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Dunlop launches new Sport Maxx Race, Sport Maxx RT

At the end of February Dunlop announced the launch of its Sport Maxx Race and Sport Maxx RT products at Spain’s Ascari Race track. Designed to help some of the world’s fastest cars perform, Dunlop says the Race iteration will fit key models such as the Mercedes SLS and C63 AMG Black Series, Audi’s TT RS and R8, the Porsche 911 GT3 and the BMW M5. The RT is aimed at original equipment manufacturers that are introducing 17” and 18” rims ahead of 16”; the Sport Maxx RT is the brand’s attempt to capitalise on the market expansion in these sizes on leading performance brands such as Audi, Maserati, Mini, BMW, Jaguar, and Mercedes AMG.

17th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Westlake signs Spanish bus, truck tyre distribution deal

Westlake Tyres has signed a contract with Grupo Driver España, the tyre shop and automotive maintenance garage network, to sell and distribute its truck and bus tyres through its Spanish network. Eskay Tyres – part of the Al Dobowi Group and distributor of the brand in Spain – penned the deal, which will commence in February 2012. Grupo Driver España is 51 per cent owned by Pirelli, the remainder belongs to dealer partners. It announced the Westlake tyre deal during its Annual Partners Convention which this year was held in Seville. Miguel Delgado, Grupo Driver’s General Director, said that the deal struck with Westlake “is not exclusive and we will start receiving our first shipment of tyres in early February.”

17th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook launches Europe-wide breakdown service

During January Hankook Tire Europe began rolling out its new truck breakdown service, "Hankook Road Assist 24h". Customers in three markets – Germany, France and Spain – initially benefit from the service’s launch, and Hankook says the service will be extended to fleets in other European countries in the short term. Hankook’s existing national truck breakdown services will be integrated into the new pan-European breakdown service. Fleet customers can utilise Hankook Road Assist 24h regardless of their current choice of tyre, Hankook adds.

17th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Firestone launches medium tractor radial tyre

Firestone has launched a new agricultural tyre in its Performer range for medium-sized tractors. Firestone has announced the details of the Performer 65 at the 37th International Fair of Agricultural Machinery in Zaragoza, Spain. Firestone is exhibiting its range of agricultural tyres between 14 and 18 February.

15th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Dmack launches two new WRC tyres at Monte Carlo

Dmack Tyres will introduce two new tyres for its second season in the FIA World Rally Championship at next week’s series opener, Rallye Monte Carlo, which returns to WRC after a few years away. The tyre brand says it will approach the 2012 season “with a sense of optimism and confidence” after Ott Tanak achieved a top-six performance on the series-closing Rally GB using its tyres; Dmack says 2011 was largely “a development year”, and has now developed two new asphalt tyres specifically to cope with the demands of a rally steeped in motorsport heritage.

16th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

More fuel prices gloom

Bad news for hauliers and logistics companies from RMI Petrol, as their fuel price monitoring system, BIG OIL, has seen the steepest and fastest ever rise in wholesale costs over the festive period. From Monday 19 December to Thursday 5 January the cost of diesel increased by nearly 4.50ppl and unleaded petrol by as much as 5.00ppl with 20 per cent VAT to be added.

9th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Vipal directs European course with Spanish recycled tyre association

Brazilian retread material and tyre repair manufacturer Vipal has hosted a course in Europe. The even was run in conjunction with Universidad Miguel Hernández and Asociación Española de Neumáticos Reciclados (the Spanish recycled tyres association).

One of the objectives of the inaugural course in Elche, Spain, was to provide participants with a general overview of the techniques involved in recycling tyres, with a particular focus on common problems and methods for avoiding them. Held at the end of October, this event launched activities that are part of the course entitled “Research and Training regarding Recycling Tyres” that has become part of the Mechanical Engineering degree offered by the University.

8th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Euro-zone debt crisis hitting trailer market

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The uncertain economic outlook in Europe looks set to hit sales of heavy trailers in 2012. Demand for new trailers is now forecast to fall below the level of 2011, according to some market analysts. As a consequence the sales figure for 2012 will be 10,000 trailers less than was forecast in May this year.

8th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

NDI Tyre Cat as Nordexx distributor in Spain

On 1 November NDI A/S appointed Tyre Cat (Girona) as exclusive Nordexx distributor in Spain including. As well as mainland Spain the distributorship also includes Andorra, Melilla, Ceuta, the Canary Islands and the Baleares Islands. NDI reports that Tyre Cat has already shown “big potential” and has been distributing Nordexx since mid 2011.

1st December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Out with CGS name, in with Mitas in Spain

As of today, the Spanish subsidiary of Mitas will be known by a new corporate name – Mitas Tyres, S.L.U. Commenting on the renaming, subsidiary managing director Gabriel Markovič said the renaming would “allow us to focus sales and marketing resources on promoting our core brand, Mitas.”

1st December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

SRO Awards evening honours Cooper, Avon champions

The 2011 Avon Tyres British GT champions, Jim and Glynn Geddie, and the 2011 Cooper Tires British F3 Series champion, Felipe Nasr, have been honoured at the SRO awards evening in Oxfordshire. Cooper Avon has enjoyed another successful season of supporting the events, celebrating a joint landmark with the British Formula Three International Series – Cooper Avon’s thirtieth and the championship’s sixtieth – and seeing busy grids for the GT series. Cooper Avon is signed up with both championships until at least 2014.

2nd November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

DMACK tyres face mixed surface challenge in WRC Spain

This season’s rookie tyre manufacturer in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), DMACK tyres, face a stern challenge at next weekend’s Rally de Espana – the 12th and penultimate round of this year’s series. The mixed-surface round delivers an extra challenge for competitors and teams who must transform rally cars from gravel to asphalt specification during the event. But it’s also a huge test for tyre manufacturers. Not only will they have to cope with the normal rigours of a world rally but, on day one, gravel tyres will have to perform on both gravel and asphalt mixed-surface stages.

14th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone brings harder wearing front slicks to Aragon MotoGP

In 2010, the Motorland Aragon circuit in the north-east of Spain represented a new challenge for Bridgestone, holding its first premier class motorcycle Grand Prix; this year the tyre supplier, the teams and the riders all have the benefit of last year’s data to call upon. Hiroshi Yamada, manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Department explains: “there was a lot of good feedback from everybody in the paddock. I am pleased that we are going back this year as it is an exciting and quite dramatic circuit, and with the benefit of last year’s experience not only is our job easier as we do not need to conduct more scientific analysis of the circuit and its tarmac, but we can also be very confident of our tyre compound choices.”

13th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook launches second phase of global advertising campaign

TAFF Industry Advertising Campaign Award nominee Hankook has launched the second phase of its global television advertising campaign, running with the slogan, “Be One with It”. In Europe campaign will run across September and October having first launched in May 2011, on air in France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Russia and the UK.

13th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Western European car market up 8% in August

The Western European car market grew 8 per cent in August despite being down 1 per cent year-to-date. This marks a significant improvement on July which was down 1.5 per cent. According to research produced by Deutsche Bank, August is usually the lowest month of the year with around 750,000 units sold.

31st August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors