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Yokohama Launches 2 New OTR Tyres in the US

Yokohama Tire Corporation has launched two new OTR tyres in the US – the RL42T and RB42T. Both are designed for dump trucks, but have two different applications according to the company. Gary Nash, Yokohama director, OTR sales, said the RL42 is for hard-packed surfaces and job sites where longer hauls are needed, while the RB42 is made for soft and/or loose surfaces such as mud, sand, gravel and rocks:

"The unique tread and sidewall designs help create specialized tires for specific applications. Yokohama is the only OTR manufacturer that builds tyres to handle specific jobs."

10th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Supports Gerry Jones European Freight Expansion

Considering an expansion of its services into new European territories, Gwent-based haulier Gerry Jones Transport was faced with the problem of height restrictions that ruled out its trailers’ conventional setup. The company’s solution is to fit the Michelin X One MaxiTrailer as original equipment on five new Wilson curtainside tri-axle trailers. They say that with a lower profile sidewall than traditional 385/65 R 22.5 tyres, the new tyres offer a reduced ride height of 20cm, therefore allowing increased volumes of nine cubic metres within 40-tonne limits. The tyres will therefore allow Gerry Jones to provide six additional services each week in France, Belgium and Holland.

13th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bekaert Completes Acquisition of Bridgestone Tyre Cord Plants

On March 31 Bridgestone and Bekaert signed a Closing Memorandum confirming Bekaert’s acquisition of Bridgestone’s Bridgestone Metalpha Italia S.p.A., based in Sardinia, and Guangdong Province based Bridgestone (Huizhou) Steel Cord Co., LTD. steel cord manufacturing subsidiaries, a transaction first announced on February 1. According to Bekaert, its integration of the two plants and the long-term supply agreement arranged with Bridgestone come into effect immediately.

7th April 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire “Excited” About Rubber Bonded Steel Cord

A patented process involving silanes has led to the design and testing of new type of radial tyre. Former University of Cincinnati Engineering Professor Emeritus Wim van Ooij, now chief scientist at the spin-off company he helped set up, filed the patent for the process in the name of the University of Cincinnati in 2004, however until now work on its development has been carried out in secret.

1st April 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bekaert Opens India Technical Centre

On March 24 Bekaert held an opening ceremony for its new technical centre in India. Located near Pune in the state of Maharashtra, the centre is intended to provide the company’s customers in India with enhanced technical services in the form of product quality testing, technical assessments and related dedicated assistance.

30th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Nestlé Develops a Sweet Tooth for Michelin Trailer Tyres

Nestlé Logistics is rolling out Michelin's 455/45 R 22.5 X One MaxiTrailer tyres across its fleet following a year-long tyre trial. During the 12-month period, a Montracon trailer in service with Nestlé covered 200,000 kilometres, and at the end was capable of travelling a potential further 20,000 kilometres before re-grooving is performed. The Michelin tyres were fitted as original equipment on the trailer, which has operated since new on busy trunking routes between the Nestlé factory in York and its distribution hubs across the UK.

1st March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bekaert Tyre Cord Capacity to Reach 700,000 Tons by Year’s End

Belgium steel cord manufacturer Bekaert states that capacity increases in China, India and Russia, and the planned integration of the tyre Bridgestone tyre cord plants (in Sardinia, Italy and in Huizhou, China) acquired earlier this year will lift the company’s total tyre cord capacity from its present level of 625,000 tons to an estimated 700,000 tons by the end of 2010. The bulk of this increase will occur in China, where capacity will rise from its current level of 350,000 tons to 400,000 tons.

26th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Revises 2009 Financial Projections

A number of revisions to Bridgestone Corporation’s consolidated financial projections for 2009 have been announced. Changes to the figures released on November 5, 2009 have been based upon recent performance trends and the company’s assessment of the global economy during the year. After reviewing these two factors, on February 12 Bridgestone announced a revised projected operating income of 75,000 million yen (₤533.9 million), 15,000 million yen higher than its November 5 figure. Ordinary income has been upwardly revised from 29,000 million yen to 54,000 million yen (₤384.5 million) and net income has been revised from a loss of 10,000 million yen to a profit of 1,000 million yen (₤7.1 million). Projected net sales, at 2,590,000 million yen (₤18.4 billion), remain unchanged.

12th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bekaert Inaugurates Russian Tyre Cord Plant

The inauguration of Bekaert’s new steel cord facility in the Russian city of Lipetsk took place on January 20, and to mark the occasion Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev visited the plant. The Russian President and three Deputy Prime Ministers were accompanied by Bekaert CEO Bert De Graeve during their time at the site, which is located within the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone (SEZ), some 400 kilometres south of Moscow.

21st January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bekaert’s De Graeve Elected Belgium’s ‘Manager of the Year’

Belgium’s Bekaert reports with pride that its CEO, Bert De Graeve, has been voted the country’s Manager of the Year by a jury panel made up of industry and academic specialists. Commenting on the jury’s report, the steel cord manufacturer notes that De Graeve is “praised for his strong leadership skills with which he guided Bekaert through a crisis year and his pro-active management and entrepreneurship which added to the company’s resilience.” Other qualities specifically singled out, Bekaert adds, were De Graeve’s “future-oriented approach focusing on innovation and internationalisation, the sustainability demonstrated in his work and the societal role he takes up in his function as CEO.”

8th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

First Stage of Shougang Tyre Cord Plant Ready

International News, News

Shougang Concord Century Holdings has celebrated the completion of the first construction phase for its new steel cord facility in China’s Shandong Province. This milestone in the Tengzhou Eastern Steel Cord (TESC) plant’s development was marked by a ceremony on November 11, which was attended by dignitaries including Shougang Corporation chairman Zhu Jimin, senior company management, government officials and industry professionals.

18th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Trailer Trial Prompts Alcaline to Favour Michelin

Following a year-long trial using Michelin’s X One MaxiTrailer tyres, pan-European haulage company Alcaline has decided to adopt an all-Michelin policy for the fleet and will specify the tyre as original equipment on all new trailers it purchases. The first units to be so equipped and delivered to Alcaline are the 15 Schmitz Cargobull tri-axle trailers that will enter service before the end of 2009.

26th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear to Sell Luxembourg Steel Cord Plant

Goodyear has openly stated its desire to sell the company’s Luxembourg steel cord factory. As it disclosed to the “Luxemburger Wort” newspaper, talks with “four potential buyers” are underway, including with Belgium’s Bekaert, global top supplier of steel cord. The newspaper adds that the wire plant’s sale could be interpreted to be part of “Goodyear’s new management policy, one it wants in future to focus as far as possible concentrate upon the core business of tyre production, a change in strategy that Goodyear’s employees were recently informed about through an internal notice.” A company spokesperson told the newspaper that no contracts have been made and no offer as yet given. A buyer has also not yet been selected.

16th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

A New Day for Tyre Recycling in Kazakhstan

International News, News, Retreading

A new facility owned by the Kazakhstan Rubber Recycling company has become the Central Asian country’s first end of life tyre recycling plant to enter operation. The facility, located in the capital city of Astana, is equipped with machinery built by Germany’s MeWa Recycling Maschinen und Anlagenbau and holds a capacity of around 11,000 car and truck tyres per annum.

14th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Machinery Focusing on Output Flexibility

Many tyre manufacturers are currently grappling with reduced demand. For this reason, reports Karsten Jung, CM Conti Machinery’s head of Sales and Service, at present an increased focus is being placed upon tyre building equipment that can deliver smaller load sizes. “Many customer budgets are frozen so smaller load sizes are attractive,” Jung comments. “Our answer to the current situation is flexibility and lower output.” For passenger car tyre segment customers, Conti Machinery – a proponent of two-stage technology – offers output flexibility through a combination of its KM F and PU 15 SB tyre building machines.

29th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors