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ThyssenKrupp Group Stopped At Stock Exchange

ThyssenKrupp is not able to bring its subsidiary steel company to the stock exchange for a reasonable price, due to current weak circumstances. Institutional investors were not sufficiently interested in the shares. The group calculated up to 4 bn Euros for the steel company. It is now unlikely that ThyssenKrupp could start a raid on Continental. The management made clear that it is streamlining the whole business and focusing, among other things, on the automotive field.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Carlyle wants to aquire Beru

After procuring 26.25 percent of Beru’s shares, the Carlyle Group has now made a buyout offer. Carlyle offered 30 Euros per share but Beru has rejected this take-over attempt, which Carlyle calls. Beru management believes this undervalues the company and has quoted 40 Euros as a realistic share offer for a company worth around 500 million Euros. Some months ago Beru AG, of Ludwigsburg, Germany, acquired AMI Doduco, Europe’s leading company in tyre pressure control systems.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Optimism Boosts Share Price

Goodyear recently turned in a bullish report on its first quarter performance. The market was impressed, as the company’s shares rose 47% from its 52-week low in March. Industry analysts predict a good performance from Goodyear in the short term, with shares rising further.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Shares In Bridgestone Rise Despite Saudi Ban

In Tokyo, shares in Bridgestone have risen 3.09 per cent to 1,300 Yen, having recovered from an eight year low earlier this month of 1,067 Yen. This comes despite the news that Saudi Arabia has banned Firestone tyres; an action described by Bridgestone as “uncalled for and extreme”.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli: Investments In Telecommunications And Internet

According to Italian financial analysts Pirelli will use the US$ 2.15 bn received from the purchase by Cisco of their ‘Terrestrial Optical Networking Systems’ for investments in telecommunications and the Internet.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear File Impressive First Quarter Figures For 2000

Following an increase in turnover from US$ 3 billion to US$ 3.5 billion, which incorporates US$ 577 from acquired Dunlop activities, Goodyear has reported a net income of US$ 63.6 million for the first quarter of 2000. The company sold 54.8 million tyres during this period, which is 9.1million more than in the corresponding quarter last year. 8.9 million of this total were manufactured by Dunlop. And as result of this quite impressive report anticipated by the market Goodyear shares have recovered recently.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

160,000 Tyres To Be Replaced By Continental

Continental General Tire will replace 160,000 Contitrac AS MXS tyres, size P245/75R16, of which 140,000 were mounted on Ford’s Lincoln Navigator and 20,000 were delivered into the aftermarket. The tyres were produced in the Mayfield factory (Kentucky/USA) between January 1997 and 11th week of 1998. In 62 cases faults have been revealed, some tyres have suffered tread separations in remarkably similar circumstances to the current recall of Firestone tyres: the incidents occurred in Saudi-Arabia, where Firestone tyres have been under scrutiny, and again a Ford vehicle – the Lincoln Navigator – was affected. Up till now it is known that two people have been hurt in accidents, which could have been caused by tyre defects. The Stock Exchange Responds Quickly To The Tyre Recall From Continental. Within a few hours, Conti-shares lost around 8 % of their value.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Shares Rise

Yokohama Rubber’s share price surged by at the end of February. Analysts are speculating whether this marks the beginning of a new round of consolidation in the tyre industry.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Recommended By Analysts: Cooper Shares

In the USA, Cooper Tire & Rubber shares have seldom been so cheap. With the recent acquisitions, the market was not convinced that Cooper was running in the right direction, but after the first quarter’s good results, most have changed their opinions and are regarding Cooper with more optimism. An increasing number of experts are convinced that the Cooper management might use the low share price to buy back up to 10% of its own stock, which would have a positive effect. Apart from Cooper, Continental was the only other tyre and rubber manufacturer whose shares were tipped as a “buy” by analysts.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Shares In Ford Fall

Bridgestone is not the only company whose share price has suffered because of the tyre recall, as Ford’s stock has slipped from $29 at the beginning of August to just over $25 this week. Although this is nothing like the scale of the Bridgestone fall, it comes at an embarrassing time, as Ford was widely expected to announce a plan to buy back more than $4 bn worth of its own stock. Whereas the falling share price makes such a move even more desirable, many experts believe that to do it now would be a public relations disaster.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Sell Cisco-Shares

Pirelli has sold a first stake of its Cisco-shares for US$1.55 bn to institutional investors. When it sold its “Pirelli Optical Systems” for US$2.15 bn the company received Cisco-shares in lieu of payment.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Risers And Fallers In May

Goodyear, Toyo and Cooper were the losers in mid May, although Toyo shares – like those of Pirelli – had increased in the beginning of the month. In the automotive industry, BMW, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen were the heaviest losers. But the shares of DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Honda and Toyota lost as well. DaimlerChrysler, Fiat and Volvo even fell to an all year low.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Control Of Thailand Joint Venture For Michelin

The Siam cement Group is to reduce its shareholding in the Michelin Siam Group from 50 per cent to 40 in order to concentrate on its core business. The shares will be purchased by Michelin, the other partner in the joint venture, giving it a 60 per cent stake. Michelin Siam has three factories in Thailand, plus a tyre mould making plant and a steel cord factory. The company makes Michelin brand tyres for vehicles from motorcycles to aircraft.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Shares Like Lead

Despite excellent results and an on-going buy recommendation from Deutsche Bank, Continental shares are not rising. The management has announced that the “intelligent tyre” is to be fitted as OE from 2003 but refuses to name the car manufacturer. The management also feeds speculation regarding a joint venture partner for brakes in Asia. Will this help the share price to rise?

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors

Global Players – An In-Depth Analysis

More and more nowadays, we hear that the tyre industry is becoming increasingly global and ever-more companies describe themselves as “a global player”. But what exactly makes a company a true global player? An in-depth article in TYRES & ACCESSORIES 6/2000 looks at the criteria by which a so-called ‘global player’ should be judged and concludes that the only three companies that merit this term are Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin. The article examines in detail each company’s performance in the world’s most important markets, their market shares and turnover figures, their strengths and weaknesses and their prospects for the future. The article goes on to examine the home markets of the global players (USA, Europe and Asia) and discusses the performances of the lesser players and what is likely to happen to them. Today’s global tyre market is one of acquisitions and alliances, mergers and new technological advances. Competition is intense and, in terms of market share, none of the big three seems able to leave its rivals standing, neither is the gap between the big three and the second three growing. Having said that, none of the second three stands a realistic chance of becoming a true global player in the future. The article gives a detailed, objective assessment of today’s tyre industry, together with some speculation concerning what might happen in the future.

7th December 2000/by Tyrepress Editors