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Goodyear Shods Winners at British Ploughing Championships

On 9 and 10 October the British National Ploughing Championships took place at Grange de Lings near Lincoln. The winners of both the Reversible Final and the Conventional Final were using Optitrac tyres, manufactured by Goodyear, the event’s title sponsor. The Reversible Final saw Colin Bowen from Clun, Craven Arms in Shropshire win the plough-off with 19 points, retaining his title. Former World Ploughing Champion, John Hill from Hoylandswaine in Sheffield took the top spot in the Conventional Final plough-off with 21 points. Both ploughmen will represent England in the 2011 World Ploughing Contest to be held in Sweden.

26th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre Selection Gamble Leaves Loeb Adrift in WRC Sweden

Mikko Hirvonen won the Rally of Sweden stage of the World Rally Championship, after his nearest rival and 2009 champion Sebastien Loeb chose to hold onto his worn tyres at stage 14. Hirvonen changed the Pirelli tyres on his Ford and opened up a 6.2-second gap, finally ending the second day 16 seconds ahead of Loeb, whose change to new front tyres at the next stage saw his challenge effectively ended: “Having new tyres at the front and destroyed ones at the rear was worse than have four destroyed ones,” he said. The margin widened during the latter stages of the third day, allowing the Finn to claim victory for BPFord AbuDhabi WRT.

15th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Shod Hirvonen Ford Takes Monte Carlo Rally Honours

Pirelli celebrated a first place finish at the weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally with partner Ford and driver Mikko Hirvonen following a successful debut of the Ford Fiesta Super 2000, the only car officially fitted by Pirelli in the event. Leading from the start, Pirelli says the Finnish rally star was able to easily overcome the challenges of changing road conditions in his Ford Fiesta Super 2000 thanks to the Winter Sottozero and P Zero tyres it was fitted with – tyres capable of adapting to all the conditions encountered, from the ice in the mountain passes to the dry coastal asphalt.

25th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Swedish Rules Outlined in Conti Winter Guide

A further addition to the Continental Tyre 2009/2010 Winter Tyre Guide has been made to cover new Swedish regulations affecting foreign registered vehicles entering the country from December 2009 onwards. The new rules stipulate that foreign cars and light commercial vehicles entering the country must be equipped with winter tyres with a tread depth of at least three millimetres between December 1 and March 31, whilst wintry road conditions prevail.

16th December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Autopromotec Review: FASEP Celebrates 40th Anniversary

FASEP has been one of Autopromotec’s most loyal supporters, having participated in the show every time since its first back in 1981. At what the company considers to be the largest garage equipment exhibition, FASEP went to the show with a number of new products designed to help customers increase and develop their business, despite current general economy conditions, by investing in technological improvements and showing that this can be achieved with reasonably priced quality products. During the show, the company also celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala dinner, at which distributors from all over the world – from Japan to Australia, from Egypt to Sweden, says FASEP – gathered and enjoyed the party in a very friendly atmosphere.

8th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg Introduces New Forestry Products

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has launched a number of new products, including upgraded forestry tyres from the Twin Forestry range and new rims. Six dimensions in the Twin Forestry line have been upgraded, either with upgraded capacity or a higher load index. The four sizes with upgraded load capacity are: 750/45-30.5 T428 173A8; 750/50-26.5 T428 174A8; 650/60-26.5 T428 172A8; and 600/55-26.5 T422 160A8. The 710/45-26.5 dimension has been expanded with two new versions with a higher load index: 710/45-26.5 T428 168A8 and 710/45-26.5 T422 168A8. In addition, Trelleborg also released a new 24.5-inch rim dimension, a flat bar reinforcement that is a cross between the unique box reinforcement and the round bar reinforcement, and a new hump, suitable for forestry tyres with a high load index.

“We are investing heavily in further developing the range,” said Lars Eriksson, product manager for forestry tyres. “Our focus is on maximum customer benefit in terms of the optimal balance between important tyre properties, such as durability, service life and traction, with consistent ground care and comfort.” Trelleborg will be displaying its new products during the Elmia Wood trade show, which takes place June 3-6 in Jönköping, Sweden (Tire Review/Akron)

20th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg Fined US$11M for Cartel Involvement

Sweden’s Trelleborg Group reports it has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice regarding investigations involving marine fenders and marine oil hoses. These investigations, Trelleborg adds, commenced in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and it has been awaiting a decision from the authorities “for a lengthy period.”

The agreements entail that the two Trelleborg Group subsidiaries in question shall pay a combined fine of US$11 million to the US authorities. The agreements are to be approved in court. The Group’s French subsidiary has previously paid close to $2 million in damages to aggrieved customers as settlement of a class action, which concerned Trelleborg and other companies, for alleged illegal price fixing concerning marine oil hoses.

21st April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

AME International Offers ‘Wheel-Off’ Solution

At the world renowned SEMA show in Las Vegas last November, AME International recently introduced its Rollock wheel loss prevention device. Rollock is a patented clamp which is placed over two truck wheel nuts. Once in place, the product does not allow the nuts to loosen. Loosened wheel nuts can cause a serious accident in which the wheel assembly actually comes off of the vehicle while driving at highway speeds, an accident commonly referred to as a ‘wheel-off’.

31st March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Varta CV Batteries Undergo Four-Year Test

Battery manufacturer Johnson Controls has undertaken a four-year test to confirm that its PROmotive range of calcium-silver alloy premium quality truck batteries provides greater performance than traditional lead acid batteries.

The test programme involved commercial vehicles fitted with PROmotive and traditional batteries, operating in the harsh cold climate of northern Scandinavia and also in southern Europe. Demanding CV applications were chosen, ranging from typical delivery truck stop start and tail lift cycles giving little time for batteries to recharge, to long distance haulage with trucks equipped with numerous heavy power consumers.

8th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian Tyres North America President to Retire

In the New Year Dennis Gaede will retire from his position as president of Nokian Tyres North America. His tenure as president, during which time the company’s North American sales grew from US$3 million to $115 million, and 15-year career with Nokian will end as of January 15, and Bernie Del Duca, current vice president of sales, Nokian Tyres North America will take up the position.

The company’s North American operation is also to receive a new managing director. Jan Lepisto, who at present is managing director of Nokian in Sweden, will step into this role.

30th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Expanding Retail Business a Priority for Nokian

Finnish cold weather tyre specialist Nokian has told the daily newspaper Aamulehti that it plans to expand its retail business. The company has made no secret of its desire for its retail tyre chain, Vianor, to be the leading chain in its home market, however comments made by CEO Kim Gran hint at ever greater ambitions.

“One could say our final aim is to have a retail chain which covers the globe in the lands of ice and snow,” said Gran. He further indicated that the tyremaker is considering drawing on the resources of a second company in order to accomplish its plans. “It could well be that we have a partner that then utilises our retail chain to sell its own products.”

At present the Vianor chain is present in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, and the company is working at growing in Russia and the CIS countries through a partner network.

3rd September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg Wheel Systems ‘Reinforces’ Sales Network

Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS) has ‘reinforced’ its wheel sales network by strengthening its relationship with a key material supplier in order to offer its customers a complete system for forest and farm machines. Trelleborg wheels, manufactured at plants in Savsjo (Sweden) and Hadsten (Denmark), use high quality steel, which is supplied by SSAB, the biggest Scandinavian sheet steel manufacturer focused on the production of advanced high strength steel.

Trelleborg Wheel Systems designs, produces and distributes a wide range of tyres and complete wheel systems for forestry and agricultural machines, lift trucks and other material-handling vehicles. The Group is globally present in 42 countries and with its European sales network of 140 sales specialists, it satisfy the needs of customers and support the sales increase year by year.

31st May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg acquires Gummiteknik GTM AB

Through its Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has signed an agreement to acquire Swedish company Gummiteknik GTM AB, with approximately 30 employees and annual sales of about £2.6 million. Gummiteknik is privately owned and is based in Bålsta, on the outskirts of Stockholm.

19th February 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

New Identity For LMI Technologies

LMI Technologies Inc., the global producer of sensors used in automated systems and controls in a number of industries including the automotive and tyre manufacturing businesses, has adopted a new logo and corporate identity under the name “Sensors That See”.

The organisation has R&D, engineering and manufacturing facilities across the globe, in Canada and the USA, Sweden, Ireland and The Netherlands. It also has dealers in countries such as India and China.

17th October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Hayes Lemmerz Produces Aluminium Truck Wheels in Bahrain

The world’s largest wheel manufacturer Hayes Lemmerz (producing a total of approximately 60 million units annually), has extended its product spectrum to include aluminium truck wheels. The wheels are called “CentruStyle“ and are manufactured by Aluwheel W.L.L in Manama (Bahrain) in the low pressure casting process. “CentruStyle“ will be marketed using the existing sales team into the original equipment business, to fleets and into the aftermarket. In order to make the wheels the producer will use equipment it acquired from the former Tunaverken (Sweden), which went bankrupt at the beginning of the year. Hayes Lemmerz and its Bahrain-based partner will begin with size 8.25×22.5 and want to increase the production volume gradually depending upon customer interest.

7th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors