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Kumho Launches New Ecsta AST, Road Venture MT Tyres

(Akron/Tire Review) At the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Kumho Tire USA Inc introduced its new Ecsta AST high performance, all-season tyre as well as its new Road Venture MT, reportedly the widest and tallest light truck tyre the company has ever offered.

The Ecsta AST tyre, designed for sports cars and tuned sedans, according to Kumho, features a directional tread design with dual-angle cross grooves and asymmetrical lateral grooves for cornering grip, hydroplaning resistance and wet traction.

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MAHA – Beware of Imitations

MAHA is well known as a manufacturer of high quality garage equipment for both the passenger car and truck market. According to Gus Gregory, managing director of MAHA UK Limited, some people are trying to cash in on the company’s good name and reputation, leading MAHA to warn that there have been companies over the years which have tried to copy MAHA products but have failed to meet their reliability or testing functions.

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Goodyear Goes Smoke Free

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co is aiming to be a smoke free company, and this time the development has nothing to do with burning rubber. Instead Goodyear is the first major employer in the US state of Ohio to take part in an anti-smoking programme that provides free nicotine patches to employees who smoke and want to quit, the Akron Beacon Journal has reported. The programme is a joint effort with the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, which is splitting the cost of the patches with Goodyear.

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Continental 3Q Figures Outperform Full Year 2004 Result

International automotive supplier Continental AG has once again lifted sales and earnings, with sales rising considerably by a two-digit figure thanks to the successful integration of Phoenix AG. “In the first three quarters, we have already outperformed the full-year figures for 2004 – for net income before taxes and interest as well as profit. In addition to the excellent operational performance, this is also a result of one-off effects,” said executive board chairman Manfred Wennemer on Wednesday in Hanover. “There is no indication that this trend will change in the fourth quarter, so we will top our record figures from last year, even when the one-off effects are not taken into consideration.”

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SmarTire Reports Year End Financial Results

SmarTire Systems Inc has published its results for the financial year ended 31 July 2005. The company reported revenue of $1.46 million compared to $1.66 million in 2004. Net loss for the year totalled $14.3 million compared with losses of $11 million in 2004.

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Bandag ‘Adapts’ its Organisation

Bandag has confirmed the news that more than a dozen staff members, including director of sales Peter De Cabooter, have left its European organisation, as was first published at www.tyrepress.com. According to the international retreading system supplier 16 employees have left the company. These people were said to be mainly operating in South European and CIS countries although some Brussels based personnel were also affected.

“Some call this restructuring, we prefer to describe this as right sizing for our future business model and allocating resources where they should be,” Bandag said in its statement. “Most of the job losses were part of a longer process of fine-tuning our organisation for future developments.

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North West Tyres Takes on New Brand

Hanksugi Japan has a new distributor for the UK. Following Hanksugi Japan’s decision to release Stamford Tyres from any duties in Europe, North West Tyres (NWT) from Morecambe, Lancashire, has been appointed as a partner for distribution. As NWT’s managing director Andrew Wess explains, his company has just received the first 20 containers full of Hanksugi truck tyres from the company’s factory in China. These tyres, which are first to be supplied to Europe’s central warehouses, are what Mr Wess calls an “initial buffer stock” for the sales operations that are about to commence. When NWT took over the Hanksugi business in the UK itself, the company began looking “for the right people” in other European markets. North West Tyres says it can guarantee on-time supply, even at short notice for customers in the UK or Ireland and for relatively small amounts because it runs its own delivery fleet of 20 vehicles.

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Pirelli Strengthens its Global Footprint

The Pirelli group’s tyre division is consistently moving towards achieving its expansion plans. Under the guidance of Francesco Gori, arguably the architect of the Pirelli Tyre Company as we know it today, the company has built a MIRS factory on a greenfield site in Georgia, Rome, as a way of making a new start in the US; the world’s largest tyre market. In the meantime Pirelli’s bread and butter sizes are finding their way into the US from another new, ultramodern factory in Salvador, Bahia – a factory that also makes Pirelli a strong competitor in this region. In all probability Pirelli will establish a remarkable position in what is not only the largest tyre market in the world, but also one of the most important.
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First CM Primary Shredder for Japan

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Sarasota Florida Operations and e&Resources of Seoul, Korea are proud to announce the sale of the first CM Primary Tyre Shredder and CM Liberator to be installed in Japan. The equipment has been purchased by the Takahashi Shoji Corporation, which is located on the north island of Hokkaido in the city of Obihiro.

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BERU F1 TPMS for World’s Fastest Car

Diss-based BERU F1 Systems has been chosen to supply its digital tyre pressure monitoring system DigiTyre for the world’s fastest road car, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. This is the system’s first OE application and a rare example of direct technology transfer from F1 to road car. With temperatures reaching over 100°C and G forces exceeding 2900G, traditional OEM tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) would struggle to last, thus necessitating the DigiTyre derivative.

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Aftermarket Visitor Attractions

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The Aftermarket Show is putting the finishing touches to its visitor attractions. The Live Action Arena, will be presented by Fulda Tyres, and will offer a 5,500 seater indoor arena for the duration of the event. An interactive driving experience will also be featured to the exhibition.

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Supply Direct to Hold Anniversary Open Night

Supply Direct is holding an open night on the 19 October in celebration of its first birthday. The event is being held in celebration of a successful first year for the garage equipment wholesalers. “The open night will offer massive discounts on brand new equipment for that night only with demonstrations on all equipment in their fully functional showroom. The new ATL (Automated Test Lane) will also be included in the showroom demonstrations,” the company said in a statement.

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Global Remould Services

This year Cheshire-based casing dealership, Global Remould Services, is celebrating its first decade in business. Much has changed since the beginning. 10 years ago the company turned over £180,000 worth of casing sales. Now annual turnover is almost 20 times that size (roughly £3.5 million). When a casing dealership grows this much, it is important that it also owns it own fleet. That’s why last year Global Remoulds purchased a tractor unit and three trailers to assist in the transportation of the 100,000 tyres that the company handles each year.

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Kumho Adds to Ecsta SPT Line

(Akron/Tire Review) Thirteen new sizes have been added by Kumho Tire USA Inc’s Ecsta SPT ultra-high performance tyre line. The tyre debuted earlier this year with 36 sizes. The new sizes, available in November, include 205/50R17, 215/35R19, 215/40R18, 225/35R19, 225/35R20, 245/50R16, 275/30R20, 275/35R18, 275/40R17, 275/40R18, 285/40R17, 245/35R19 and 245/35R20.

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