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Bridgestone trials guayule rubber in prototype tyres

Around three and a half years ago, Bridgestone Corporation announced plans to develop the guayule plant into a commercially viable alternative to traditional sources of natural rubber. The company produced its first guayule-sourced natural rubber samples a year ago, and today shares it has reached another milestone on the path to guayule commercialisation – Bridgestone says it has produced passenger car tyres whose natural rubber content is 100 per cent sourced from the desert shrub.

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  1. Bridgestone begins producing guayule-sourced natural rubber
  2. Bridgestone and Versalis form strategic partnership
  3. Bridgestone, NRgene collaborate to sequence and assemble guayule genomes
  4. Bridgestone receives Edison Gold Award for guayule rubber activities
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Falken sponsoring Major League Baseball

USA-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries subsidiary Falken Tire Corporation has entered into a multi-year marketing agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB). This partnership is Falken Tire Corporation’s first deal with a professional sports league; for the past 30 years it has focused on motorsports marketing.

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  1. New year, new business structure – SRI making changes in North America
  2. Falken to support Chiba leg of Red Bull Air Race for second year
  3. Cooper Tire continues US baseball sponsorship
  4. SRI to stop Dunlop production at US plant, focusing on Falken brand
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Slowing EM tyre demand – Michelin pausing production at US plant

Michelin North America says operations at its giant earthmover tyre factory in Starr, South Carolina will be suspended by the end of this year in response to a slowdown in global demand for these products. The decision to put production at the relatively new factory on hold will effect some 100 employees; Michelin says they will be offered jobs at other Michelin facilities in the area.

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  1. Michelin restarting production at US giant OTR tyre plant
  2. Michelin unveiling first tyre at new OTR plant
  3. World’s largest tyre turns 50
  4. Magna Tyres Group opens USA office
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Continental breaks ground on Sumter tyre factory expansion

Work has begun to expand Continental’s Sumter tyre factory in the USA. The company reports breaking ground on the project, and it is working to a timetable that will see plant production capacity rise from approximately four million units planned for 2016 to around eight million units by 2021. The Sumter workforce will rise in line with this capacity increase, growing from more than 700 (the plant is expected to employ around 800 by the end of this year) to some 1,600 employees. By the time this project is complete, Continental will have invested more than US$500 million into the Sumter plant.

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  1. Hoosier Racing Tire now a Continental company
  2. 6 tyre manufacturers among GM supplier award winners
  3. Bridgestone expanding truck/bus tyre capacity at Warren County, USA plant
  4. Tyremakers among 52 automotive suppliers in US$23 million antitrust settlement
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Giti Tire receives air permit for US plant

The final regulatory approval needed for the construction of Giti Tire’s first plant in the USA has been granted, however local news sources write that this approval has already been appealed.

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  1. Giti’s US plant approved for tyre supply to VW
  2. Giti returns to Pikes Peak after Tajima’s 2013 win
  3. TGI & GITI Tire USA Announce Distribution Agreement
  4. Australian truck race series running on Giti tyres
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Goodyear bringing retro tyre look to NASCAR

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Being decades behind the times isn’t typically a good thing for a tyre maker, but this weekend is different – it is Labor Day weekend in the USA, and Goodyear is supplying a special ‘throwback’ version of its race tyres for the weekend’s NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. The tyres form part of a broader throwback initiative at Darlington that will honour the track’s storied past in NASCAR racing during the course of the weekend. Many NASCAR teams and sponsors are also participating by running vintage-style paint schemes.

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  1. Goodyear racks up 60 years of NASCAR tyre supply
  2. Goodyear Eagle F1 Scores Well In Survey
  3. Goodyear Eagle F1 Is “Best Buy”
  4. Goodyear debuts new road-derived NASCAR tyre in Atlanta
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Michelin helps pave way to Yellowstone’s ‘Old Faithful’

Whole life fleet tyre partnerships are commonplace these days, but Michelin’s relationship with Yellowstone National Park in the USA goes one step further – with the company’s help, tyres previously supplied to Yellowstone continue to serve the park even after their working life is over.

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  1. Michelin suing Atturo over alleged patent infringement
  2. Ghosn’s gone
  3. Reinventing the simulated wheel
  4. Michelin Challenge Design Becomes Movin’On Challenge Design 2021
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Tire Recycling World to join 2016 North American Tire & Retread Expo

The North American Tire & Retread Expo will add a tyre recycling section – “Tire Recycling World” – on a permanent basis from the 2016 edition of the show. The next show will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on 19-21 April, 2016 in New Orleans. Related news: 2016 North American Tire […]

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  1. 2016 North American Tire & Retread Expo to feature special recycling exhibit
  2. North American Tire & Retread Expo draws praise from exhibitors
  3. NATRE announces education conference programme
  4. NATRE organiser to rethink format, postpones 2018 show
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Astronomical salaries – merely paid or actually earned?

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The name “Rich” says it all. When people talk about Goodyear CEO Richard Kramer, they often shorten his name – and why not? After all, nobody is ashamed to be Rich in the land of unlimited possibilities, a country where a person (Donald Trump, to be precise) can publicly declare that “I am rich, really rich,” and still be nominated a presidential candidate. Massive wealth is viewed in the USA as a sign of intelligence, skill, seriousness, competence, common sense and all other positive qualities.

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  1. Goodyear implements direct online sales in US
  2. Goodyear reaffirms 2015 targets with ‘strong’ 2Q results, despite EMEA troubles
  3. Kihn to replace Wells as Goodyear’s EMEA president
  4. Goodyear Tyre Wins Science Accolade
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Kreidel no longer Tire Factory CEO

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The chief executive of the independent tyre dealer group positioned to carry the Point S flag in the USA has stepped down. US trade publication Tire Review reports that John Kreidel left Tire Factory due to “strategy differences”. Chief financial officer Walter Lybeck will stand in as interim CEO until the now vacant position can be filled, and Kreidel has agreed to assist Lybeck as needed for the coming three months.

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  1. Timetable set out for Point S rebranding in the US
  2. Point S to have 350 North American outlets by year’s end
  3. Point S begins new distribution centre partnership in USA
  4. Point S partner acquires Nokian’s Vianor US operation
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Goodyear cancels politician’s visit to avoid flag protest

A politician has been ‘uninvited’ from visiting a Goodyear factory in the USA in order to prevent possible protests. Tim Kaine, senator for the state of Virginia, was scheduled to visit Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s Danville plant as part of a five-day tour of the state. However the senator, who advocates removing the Confederate flag from number plates issued in Virginia, was told it was best if he didn’t show up. Protesters, including those from the group ‘Southern Virginians for the Flag’, were waiting for him outside the Danville facility.

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  1. Goodyear HQ wins environmental design award
  2. Tesloop and Goodyear planning digital tyre future
  3. Goodyear becomes uniform sponsor to NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers
  4. Goodyear buys two VI-grade driving simulators for tyre development
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Yokohama Tire returns as LPGA Classic golf tournament title sponsor

Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is ready to go golfing again. For the second consecutive year, the tyre maker’s US North American manufacturing and marketing operation is teaming up with the Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Golf Trail and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to host the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. The 2015 tournament will be held between 27 and 30 August in the charming town of Prattville, Alabama. Defending champion Mi Jung Hur is expected to return, along with other top players from last year’s field, including Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel, Chella Choi and Ai Miyazato.

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  1. Yokohama title sponsor of LPGA Classic golf tournament
  2. Yokohama continues US ladies’ golf sponsorship
  3. Yokohama suspends Clippers sponsorship in wake of racism controversy
  4. Yokohama hails Chelsea success as team wins ‘football’s biggest prize’
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US releases report on Chinese tyre tariffs

The full report on the circumstances and arguments behind the decision to approve antidumping and countervailing duties against passenger car and light commercial vehicles tyres from China has been published by the US International Trade Commission. The report, titled ‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from China’, can be read here.

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  1. TIA opposes Chinese import tariffs
  2. Final US vote approves tariffs for Chinese tyres
  3. Chinese truck/bus tyres: US court partially rejects determination
  4. USA sets final duties on CV steel wheels from China
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Nexen to grow US tech centre

Nexen Tire will soon start work on a larger tech centre in the USA. The Akron Beacon Journal writes that the tyre maker has outgrown its 2008-opened, current centre in Richfield, Ohio, and will break ground on a new facility nearby either before the end of 2015 or early next year.

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  1. Nexen Tire enters US drifting partnership
  2. Nexen Tire breaks ground at US tech centre, comments on North American factory plans
  3. Chinese officials welcome US duty decision
  4. Nexen Tire becomes Man City and the EPL’s first ever sleeve sponsor
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