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New Deal Puts TPMS in Cab, at Headquarters

Tire Review – Doran Manufacturing and DriverTech have reached a collaborative development agreement to integrate the Doran 360 TPMS with DriverTech’s Windows-based onboard computing and mobile communications system for Class 7-8 trucks. The companies said that integrating the tire pressure monitoring capability into the DriverTech TruckPC, tyre pressures for tractors and trailers can now be monitored in both the truck cab and at fleet headquarters in real-time. “We are excited to offer the capability to communicate tire pressure information and critical low pressure warnings to both the driver and fleet managers,” said Doran General Manager Jim Samocki. “We are proud to be working with a high-caliber company like DriverTech, to expand their capabilities into tyre pressure monitoring.”

18th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Pana-Pacific and Advantage PressurePro in Distribution Partnership

Advantage PressurePro, LLC and Pana-Pacific (a division of The Brix Group, Inc.) have signed a distribution partnership. Pana-Pacific has a long history of being the go-to distribution house for heavy-duty truck manufacturers to provide world-class products for their vehicles that live up to the standards required by users of their vehicles. Similarly, PressurePro remains a noted pioneer of TPMS technology, known for providing reliable, durable, accurate TPMS products.

9th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Transense Signs MOU With Mesnac

International News, News

Transense has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Qingdao Mesnac Co. Ltd, the parent company of the Sailun brand’s tyre manufacturing division. According to an official statement, Transense and Mesnac have entered into an agreement to combine their individual areas of expertise, for the purpose of developing Transense's patented tyre pressure monitoring sensor technology for the attachment or embedding of these sensors into tyres. Under the terms of the agreement Mesnac have agreed to an initial upfront payment and will pay additional sums for technology transfer/engineering support on an as required basis. Transense shares rose 17 per cent following the news.

3rd September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Schrader: EU Accident Prevention Rules May Compromise Road Safety

From 2012 all new cars sold in Europe will have to be fitted with tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) as standard. However, leading TPMS-maker Schrader Electronics believes the legislation passed by the European Parliament earlier this year is flawed and could even compromise road safety. The concerns centre on the fact that the forthcoming rules make two types of TPMS technologies available to car companies – direct and indirect measuring systems. The tyre and TPMS industries favour solutions such as the direct system which places a pressure sensor in each wheel and transmits reliable pressure measurement information back to the car data centre which then informs the driver immediately about the condition of its tyres.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bendix, SmarTire Deal Done

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has completed its acquisition of parts of Canadian TPMS-maker SmarTire Systems. Bendix is taking on SmarTire’s commercial truck TPMS business.

21st August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

PressurePro and enTIRE Launch Tyre Pressure Management Package

Advantage PressurePro, LLC and Vehicle Management Corporation Pty Ltd have introduced enTIRE PressureAgent. The PressureAgent interfaces with PressurePro’s with market leading TPMS with Vehicle Management Corporation’s advanced Tire Management Software (enTIRE) and reads, analyzes and reports tyre pressure information. The enTIRE system compares pressure readings to the recommended pressure for each tyre type and vehicle position.

“Our uploading capability provides our customers with the ability to download historical pressure readings from each tyre on a vehicle into enTIRE, which contains detailed information about the recommended pressure for each tyre and axle”, said Mark Fernie, managing director of Vehicle Management Corporation, adding: “We were impressed with the simplicity of the PressurePro system which allows quick implementation on a fleet of vehicles with a robust pressure reading system.”

15th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

TPMS Maker, Distributor Sponsor Solar Car

Advantage PressurePro and L&S Safety Solutions sponsoring the University of Michigan’s Solar Car Team in the upcoming World Solar Car Challenge. The team will be using PressurePro’s TPMS technology to ensure proper inflation in their tyres during the race.

UM’s Solar Car, powered entirely by energy from the sun, is designed solely by the university’s student-run organization to race in solar-powered vehicle competitions in North America and around the world. The 2009 World Solar Challenge will be held this October in Australia. (Tire Review/Akron)

13th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Tire Monitor System Gains Interest in OTR Tyre Market

Tire Monitor System, a OTR TPMS system developed by A M Bromley Limited, is now being distributed to the OTR/earthmover market in the UK via Earthmover Tyres (Wakefield) Limited. The device features a new Operator Interface Unit which is said to enhance performance to the retrofit OTR/earthmover tyre market by displaying tyre pressures and sound alarms for up to six wheels. The unit also has a real time log feature so data can be downloaded and analysed at a later date.

6th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Schrader Honoured by Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan has recognized Schrader International with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year. The company has an extensive line of TPMS sensors and tools, and holds considerable market share among vehicle OEMs. (Tire Review/Akron)

23rd June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Next Generation Goodyear RunOnFlat Launched as Merc E-Class OE

Goodyear has launched the new generation of its RunOnFlat tyre with an original equipment fitting on the new Mercedes E-Class, which left factories recently. Goodyear states that the latest generation tyre offers numerous benefits to car makers, consumers and the environment, including improved comfort, reduced mass and rolling resistance, improved fuel consumption and consequently reduced CO2 emission levels. The tyre-maker suggests that the tyre is comparable to regular tyres in terms of comfort. Car manufacturers do not need to modify the suspension or chassis of their cars to use them, Goodyear claims.

Mercedes-Benz recently awarded the ultra high performance summer Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric RunOnFlat tyre with its ‘Mercedes Original Extended’ (MOExtended) seal of quality, with the term Extended signifying the tyre’s safety capabilities.

22nd June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Outline of New Rolling Resistance and Noise Requirements

A new European Union regulation “concerning type approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles”, regulation 316, was recently voted on and passed by a large majority in the European Parliament. This regulation defines, for all passenger car (PC), light truck (LT) and heavy truck and bus tyres (TB), the maximum limit values for rolling resistance and noise, as well as the minimum value for the wet grip of passenger car tyres. It also specifies that TPMS must be installed on all new passenger cars. Certain other safety or environmental dispositions for vehicles that do not directly impact upon tyres will also be required.

5th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Regulatory Revolution Leaves Enforcement Challenge

When the news that the European authorities were about to agree a new set of regulations for tyre noise, rolling resistance, wet-braking and labelling a month ago, Tyres & Accessories noted that early versions of the draft laws had (in 2008) provoked criticism from within the tyre manufacturing industry. A year later when details of the legislation’s first reading were published it became clear that the revised text had been substantial modified to better reflect the practical implications of implementing such far reaching legislation. With this in mind T&A interviewed European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturer’s Association (ETRMA) secretary general Fazilet Cinaralp, and chairman Dr Francesco Gori – whose membership includes all the leading European tyre manufacturers and those with production facilities within the continent.

Tyres & Accessories (T&A): A year ago ETRMA and some of the individual premium tyre manufacturers described the EC guidelines as unfeasible. What has changed since then?

27th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

PPI Releases New ‘Ultra-Light’ Forged Wheel

Audi tuner, PPI Automotive Design GmbH, has presented a new wheel which the company says is specially adjusted for “the design vocabulary and the technical requirements of the current Audi fleet.” The forged aluminium wheel features 11 long-drawn spokes and weighs next to nothing – the 9.0 x 19 size only weighs 9.85 kg. Approved for speeds up to 400 km/h, the wheel is compatible with the tyre pressure control/TPMS designed by Continental. The rim PPI MAG11 is available in 19 and 20-inch diameters and black, matt black and carbon silver finishes for all current Audi models. Prices start at 995 euros.

13th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

EU Adopts Noise, Rolling Resistance, Wet Grip and Labelling rules

The EU has rubber-stamped the tyre noise, rolling resistance, wet grip and labelling regulations that have been the subject of public discussion since the beginning of 2008. Despite complaints from some leading premium tyre manufacturers that the balance of improvements demanded is simply unworkable in the timeframe given, the commission said it should assess the feasibility of “strengthening the requirements for wet grip for tyres, and if appropriate, propose an amendment to this Regulation.” The decisions follow the EU’s adoption of a report which includes calls for tyre rolling resistance, noise and safety regulations as part of “a simpler, standardised system for the type-approval of motor vehicles.” The new regulation will reportedly apply from 1 November 2011, a year earlier than the commission proposed.

Some of the rules on tyre standards have also been revised. Measures to regulate tyre rolling resistance and monitor inflation pressures appear to have been made stricter. The rule also makes the installation of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) compulsory on new private cars. MEPs did not vote to extend this TPMS requirement to trucks, but they did beef up the rules on the effectiveness and reliability of such systems, without preferring either direct or indirect pressure monitoring technology.

11th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Urges European Adoption of 10% Deviation TPMS

The European Commission has ruled that tyre pressure monitoring systems are to be a mandatory on all new vehicles as of 2012. With this deadline only three years away, Continental is urging the adoption of systems that give precise measurements and alert drivers as soon as even slight levels of underinflation are detected.

“About 90 per cent of all tyre defects are attributable to a slow leak in tyre pressure,” comments Conti spokesman Alexander Lührs. He adds that one third of cars on the road in Continental’s home market of Germany have at least one underinflated tyre, and this problem is mirrored throughout Europe. If the tyres on each of these vehicles were correctly inflated, vehicle running costs in Europe alone could be reduced by £3.1 billion a year. Vehicle braking distances would also decrease.

4th February 2009/by Tyrepress Editors