Leading tyre and wheel supplier to the global agricultural industry, Trelleborg Wheel Systems showcased its extensive range of high performance tyres at Cereals 2012, held in Lincolnshire, England, on 13-14 June. Located on stand 602, sector E, the company exhibited its latest innovations for the agricultural industry as part of a new stand design and concept, the ‘Blue Box’.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced that it plans to implement price increases on agricultural and forestry tyres and wheels.
The price hike of up to 5.5 per cent in North America takes effect in July 2012, on all tyres and wheels designed for use in agricultural, forestry and light industrial applications.
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.
Trelleborg has published its Corporate Responsibility and UN Global Compact Report for 2011 online. The report is available for download in PDF format from the trelleborg.com website and is also viewable at a dedicated microsite, http://www2.trelleborg.com/en/cr/. Included within its pages is information on all Trelleborg Group activities related to sustainability: environmental issues, climate, health and safety and relations with employees, customers, suppliers and society.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems has launched a media and online campaign to promote the rebranding of its Elite XP and Premia tyre lines, Tire Review Reports. Called “high performing resilient tyres,” the new-look lines will feature the Trelleborg brand name and logo on the sidewall.
A new joint communication programme has been launched by Trelleborg and agricultural vehicle manufacturer Fendt in order to publicise the two companies’ efforts towards enhanced farming productivity and efficiency. Under the title ‘The productivity equation, brightly solved’, the new campaign shares that the productivity assessment for agricultural operations may involve complicated calculations, incorporating a lot of factors such as fuel, manpower, machine configuration, software or facilities. However, this advanced equation can be ‘brightly’ solved by adopting the combined Fendt and Trelleborg solution, which the two companies says maximises productivity and controls to boost the operating result of farming professionals.
Swedish company Trelleborg has announced a number of organisational changes in preparation for the start of a light and heavy vehicle anti-vibration solutions joint venture with Germany’s Freudenberg & Co. KG. Trelleborg says the changes will “further strengthen and focus the Group.” The planned reorganisation does not involve company’s tyre making operation, Trelleborg Wheel Systems.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems will unveil a new solid industrial tyre, the Monarch M2, at next week’s Modex 2012 manufacturing, distribution and supply chain show in the US city of Atlanta. The Monarch M2 is designed for use in industrial applications such as material handling and ground support equipment.
Swedish firm Trelleborg has already indicated its intention to focus more intently on specific aspects of its business, and another move towards this goal is the divestment of its French light-vehicle component operation. The business, a unit within Trelleborg Automotive, has been sold to Germany’s Bavaria Industriekapital AG; financial and other details regarding the divestment will be published in Trelleborg’s Interim Report on 15 February.
The Trelleborg Group has named its replacement for Carolina Dybeck Happe, who during the first quarter of this year will step down from her position as chief financial officer in order to take up a similar role with another company. Ulf Berghult, who returns to Trelleborg from automotive, caravan and marine product manufacturer and supplier Dometic Group, will assume the position of CFO during the second quarter of 2012.
Less than a year after Carolina Dybeck Happe’s appointment as chief financial officer (CFO) of the Trelleborg Group, the Swedish company has announced Dybeck Happe will step down from her position in the first quarter of next year and return to former employer, Assa Abloy, where she will take on the position of group CFO as of 1 March 2012.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems is planning to present its new TM1000 tyres at the Agritechnica show to be held in Hannover, Germany, from 15 to 19 November, 2011. According to the company, the stand theme “flying into the future”, represents the aim and values of the Trelleborg initiative for the future of agriculture. This will be illustrated by an aircraft fitted with TM1000 High Power agricultural tyres.
Trelleborg and New Holland have reported the initial success of their joint Blue Power tractor project and announced an extension of their partnership. This next step in the two companies’ collaboration centres upon a new joint advertising campaign – titled “The Blue Butterfly” – and dedicated website, www.trelleborg-newholland.com.
Trelleborg has decided to postpone its Capital Markets Day, originally scheduled for November 30, 2011, until next year. The company says it will announce a new date for the event at a later stage.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems’ manufacturing facility in Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, was the venue for Massey Ferguson’s international presentation of its completely new MF 7600 Series tractor range. The event, held on 15 and 16 September 2011, was attended by key management from Massey Ferguson and Trelleborg as well as specialized media from 16 European countries.
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