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Conti Introducing M+S Steering Axle Tyre at IAA Show

Continental Truck Tyres is presenting its new HSU 1 M+S steering-axle tyre for city driving at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany. The new tyre is available in size 275/75 R 22.5 148/ 145 J (152/ 148 E), and Conti reports the HSU 1 M+S complements its already introduced HSU 1 and the HSW Scandinavia tyres, and provides enhanced braking and steering safety.

The introduction of the HSU 1 M+S tyre completes Continental’s city driving tyre line-up. Joining the HSU 1, an all-season tyre for varying weather conditions and the HSW Scandinavia for extremely adverse wintry road conditions, the new tyre provides excellent traction on muddy, snow-covered roads. The newly developed tread pattern provides a wider margin of steering and braking safety than an all-season tyre tread, reports Continental.

25th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Davies Crane Hire Opts for Exclusive Double Coin Fitment

Liverpool based Kirkby Tyres & Wheels, the exclusive distributor of Double Coin tyres in the UK and Ireland, reports that the company’s crane tyres are becoming an increasingly popular item. This popularity can be seen by the decision made by Davies Crane Hire Limited to fit Double Coin brand tyres as its preferred brand, effective immediately.

Kirby’s national accounts director, Simon Michael, believes this decision in favour of Double Coin to be a significant step forward for the brand in the highly competitive crane industry, and reports that the South Wales crane hire firm will be supplied and services by Carmarthenshire Tyre Services Limited.

24th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

High Ambitions For Sailun Tyre

Sailun Tyre is a company that epitomises the rapid technological advances made by Chinese industry in recent years. Although it was only established six years ago, Sailun has plans to expand significantly.
The company is situated in the National Economic and Technological Development Zone in Qingdao and manufactures all-steel radial truck tyres. However, its ambition is to build three modern factories to manufacture a range of medium truck radials and bias and radial special tyres, as well as the existing range. These plans also include a dedicated test track to be used in the development and evaluation of new products.

Sailun has already invested heavily in R&D, utilising CAD software to build mathematical models for finite element analysis, refining the design of a tyre and predicting its behaviour and performance while still on the screen. The company boasts a very short development time for new products and has established long-term co-operation in science and research with institutions such as the National university of Defence Technology and the Qindao University of Science and Technology.

24th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo Establishes Middle East Replacement Tyre Business

Sumitomo Rubber Industries is establishing a company to handle the sale of tyres in the Middle East region. The Dubai based company, called Sumitomo Rubber Middle East FZE, will start operations of January 1, 2009, and will focus upon expanding sales of replacement tyres in the region, an area where Sumitomo has identified growth. The key products handled by the new company will be passenger car, light commercial and truck tyres.

The company, 100 per cent owned by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, will be headed by Masaru Tabata. The operations will employ approximately 15 persons.

23rd September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Brazil Investment Plan Concluded

Bridgestone has completed a seven-year investment plan in its Brazilian subsidiary, Bridgestone Firestone do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda. The investment plan is said to have been worth in the area of US$460 million.

This news comes as the company celebrates the production of tyre number three million at its facility in Camaçari. This milestone was reached nineteen months after the factory’s inauguration. The factory, located on a seven-hectare site in the state of Bahia, currently has a capacity in excess of 8,000 passenger car and light truck tyres per day.

23rd September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Announces Personnel Changes

Continental AG has made a number of personnel changes in its Passenger and Light Truck Tires division. On September 1, Nikolai Setzer took over management of the replacement passenger and light truck tyre market for Europe and Africa. He is also responsible for worldwide marketing of the Passenger and Light Truck Tire division. Setzer had been in charge of the worldwide original equipment business for passenger and light truck tyres. In his new position he will report to Continental AG’s vice chairman of the Executive Board, Dr Alan Hippe, who is also responsible for the Passenger and Light Truck Tire division.

23rd September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Marshal Offer Comprehensive Truck Range

Fresh from the launch of its new website, Marshal is keen to ramp up its truck tyre operation, using a variety of customer-friendly measures.

To make selection easier for customers and end users, a clear naming system has been adopted for all new tyres in the range. This includes an indication of the application, for example L for long haul, R for regional, M for mixed service etc. The position is also given by a letter such as S for steer, T for trailer and A for all-position. Finally a two digit number (01, 02 and so on) shows the series.

In addition to the improvements to retail operations, Marshal is confident that its range can cater to the needs of a wide range of customers. To meet the demands of long-distance highway use at constant high speed, Marshal’s long haul range delivers good stability and handling and long original tread life, while offering a smooth ride and minimising uneven wear. The regional range combines excellent handling and ride comfort with the need for good traction and long tread life.

22nd September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

BFNAT Recalling Truck Tires

Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire is recalling 184 Firestone brand FS400 medium truck tyres in size 315/80R22.5 Load Range L.

The recalled tyres were produced between June 15 and June 28, 2008, and are being recalled because the tyres were not branded with the maximum speed limit rating required by FMVSS 119 standards. BFNAT is to notify owners of the safety campaign, and will replace the tyres free of charge. (Tire Review/Akron)

18th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Delticom Expands its Online Truck Tyre Offering

Delticom AG, the parent company of online tyre business such as mytyres.co.uk and reifendirekt.de, is reportedly expanding its truck tyres offering at ReifenDirekt. The product portfolio ranges from tyres for light commercial vehicles through business tyres and tyres for heavier trucks right up to special tyres – among other for tractors, forklifts and earth-moving. All well-known truck brands are available, according to the company.

Delticom’s move apparently comes in response to the downturn in the economy that has seen some consumers adapt a “savings instead of safety” policy by taking chances with tyres. Unfortunately, serious accidents involving trucks are not rare. According to statistics, provided by Delti every other truck had a fault in the previous year. In the safety tests prescribed for trucks, more than 47 per cent of the surveyed vehicles had problems, especially with the tyres.

16th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Tire North America Achieves ISO 9001:2000

Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing, Inc. (TNA) has received ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Standards certification by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) of Houston, Texas. Located in White, Georgia, the 900,000-square-foot TNA facility was established in June 2004 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc.

Already known for its product quality, TNA’s ISO 9001:2000 certification means that the facility meets internationally recognized quality standards for the production of tyres. On 26 August, Toyo broke ground on an 820,000-square-foot expansion to nearly double the size of the plant. With the increased space and machinery, annual output is expected to grow from 2 million units in 2008 to six million units in 2012. This expansion further represents Toyo’s focus on efficiently serving the North American market.

11th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Wins MAN Trucknology Supplier Award

Continental Truck Tyres has won the Trucknology Supplier Award presented by MAN. Marking the award the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge citation noted: Continental AG’s “enormous reliability in terms of meeting deadlines and maintaining quality,” adding: “Furthermore, Continental has often been able to intervene at short notice where supply shortages have arisen, and thus played a major role in ensuring that we had tyres for all our vehicles in 2007.”

MAN grants a Trucknology Supplier Award to up to 10 suppliers every year, evaluating reliability, efficiency, innovation, technical competence, quality, cost, and logistics. Vehicle development and tyre design are coordinated from the outset to ensure that new products can roll out on time.

10th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Reducing Truck Tyre Production in Luxembourg

The output of truck tyres from Goodyear’s facility in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg will be significantly reduced until the end of this year. The reason for this decision, the company disclosed in a press statement, is the strong decline in Europe’s truck tyre market, with sales figures much lower than expected. This occurrence has, Goodyear adds, resulted in a steady increase in the overall stocks of truck tyres held by the company.

4th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

GiTi Tire Europe Unveils TBR Service Network

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GiTi Tire is looking to increase its market presence in the truck tyre segment by implementing a TBR service network. The company has since 2006 built up a comprehensive truck and bus tyre product portfolio incorporating two premium quality brands – GT Radial and Primewell – both of which have been QS9000, ISO9001 and TS16949 accredited and are specifically designed and manufactured to meet the ever-changing demands of today’s European commercial vehicle operators. The entire TBR range is carefully selected to ensure the correct pattern is available for each application: regional, long haul, mixed service or municipal. In fact, such is the growth of the company’s sales presence in both TBR and PCR that two strategic business units have been formed to cope with the demand.

4th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Develops New Premium “Gommoncino”

Pirelli continues to aspire to innovation in the area of truck tyres, while also acknowledging its desire to tap into new and emerging markets. Now it has developed the Gommoncino, a new 385/55R22.5 size, premium-tread FH85 Amaranto, which the manufacturer claims is able to sustain superior loads and return greater mileage. Simultaneously, the company announces that it continues to strengthen its position in emerging markets, especially in China and South America, through OE alliances with some of the world’s largest industrial vehicle manufacturers.

4th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Makes Big Push for Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Birmingham’s city centre canal system received some unusual visitors on August 31 when Goodyear Dunlop employees rolled one of the company’s Marathon truck tyres along its banks in a bid to raise funds for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. This unusual challenge was thought up by the company’s truck tyre department, which was seeking to take on an endurance challenge in aid of the companies’ corporate charity. The two-mile push saw the team of 15 from Goodyear Dunlop’s Birmingham and Wolverhampton sites negotiate bridges and slopes in an effort to move the 62 kilogram, metre high Goodyear Marathon truck tyre along the historic canal route.

3rd September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors