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Across the Atlantic they are called tires, while over here we use a “Y” and say tyres. This tag provides the latest tyre business news emanating from the United States of America (USA), whichever way you spell it.

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Maxxis sponsors 2011 SATS Cosworth Euro Drifting Team

Maxxis has announced that it will take its MA-Z1 Drift tyre onto the European drifting circuit, with the sponsorship of reigning European Drift champion Mark Luney in the SATS Cosworth team. The SATS Cosworth Supra combines the drifting expertise of the SATS Motorsport team with an engine capable of pushing over 800bhp provided by Cosworth. Mark Luney, who has won the championship two years in a row and was also a contender for the title of Maxxis British Drift Champion in 2010, has signed to drive the car over the course of the year at major championships both in the UK and across Europe.

31st January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Japanese Tyre Machinery Manufacturer Forms Indian JV

Japan’s Kobe Steel has formed a joint venture with India’s Larsen & Toubro Limited to manufacture and sell tyre production machinery in India. Called L&T Kobelco Machinery Private Ltd., the joint venture will make rubber mixers and twin-screw rollerhead extruders used in manufacturing tyres. Plans call for construction of the plant to begin in February 2011 and production to begin in October 2011. Approximately 500 million rupees (900 million yen) will be invested in the facility.

25th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Riccardo Cichi Becomes President of Pirelli Canada

Riccardo Cichi has been named president of Pirelli Canada. Hired at Pirelli Canada in 1989 as market analyst, Cichi moved to Pirelli Tire North America in 1992 as operations director. He was later promoted to marketing director and then vice president of sales and marketing for the US and Canada. Departing Pirelli Canada president Marco Zambiachi has taken on new executive responsibilities with PTNA at its New York City offices. (Tire Review)

25th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Increases US Car, Light Truck Prices

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is raising prices on all of its passenger and light truck/SUV tires as of 1 February, reports Tire Review. The increase will reach a maximum of 2.5 per cent, the company told dealers.

25th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Brodsky Reports Retread Tire Association Growth

The Retread Tire Association (RTA), formed following Harvey Brodsky’s departure from the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau, reports the addition of another 12 members to its ranks. New member companies include: AME International, Black’s Tire Service, Frasier Tire Service, Jirah Inc., Malerba’s Consulting LLC, Purcell Tire, Tesla Electronics and Tire Stamp, all US-based. New from Canada are Kirk’s Tire and West End Tire, while Earthmover Tyres of Scotland and Makepeace Agencies from Australia also have joined.

19th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Tire Corporation Announces Management Promotions

Several strategic management promotions have been implemented by Yokohama Tire Corporation in the US, including the promotion of Dan King from vice president of sales and marketing to senior vice president of sales and marketing. “Dan has been highly instrumental in securing strong performances for Yokohama, including a record year in 2010,” remarked Yokohama Tire president and CEO Takao Oishi. “This promotion reflects Dan’s continued high level of performance, as well as his expanded role since the retirement of Jim MacMaster (former executive vice president and chief operating officer) last year.”

17th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New Equipment to Upgrade Cooper Tupelo Efficiency

A US$9 million upgrade at Cooper Tire & Rubber’s Tupelo, Mississippi passenger car and truck tyre plant will, according to plant manager Patrick Jodon, make the facility “stronger, more flexible and more competitive.” Jodon explained that the Tupelo plant will receive new equipment that will aid in improving its efficiency; this new equipment will be installed within the next 12 to 14 months. The upgrade is expected to add 35 new jobs to the plant’s 1,300 strong workforce.

14th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Blackcircles.com to Gain Tesco Online Presence

Persistence has paid off for Blackcircles.com. The online tyre specialist has been courting Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer, for around three years and the two companies have now finally reached an agreement under which Blackcircles.com will sell its products through a Tesco operated website. The Tesco tyre site is expected to go live in February; Blackcircles.com’s managing director and founder Mike Welch – who in former times packed shelves for the retail giant – commented that Tesco’s marketing clout “will be great for us.”

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Firefighter Pleads Guilty to US Tyre Fire

A volunteer firefighter’s scheme to earn some extra pocket money has ended with a guilty plea in a US federal court. At a court hearing in Greenville, North Carolina on January 12, firefighter Daniel Scott and associate Michael Clamp pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting arson.

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone OE on Lexus LFA

Bridgestone has been selected as an OEM supplier for the new flagship in the Lexus F series line-up. In Japanese, European and US markets the Lexus LFA will be fitted with Bridgestone’s Potenza S001 in size 265/35ZR20 (95Y) on the front wheels and 305/30ZR20 (99Y) at the rear.

11th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maine Industrial to Close Plant, Ganz Returning

Maine Industrial Tire LLC is restructuring its global business operations and welcoming an old friend back into the fold. The company says it will close its Gorham tyre plant in the US state of Maine, relocating that production to plants in Pennsylvania and China. The shift is expected to take six months, Maine Industrial said. The plant is being closed “in order to reduce both manufacturing costs and operating expenses,” the company added. “Not only will this result in a financially stronger company, by streamlining operations, Maine Industrial Tire will be able to provide customers with the same high quality, premium products at competitive prices.”

10th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Tire Sales up 34% in 2010

Preliminary annual figures released by Kumho Tire show a sizable increase in sales during 2010. The Korean tyre maker reports global sales of US$2.305 billion in its home market and export markets outside North America last year, a 36 per cent year-on-year increase. Sales within the North America region amounted to $770 million, up 29 per cent on 2009. Taken as a whole, Kumho Tire gives a preliminary figure of $3.075 billion for its global 2010 sales, a year-on-year increase of 34 per cent.

7th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Increases Prices in Europe

In addition to price rises in the US, as of January 1 Nexen has increased tyre prices in Europe. According to Nexen Tire Europe, prices for all product segments, including passenger car, 4×4 and light commercial vehicles, have gone up by at least nine per cent. The company says it was compelled to take this inevitable measure as “in the previous few months raw material costs, above all for natural rubber, have skyrocketed.” The company notes that in addition to natural rubber, prices of all products necessary for tyre production have increased.

6th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alliance Claims Industry First with All-Steel Flotation Radial

The 390 – an all-steel radial flotation tyre released by Alliance Tire Group in the US – has become the first flotation radial to receive Department of Transport certification for highway use at 50mph. According to Michel Aguon, Alliance Tire Americas’ product manager, the 390 is also the industry’s first all-steel flotation radial plus the first that can carry nearly 11,000 pounds (5,000kg) of load at 50mph.

5th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

YTC Salem Plant Joins Top Environmental Category

Yokohama’s Salem facility in the US has reached the highest tier in its home state’s environmental programme. In December the plant was recognised as an Extraordinary Environmental Enterprise (E4) in the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP). Among the 450 participants in VEEP, only about thirty have qualified as E4 members – the highest attainable level.

5th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors