Truck Tyres
Commercial Tyre Services Bristol is going digital for the first time with the integration of CAM’s Fitter-Force into its business. This will enable the provider to go paperless and introduce connectivity options with the four major tyre manufacturers participating on the network, principally through its adoption of e-jobsheet.
Following the news that the EU introduced new definitive duties against Chinese-produced truck tyres, and the suggestion that a UK investigation is imminent, the UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has initiated “two transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on lorry and bus tyres imported from China”.
On 2 May, Continental will drive the first mile of a two-year journey that will bring its portfolio of truck tyres and services to fleet customers throughout Europe. By the time the Continental European Roadshow draws to a close in 2025, it will have covered more than 9,000 miles and visited 35 countries.
British manufacturer of pig and poultry feed ABN, a division of AB Agri, has signed a new ‘pay-as-you-go’ deal with tyre supplier Prometeon. Tyres supplied under the arrangement include Pirelli Triathlon steer axle fitment and the Prometec TG01 remould product for the drive axle. Trailers within ABNs fleet use the Pirelli G02 tyre.
Following on from a successful 2022, Hankook Tyre UK has signed up again as official partner at this year’s Devon Truck Show and the Truck Show Cornwall, which will respectively take place on 13 and 14 May at Honiton Showground and 29 and 30 July at Stithians Showground, Truro. Hankook says these events will be an “excellent opportunity” for it to exhibit products from its truck tyre portfolio and to liaise with new and existing fleet partners.
The NTDA has now issued more than 9000 REACT licences to commercial tyre technicians assessed as competent to work safely at the roadside across the UK. The need for such a system is clear. Prior to the introduction of REACT in 2011, some technicians were seriously injured and others killed while working at the roadside.
Recently, Shanghai Huayi, the parent company of Double Coin, announced its operating data for 2022. In 2022, the revenue of Huayi’s tyre segment reached 10.02 billion yuan (approximately £1.175 billion; €1.338 billion), a year-on-year increase of 6.62 per cent. Regarding net profit, Huayi relies heavily on Huayi Group (Hong Kong), which is responsible for overseas business (especially the business of factories in Thailand). During the reporting period, Huayi Group (Hong Kong) achieved a net profit of 172 million yuan (about £20 million; €23 million). The Double Coin Tire Group, responsible for Huayi’s domestic tyre business in China, lost 26.4318 million yuan (about £3.1 million; €3.53 million).
Goodyear is about to embark on its 2023 Drive Results tour, a commercial vehicle road trip that will visit 15 countries across Europe between April and November. The tour will take Goodyear’s new Drive Results showroom truck to a variety of European events, showcasing the full breadth of the Goodyear Total Mobility offering.
New for 2023, growing wholesaler International Tyres has taken on Blacklion Tyres and Fortune Tyres as exclusive additions to the company’s product portfolio.
In late March 2023 Lodge Tyre’s Manchester operation opened new “bigger and better” premises. The “extensively refurbished” location in Mode Wheel Road South, Salford, Greater Manchester boasts over 7,500 square feet of internal space plus an extensive commercial vehicle servicing area.
In May 2022, European Union anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs were annulled. Then a new investigation began. Now new final determinations have been made, but what does this mean in the UK?
Two months on from the opening of its new tyre fitting and service centre in Hull, and ATS Euromaster reports that the business is “going from strength to strength.” The new premises allows for commercial vehicle servicing including MOT work for class 4 and 7 commercials and for trained technicians to perform routine maintenance on EVs and hybrid vehicles.
On 4 May 2022 the General Court of the European Union annulled Regulation (EU) 2018/683, overturning the regimen of anti-dumping duties imposed upon truck & bus tyres imported from China. The European Commission subsequently partially re-opened its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation, disclosing its findings on 10 January 2023. The Commission has now published details of definitive measures.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put limiting road casualties, emissions and particulate matter within its Strategic Plan to 2025 and Vision to 2030, which were published 4 April 2023. DVSA’s Strategic Plan and Vision also seek to demonstrate how the agency will harness data in order to improve MOT quality control. Both are likely to impact the way garages and fast-fits that offer MOT testing operation in future.
A key focus of Apollo Tyres’ medium-term strategy in Europe has been original equipment deliveries in the truck and bus sector. The tyre maker has realised this with its first partnership, which sees it supply Apollo EnduTrax tyres for the Iveco Way ranges.
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