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Cooper launches WeatherMaster WSC

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has launched a new addition to its performance winter tyre range, the WeatherMaster WSC – which stands for winter and snow confidence. The tyre’s directional tread design and high-silica polymer, low-modulus tread compound are designed to provide increased grip on icy, slushy and wet surfaces. It is launched in sizes suitable for SUVs and some passenger cars, including the BMW X3, Lexus RX350/450, Mazda 3 and 5, Toyota Rav-4 and Nissan Murano.

12th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Zeon 2XS – OE reliability at an affordable price, says Cooper

The Cooper Zeon range features high performance tyres that are designed to give superior safety and performance levels across the board. Cooper Tire says this high performance range has been developed using the same principles and technology applied to the Cooper Motorsport range, and the result is that it delivers exceptional performance on both road and track.

7th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli first to reach market with AA-rated tyre

Pirelli unveiled its new Cinturato P7 Blue passenger car tyre on the first day of Reifen 2012 – an event that is significant as it is the first product to reach European markets with A ratings for both wet grip and rolling resistance. The tyre achieved the AA rating in size 235/45 R17, and is an evolution of the company’s Cinturato P7 product.

6th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Hifly – quality at a competitive price from Treadsetters

Telford-based tyre wholesaler Treadsetters boasts a comprehensive range of ultra high performance brands, including premium and mid-range labels along with 'value for money' budget ranges. In fact, the company says it prides itself on offering dealerships a flexible and versatile tyre selection.

5th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

MU11 – Marshall’s top performer

The flagship ultra-high performance tyre of the Marshal range, the Matrac FX MU11, is now firmly established in a wide range of sizes on the UK market. The Matrac FX has been designed to offer especially high levels of wet weather performance and resistance to aquaplaning, outstanding characteristics are high resistance to uneven wear and low noise generation are two further stated characteristics of note.

1st June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Changeable UK weather calls for adaptable tyre: Bridgestone

Noting the changeable British climate in the month of May alone, Bridgestone UK has once again suggested the benefit of fitting its A001 Weather Control all season tyre. In recent months the unpredictable weather has left motorists battling vastly contrasting conditions in short periods of time. In extreme cases drivers have had to deal with weather ranging from heavy rain, sun, even hail and snow during the same journey. The last week’s hot weather replaced an unusually cold early May, with hail stones battering the Tyrepress.com office window in Stoke-on-Trent earlier in the month.

28th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

TyreSafe advice for Spring Bank Holiday bikers

TyreSafe is urging motorcyclists to check their tyres before heading out on the roads in time for the later than normal Spring Bank Holiday, which also includes the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations the next day. The weekend overlaps with the Isle of Man TT races, meaning many more bikers will be heading out to watch the action, making pre-journey tyre checks even more important.

25th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop UK launches ScootSmart

Dunlop has unveiled its new scooter tyre on the UK market at the Ace Café, London. The Dunlop ScootSmart applies the brand’s global experience with the RoadSmart motorcycle tyre, bringing what the company says are unprecedented levels of technology to the small wheel class. Mark Sears, Dunlop’s motorcycle product support manager commented that the ScootSmart has benefitted from “advanced Dunlop technology, much of it adapted from high-performance motorcycle tyres”, allowing “scooter enthusiasts to ride with total confidence and manage their running costs.”

21st May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg extends TM100 range

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has added two new sizes to its TM100 tyre range designed for row-crop applications – the 380/90R50 151A8 (151B) and 380/90R54 158A8 (158B). As a result the Trelleborg TM100 range is now available in 11 sizes from 32 to 54 inches.

17th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin expands CerexBib line-up

Two new sizes have joined Michelin’s CerexBib agricultural tyre range, and the French manufacturer says these additions will address the “emerging needs of entrepreneurs, farmers and grain producers.” The latest CerexBib fitments are IF 800/70 R 38 CFO and IF 900/60 R 38 CFO, and Michelin says these new large-diameter tyres give farmers the option to operate without investing in costly four-wheel-drive or caterpillar tread equipment. The two new sizes have already been approved by John Deere, Case, New Holland, Claas and Laverda and fitted on their harvesters for the new season.

16th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler offers free iPad Application

Innovation is one of the top priorities for Rösler – this applies also to product presentation. The company is offering a newly developed and unique iPad Application that provides all relevant information regarding Rösler retreads and tyre filling materials to the user.

11th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Techking ‘U’ line truck tyres make debut

Techking has announced an “upgrade” to one of its on- and off-road patterns; its ETFN 12.00R24 truck tyres have been developed into the new ETFN U, thanks to feedback from one of the company’s Middle East partners, Techking says. Features upgraded on ETFN U include: a 15 per cent thicker bead section; a 30 per cent increase in bead wire; a super-stiff design; and the company’s “MEDI” formula tread compound, which mixes cut and heat resistance.

1st May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Farming contractor switches skid steer loader to Michelin radial tyres

Under advisement from local Michelin Exelagri dealer North Devon Tyres, a Somerset-based farming contractor has become one of the first UK customers to fit Michelin’s new BibSteel All-Terrain tyres on one of its skid steer loaders. Tone Valley Services, based in Taunton, owns five skid steer loaders which it uses on local farms. The machines, which are used predominantly to scrape and clean out chicken sheds, have been fitted with Michelin Stabil’X tyres for the last three years.

1st May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

German researchers present tyre that adapts to weather, road conditions

At Hannover Messe 2012, the exhibition billed as the world’s most important technology event, a Leipzig, Germany-based research group unveiled what it calls an “adaptive tyre”. According to the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) research group, the tyre adapts itself to weather and road conditions. Regardless of whether a vehicle is being driven on the motorway or gravel roads, in sunshine, snow or rain, the adaptive tyre reportedly recognises the conditions and adapts its tread grooves automatically.

25th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear DuraSeal truck tyre absorbs 367 punctures

Goodyear has shown the puncture resistance of its DuraSeal technology during a demonstration at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Attendees drove 367 nail holes into a Goodyear G394 SST wide-base trailer tyre at the company’s booth, without any impact on its inflation. The tyre manufacturer has previously shown DuraSeal-incorporated tyres at events in Europe, such as Tip-Ex at North Yorkshire’s Harrogate International Centre in 2011, where it displayed its Omnitrac MSS II and MSD II tyres.

13th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors