEO Joins Amtel-Vredestein

Amtel-Vredestein N.V. has named Hubert A. Pandza as an independent director of the company’s supervisory board. The announcement was made at the company’s annual general meeting held in Amsterdam 26 June.
Mr Pandza is the outgoing Business Group Director of EBRD and a former executive of Deutsche Bank, Moscow. He had headed EBRD’s Russia & Central Asia Business Group and the Group for Small Business from the company’s London Headquarters since 2002. Previously, he worked for over 25 years at various posts in Deutsche Bank, including the position of CEO of Deutsche Bank, Moscow.

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Mands International – Flexible and Dependable

Martin Sedlacek, managing director of Czech Republic tyre and wheel wholesaling company, Mands International s.r.o., began his career in the tyre industry in 1984 on the shop floor at Barum. Over the next years, with grim determination and a burning ambition to succeed, he improved his position and eventually entered into research and development. After the post communism elections Sedlacek was appointed assistant production manager and sent to study in the USA. Upon his return he was the assigned the role of commercial director with responsibility for all tyres sales in domestic, as well as traditional and new global export markets. In 1996 Sedlacek left Barum to form his own company, Mands International, but not before he had negotiated an arrangement with Barum whereby he could buy tyres from them to sell to new customers in Eastern Europe.

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Sharp Increase in Nankang’s Winter Sales Furthers Expansion

Following a strong 2005 winter season in some of Europe’s largest markets, Taiwanese manufacturer, Nankang has announced that it is extending is product range and broadening the distribution of the company’s Sonar second brand.

Nankang’s Sonar brand was previously only sold in Taiwan. But when the company recently increased capacity to 10 million units per year, it began looking abroad for distribution opportunities for these tyres. For the same reasons, outside of Taiwan Nankang is only planning to bring Sonar into what it sees as major markets.

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‘We are The Bubkas of the Tyre Business’

When asked to sum up his company’s year “business is going well,” is the response given by Deldo sales manager, Stani Delcroix. By this he means that the company has once again broken its own sales records with turnover growing 10 per cent to 235 million euros. Delcroix said he believed this was impossible to beat, that was until the company achieved a further 8 per cent growth (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2006.

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Clear Goals

Last year Van den Ban group turned-over roughly 250 million euros through the sale of around 4.7 million tyres. Now the company is aiming to increase the range of products and improve its service through the construction of a new “24,000 square-metre logistic tyre centre and a 20,000 square metre container terminal.” Tyres & Accessories met with managing director Frans van Lenten during the recent Essen show and found out more.

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Sibur-Russian Tires: Lone Fighter in Essen

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Market observers agree that the Russian and Eastern European markets are not only interesting for Western manufacturers, but vice versa as well. However, this belief wasn’t reflected in the number of Russian exhibitors that were present at this year’s Reifen show. Polite visitors counted 1.5 Russian exhibitors in Essen. Those who see Vredestein as a Russian company now managed to count two. For Russian manufacturer Sibur-Russian Tires (SRT) the Reifen exhibition definitely was a required course, according to Igor Karavaev, strategy and business development director. Right now the Russian company is looking for a potential joint venture partner abroad and also wants to increase its exports to the European markets. Consequently, SRT’s stand mainly featured the latest flagship product – the new Cordiant brand.

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Matador Increases Profits and Turnover

A lot has happened for Slovakian tyre manufacturer, Matador, since it first exhibited under its new name back in 1994. Back then a 3×3 metre cubicle sufficed, this year Matador covered about 200 square metres of floor space in Hall 3. It is no coincidence that this is the case because about 10 years ago the Slovakian manufacturer founded its distribution subsidiary on the German market under the leadership of Dr Miroslav Rosina. Since then Germany has become one of the most important markets for Matador.

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Vipal Eyes European Markets

“It is our objective to expand and consolidate operations in the European market in 2006. So participating in this trade show is of great importance in strengthening relationships with retreaders, distributors, truck drivers and fleet owners. Our competitive prices and ease of logistics make us competitive in Europe. But the quality and diversity of our product line is what really makes the difference.“ – Borrachas Vipal vice president Joáo Carlos Paludo obviously has a clear ambition about his company’s success in the European marketplace and it seems that the Brazilian retreading and tyre repair specialist is ready to successfully achieve its giant leap over the Atlantic ocean.

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The “Fast Follower”

This year’s Reifen Messe Essen saw Alliance Tire share its stand with exclusive German marketer, Bohnenkamp. With Alliance president Joseph Anglister leading the way, several of the specialist Israeli manufacturer’s managers were on hand to speak to visitors.

European sales and marketing manager, Rami Einav, confirms that the $85 million dollars the company has invested in recent years is now paying dividends, with Alliance becoming an attractive off-take partner for larger companies. This is particularly important when you consider that the company’s 900 highly productive employees work around the clock, 363/364 days a year.

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Apollo Tyres to Halt Indian Radial Production

Apollo Tyres is planning to import radial tyres for luxury cars like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen from the company’s manufacturing facility in South Africa, rediff.com has reported. The local business news source reports that Indian radial production could halt at some point in the coming months.

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Tyre Machinery Suppliers Enter Russian Joint-Venture

Hannover-based Berstorff and Munich-based Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik have set up a joint subsidiary under Russian law. The new company is called BKM O.O.O. (the legal form of a German GmbH) and is registered in Moscow. With the foundation of the joint subsidiary, both companies intend to extend and improve the range of services for their customers in Russia and the neighbouring states. BKM will concentrate on services, like assembly and commissioning as well as modernisation and repairs. Berstoff produces rolling cylinders, extrusion products and other rubber related equipment.

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The 6th International Exhibition on Tyres and Rubber Technology

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China’s leading rubber exhibition – Tyres & RubberTech China 2006 (organized by China United Rubber Group Corporation) will take place from 20-22 November 2006 at INTEX Shanghai. The trade fair will occupy an exhibition area of 12,000 square metres, signifying a growth of 100 per cent from the 2005 event. More 400 exhibitors and about 8,000 trade visitors are expected to meet at the exhibition.

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Alexey Evteev to Head PR at Sibur Russian Tyres

Sibur has named Alexey Evteev as its new PR and Communications manager. Evteev will be responsible for the formation of information policy as a whole and positioning of Sibur Russian Tyres in mass media. Evteev combines his professional work with legislative projects and sits on a number of key advisory councils on the Russian Duma. He also actively participates in consultations concerning Russia’s presidency of the G8.

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