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High-quality, sustainable solutions – Birla Carbon bringing Continua to global markets

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In October 2024, Birla Carbon debuted Continua 8030 Sustainable Carbonaceous Material (SCM), a new “circular” product that it developed to address the “growing sustainability needs” of customers across the Indian subcontinent and Asia. Produced in India, Continua 8030 SCM is the result of a partnership with recovered carbon black (rCB) producer Finster Black. We recently spoke with John Loudermilk, President & CEO of Birla Carbon, about this new product as well as the company’s activities around the world.

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  1. Further carbon black capacities in Asia – 2 new Birla Carbon plants
  2. Birla Carbon appoints Chief Digital & Information Officer
  3. Birla Carbon aiming for net carbon neutrality by 2050
  4. Birla Carbon closes US$750 million Sustainability Linked Loan
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Gummistrada presents own ATV range & new tyre brand

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You can’t keep a good tyre guy down. Following the bankruptcy of Dutch wholesaler Tyre Trading International (TTI), Peter-Alexander van’t Hof has sprung back and returned to the business with Gummistrada, a company based close to Rotterdam in the attractive town of Willemstad. Through Gummistrada, van’t Hof has established several business ventures.

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  1. New start with Gummistrada after T.T.I. insolvency
  2. G.M.P. Group aiming for international expansion through Reedijk acquisition
  3. TireHub plans for future growth
  4. Bohnenkamp now a European public limited company
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G.M.P. Group aiming for international expansion through Reedijk acquisition

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In a strategic move aimed at enhancing its presence in European markets and driving growth on a global scale, Italian alloy wheel manufacturer G.M.P. Group has acquired Netherlands-based tyre distributor Reedijk Wheels and Tyres Group. For Reedijk, this development represents “the next step in the development of a historically profitable collaboration between the companies” that began back in 2007. G.M.P. Group intends to use the acquisition as a vehicle for relaunching its Antera wheel brand.

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  1. Antera wheel brand set for April revival
  2. Bain Capital acquires Fintyre
  3. European FinTyre Distribution buys Reifen Krieg
  4. NTAW raising capital to support Dunlop distribution in Australia & NZ
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Guizhou/Advance starts European company, TUV SUD TBR testing, car tyre range and talk of new tyre plant

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Guizhou Tyre might not be the most familiar name in the business, but the Chinese tyre manufacturer – which is best known by its Advance and Samson brands – is working to change that with the establishment of a European organisation, TUV SUD testing its latest truck tyres, and there’s even talk of investment in a tyre factory outside China and car tyre production.

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  1. Guizhou (Advance) Tyre plans to expand EU sales
  2. Guizhou/Advance Tyre release further Vietnam factory plans
  3. CITExpo 2018: still room for small-medium Chinese players, though times are tough
  4. Guizhou Tire begins $350 million construction project on two China factories
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Financing round secures funds for Europe’s largest ELT pyrolysis plant

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Circtec, a specialist in pyrolysis technology for sustainable end-of-life tyre recycling, has secured €150 million in a recent financing round. Novo Holdings and A.P. Moller Holding spearheaded this initiative with a €75 million equity investment. The financing also includes €22.5 million in grants awarded by the Government of the Netherlands.

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  1. Circtec to supply bp with tyre-based marine fuel
  2. Bolder Industries’ Antwerp plant: Meeting growing demand for sustainable raw materials
  3. ReOil contracts Zeppelin Systems for major expansion
  4. Tyre recycling: Work to start on Enviro & Antin JV plant
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Circtec to supply bp with tyre-based marine fuel

Within the framework of an eight-year offtake agreement, UK-based tyre pyrolysis specialist Circtec will annually supply energy company bp with up to 75,000 tonnes of fuel and feedstock recovered from end-of-life tyres. Circtec will process these tyres at a plant it will set up in The Netherlands. In support of this offtake agreement, bp is providing Circtec a €12.5 million debt finance facility to contribute to the capex for expanding this plant into a commercial-scale operation.

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  1. Enviro, Antin partnering to recycle 1 million tonnes of tyres by 2030
  2. TRS & LD Carbon sign MoU for tyre recycling plant
  3. Tyre recycling: Work to start on Enviro & Antin JV plant
  4. ReOil pyrolysis process the template for Grimsby plant
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VDB presenting new products

Netherlands-based wholesaler Van den Ban (VDB) will present its wide range of summer, all-season and winter tyres during The Tire Cologne. At stand C010 in Hall 7, the company will also present its private brands and exclusive brands Novex, Hifly, Maxxis, Aplus and Gripmax in detail.

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  1. VDB highlights wide brand portfolio
  2. Dutch tyre wholesale giant to acquire Pon Tyre Group
  3. Green light for Dutch tyre wholesale giant’s acquisition of PBG
  4. VDB offering broader winter portfolio in 2013-14
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Heuver names new Business Unit managers

Wholesaler Heuver Tyres has promoted two of its former sales office staff to positions of greater responsibility within the company. Anne Bouwmeester has taken on the role of Business Unit Manager OTR tyres and Jordi van den Berg is the Dutch firm’s new Business Unit Manager Concept Light TBR tyres. Furthermore, from April 2024, Bert van ‘t Holt progresses in his OTR sector remit as Heuver’s new Senior Account Manager Global OTR.

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  1. Heuver expands leadership team
  2. Heuver acquires Bevri
  3. More SKUs available: Inter-Sprint increases warehouse capacity
  4. Serious player: Inter-Sprint focusing on stock solutions
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Kanwar Tulip celebrates Apollo Tyres’ Dutch connection

Along with cheese, clogs and windmills, many people closely associate tulips with the Netherlands. Apollo Tyres has thus commissioned an all-new variant of Tulipa to mark the 15th anniversary of its acquisition of Vredestein as well as the recent 115th anniversary of the Dutch brand’s founding. This new variant is named after the Kanwar family, which founded and owns Apollo Tyres.

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  1. Apollo Tyres buys Germany’s reifen.com
  2. Apollo’s acquisition of reifen.com a ‘sound strategic extension of the value chain’
  3. 750 jobs to go at Apollo Vredestein’s Netherlands plant
  4. Apollo Tyres’ management takes coronavirus pay cut
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From kitchen table to the world – Vimexa celebrates 10th birthday

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It’s now little over a decade since Rutger Veerman told us of his plan to establish himself as a ‘matchmaker’ for tyre, wheel and battery companies. The idea was to serve as an intermediary between supply and demand, matching stocks in and outside Europe with customers seeking these products. Vimexa Automotive BV figuratively opened its doors for business in January 2014.

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  1. Vimexa enlarges Scandinavia/Baltic presence
  2. Vimexa moving forward as an independent intermediary
  3. Discover Vimexa in 90 seconds
  4. Vimexa: Don’t be stopped by shipping issues
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Apollo to build new tyre warehouse in Enschede

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Apollo Tyres will partially rebuild its primary tyre warehouse in Enschede, the Netherlands to “improve operational efficiency and reduce its environmental impact”. Scheduled to reopen in February 2025, investment in the 25,000 m2 warehouse is said to reflect Apollo Tyres’ “long-term commitment to production in the Netherlands”.

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  2. Apollo Tyres: Netherlands car tyre production down, but not out
  3. Apollo Vredestein plant restructuring: Dutch politicians seek answers from European Commission
  4. State support for Apollo Tyres’ investment in Hungary production
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Dutch association VACO appoints Hijzen general director

From 1 October 2023, Carlo Hijzen will be the new general director and secretary to the board of Netherlands-based tyre and wheel association VACO. Hijzen has worked in the business for 20 years and is currently chief commercial officer of DBS Tyre Management Group, a firm active within the tyre retail, wholesale and retreading sectors.

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  1. VACO names new chairman
  2. New leader for Dutch tyre association Vaco, but Spuijbroek remains Bipaver secretary general
  3. Headcount reduction at Apollo Vredestein’s Enschede plant closer to 900
  4. Heuver expands leadership team
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Heuver expands leadership team

As of today, Laura van den Heuvel and Kasper Olimulder take over day-to-day operations at tyre wholesaler Heuver. The Hardenberg, Netherlands-based business has appointed van den Heuvel its Director Sales and Olimulder Director Operations. Both report to Heuver Group CEO Bertus Heuver and CFO Elmer Wiemer.

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  3. Heuver Tyrewholesale plans for agricultural growth with new product manager
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Serious player: Inter-Sprint focusing on stock solutions

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Within Europe’s tyre wholesaling business, Inter-Sprint is a name that needs no introduction. A key player within Global Automotive Investment Holding, Inter-Sprint offers Europe’s largest tyre stocks and employs some 425 people. And as testified by the new warehouses flanking existing buildings at the wholesaler’s main site in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, the company is still […]

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  1. More SKUs available: Inter-Sprint increases warehouse capacity
  2. Dutch tyre wholesale giant to acquire Pon Tyre Group
  3. Green light for Dutch tyre wholesale giant’s acquisition of PBG
  4. Heuver acquires Bevri
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New start with Gummistrada after T.T.I. insolvency

Just as too many cooks spoil the proverbial broth, multiple stakeholders can sometimes be problematic in the business world. Peter-Alexander van ‘t Hof tasted this particular broth a few months ago and found it bitter and unpalatable. Yet he isn’t letting this ruin his appetite for the tyre industry.

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  1. Wholesaler TTI sets up Reifen Kraftwerk for tyre distribution in Germany
  2. TTI distributing Avon tyre brand in Benelux, north Germany
  3. Obituary: Peter van ‘t Hof
  4. T.T.I. enters insolvency
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