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Cooper Tire completes fuel efficient tyre project, exceeds targets

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Tyre development teams at Cooper Tire & Rubber have exceeded the goals set for it under a US government project, the tyre maker reports. These results were in part achieved by utilising materials that Cooper says are not used in tyres currently available on the market. Looking forward, the various technologies developed during the project will be put together in a single concept tyre, and Cooper is evaluating the use of technologies in commercial applications.

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Bridgestone receives Edison Gold Award for guayule rubber activities

The research Bridgestone has conducted on the use of guayule-derived natural rubber in tyre production was recognised at the 2015 Edison Award Winners event on 23 April. The tyre maker went home with a 2015 Edison Gold Award for Innovation in Automotive Solutions.

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  1. Bridgestone begins producing guayule-sourced natural rubber
  2. Bridgestone, NRgene collaborate to sequence and assemble guayule genomes
  3. Bridgestone Biorubber Research Center project approaches groundbreaking
  4. Bridgestone trials guayule rubber in prototype tyres
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Spain’s Industrias Del Neumaticos wins 2015 Miss Retread Truck Tire Contest

The centrepiece of the North American Tire & Retread Expo was the inaugural Miss Retread Truck Tire Contest, won by Industrias Del Neumaticos of Alicante, Spain. The winning company was awarded $5,000 along with a trophy. 22 retread tires were entered in the contest.

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  1. NATRE announces education conference programme
  2. SEMA award win for Continental, Cooper voted runner-up
  3. Tire Recycling World to join 2016 North American Tire & Retread Expo
  4. 2016 North American Tire & Retread Expo to feature special recycling exhibit
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North American Tire & Retread Expo draws praise from exhibitors

The 2015 North American Tire & Retread Expo was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans between 15 and 17 April, 2015. Featuring 112 tyre, tyre retread, and tyre equipment and repair companies, the show attracted 1,041 registered visitors.

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  1. Spain’s Industrias Del Neumaticos wins 2015 Miss Retread Truck Tire Contest
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  3. 2016 North American Tire & Retread Expo to feature special recycling exhibit
  4. NATRE announces education conference programme
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US Dept. of Energy gives Cooper Tire ‘gold’ in Texarkana

Cooper Tire & Rubber says its tyre factory in Texarkana, Arkansas has been certified as a gold level ‘Superior Energy Performance’ (SEP) facility by the US Department of Energy. The plant was recognised for implementing ISO 50001, and Cooper earned gold distinction by meeting the SEP programme’s additional standards, namely achieving a more than ten per cent improvement in energy performance over three years.

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  1. Cooper Tire Factories Certified by ISO
  2. Cooper's Findlay Plant Granted ISO 14001 Certification
  3. Techking Gains ISO9001 Certification
  4. ISO accreditation for Cooper’s Serbian plant
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US tyre association opposes tyre registration legislation

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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) us officially opposing apparent tyre registration language in the “Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act” or “GROW AMERICA Act” that was released on 30 March 2015. At the crux of the issue is the way which the it opens the possibility that independent tyre dealer must register who buys which tyre and send this information to the government at no cost to the consumer.

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  2. TIA appoints David Martin as secretary
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Amerityre appoints new CEO

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Amerityre Corp. has named Michael Sullivan who has been chief operating officer of the company since 1 December 2014 as CEO. The appointment took effect on 1 April 2015. In February, Amerityre, which makes industrial tyre products and polyurethane tyre technologies, reported that it cut its net loss by one-third in the quarter ended 31 December to $128,465 on sales of $1.35 million. This announcement marked the firm’s 78th consecutive quarterly loss.

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Toyo Tires takes on baseball sponsorship with Boston Red Sox

US baseball team the Boston Red Sox has an official tyre, and that tyre is Toyo. Under a multi-year agreement, the tyre maker will be represented on signage at Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, and holds the right to use the official tyre designation in its marketing.

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Friends charged with insider trading on Apollo/Cooper deal

Two men who profited from inside information regarding Apollo Tyres’ plans to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber in 2013 have been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and parallel criminal charges have also been filed by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. The SEC is now attempting to recover more than US$1.1 million made through the illegal trading of Cooper Tire stock.

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  1. SEC charges another Cooper/Apollo insider trader
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TGI appoints new president

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As of 1 April, Joaquin Gonzalez Jr. has taken on the role of president at US tyre wholesaler Tire Group International. Prior to his appointment to this new role, Gonzalez served as the company’s chief marketing officer. He joined TGI in 2006 as chief operating officer.

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  1. TGI opening new warehouse
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  3. TGI’s Tony Gonzalez enters into movie rights deal with Paramount Pictures & Appian Way
  4. TGI celebrates 25 years of tyre wholesaling
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Nexen steps up to the plate for another year of baseball sponsorship

Another innings of Nexen Tire baseball sponsorship is about to begin: The tyre maker has renewed its partnership agreements with four Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in the US. It will thus continue its relationship with the LA Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers and the LA Angels for the 2015 baseball season.

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Lexus RX to roll on Michelin tyres

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The latest generation Lexus RX was introduced at the New York International Auto Show this week, and Michelin says it will supply its Premier LTX as an original equipment fitment to North American market versions of the RX that ride on 18-inch (tyre size 235/65 R18) and 20-inch (tyre size 235/55R 20) rims.

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Linglong appoints ex-Pirelli, ex-Kumho exec to US role

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Shandong Linglong Tire has appointed John Hagan as chief operating officer of its Americas division. Previously, Hagan was national vice president for Kumho Tires USA, which he joined in 2013. Hagan brings with him 20 years of tyre industry experience. In addition to working for Kumho, he has held positions with Toyo Tires USA and Pirelli North America.

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October production start for Yokohama’s US tyre plant

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According to a progress update on the the Yokohama tyre factory currently being built in the United States, work on the approximately 1 million square foot (92,900 square metre) commercial vehicle tyre plant in West Point, Mississippi is on schedule and now nearing completion. Many of the key construction, equipment installation and job recruitment milestones have reportedly been reached on schedule, and the Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi facility is now on target to begin production in October 2015.

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  1. Continental to build $1.45 billion tyre factory in North America
  2. New US plant to meet growing demand for Continental truck and bus tyres
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  4. Kumho takeover implosion isn’t the end of market consolidation attempts
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Prost triumphs in first US Formula E race

The first Formula E race to be held in the USA saw Nico Prost triumph at the end of a duel that had the 20,000-strong crowd spellbound right up to the very end. The streets of Miami were packed, with tickets everywhere sold out, while millions of fans around the world watched on TV, computer or smartphone.

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