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Avon Tyres British GT Championship Begins

“A dream collection of exotica” is one description of the line-up of cars that will be racing at Oulton Park over the Easter weekend, as part of the Brookson DWF F3/GT Festival. Supercars from 12 manufacturers, including Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lotus and Porsche will contest the first round of the prestigious Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The front running cars in the championship are capable of reaching 60 mph in 3 seconds and have the potential to reach almost 200 mph.

6th April 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Milltek Move Heralds Expansion

Performance exhaust manufacturer Milltek Sport has recently moved into a Logistics and Sales Centre at Pride Park, Derby. This move is the springboard for a new phase of expansion. Chief Executive Phil Millington commented, “This hi-tech Centre is a key factor in our further expansion programme, not only in the UK but also worldwide, since we are now exporting to some 40 countries. Our technical and manufacturing base remains at Ilkeston, where we have a highly skilled and closely-knit team and Pride Park will perfectly complement this.”

31st March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook to Supply VW With 540,000 Tyres Annually

Hankook Tire Co has closed a deal with Volkswagen to supply 440,000 tyres per year for the German manufacturer’s Golf and Bora models. The tyres will be fitted the fifth-generation Golf and will be sold in Europe from 9 February. In addition, the manufacturer will also provide 100,000 tyres a year for Volkswagen’s Bora model.

The deal will take Hankook’s overseas annual shipments for finished cars to $150 million – 12 per cent of its total export volume. Hankook sees the OE contract as a strategic move that will enable it to enhance its share of the European replacement market. Both the Bora and Golf will be fitted with Ventus Prime K105 (205/55R 16) and the Optimo K406 (195/65R 15).

9th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Busy at Beissbarth

These are busy times at Beissbarth UK. First of all there have been two new additions to the Microtec wheel balancing range. The versatile Microtec stationary micro processor controlled wheel balancers feature nine different programmes for passenger car and light trucks up to 65 kilos, with two programmes for motor bike wheels.

Key features of the MT 825 Wheel Balancer include foot pedal brake to fix the balancing shaft, three alloy programmes, three special programmes and two PAX. There are two LED for imbalance direction indicators and two LCD for digital imbalance and status information. The 825 comes complete with an aluminium weight caliper tool for manual fitting of adhesive weights on the inside of the rim.

30th January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Imported Car Sales On the Increase in Russia

Sales of cars imported into Russia more than doubled in the past year, as more of the country’s burgeoning middle class switch to non-domestic makes. The sale of cars imported into Russia is expected to continue to boom in Russia over the next few years, although the market share of used foreign models is expected to decline steadily.

The popularity the foreign makes, led by Hyundais, Chevrolets and Toyotas, is believed to have been a key factor behind the increase of foreign car sales to almost 600,000. Rising disposable incomes and zero import duty on car components, is also encouraging the large car producers to build assembly plants in Russia.

20th January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

China Becomes Second Largest Auto Market

Last year 6 million vehicles were sold on the Chinese market, making China the world’s second largest auto market. According to a Reuters report, China produced more vehicles than third-place Japan, but is still behind the US which remains the world’s largest market.

16th January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Beru Sells Cable Plant in Mexico

Beru AG (Ludwigsburg/Germany) has sold its Mexican subsidiary Beru S.A. de C.V. to Mexican corporations General Cable Holdings Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Mexico and General Cable de Latinoamérica, S.A. de C.V., both having their principal place of business in Tetla (Tlaxcala/Mexico). At the same time, the automotive supplier and tyre pressure monitoring producer has announced that it will establish a new subsidiary to operate under the name of Beru Mexico S.A. de C.V. This new company will take over the production of spark plugs as well as OEM, OES and aftermarket sales of Beru and OMZ brand products in the NAFTA region. Beru’s main customers in the NAFTA region include General Motors and the Volkswagen Group.

4th January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental AG Appoints Uniroyal Distributor in Australia

(Brisbane/Australian Tyre Dealer) Continental Corporation, one of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers and the largest tyre manufacturer in Germany, has appointed Hamilton Tyre & Rubber Company Pty Ltd as the Uniroyal tyre distributor for Australia effective immediately.

29th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon Launches Ice Touring

Avon Tyres has launched Ice Touring, a brand new winter tyre range. Designed to cope with the demands of winter motoring, the Avon Ice Touring range comes in a variety of sizes to fit most small to medium-sized vehicles, from the Vauxhall Corsa to the Volkswagen Golf.

According to the manufacturer, engineers developed the bespoke tread, and high silica content rubber, in some of Europe’s most challenging winter conditions. The end result is a tyre that provides exceptional braking in the snow, grip on ice and resists aquaplaning in the wet. The Ice Touring is the result of an 18-month extensive test programme conducted in the demanding Kaunertal glacier region of Austria. The new range will be available across the UK.

10th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Supplies Fastest Cars in Frankfurt

Pirelli has supplied tyres for the Brabus E V12 Biturbo, a world speed record-holding tuned Mercedes on show at the Frankfurt International Motor Show, along with the main new models from Bentley, Cadillac, Lamborghini, Maserati, Peugeot, Audi, Volvo, Alfa Romeo and AMG. The Milan-based firm is also equipping the most sophisticated tuned versions of models from Ferrari, Mercedes, Range Rover and Jaguar prepared by the German specialists Novitec, Brabus and Arden.

14th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho to Help FAW Make Own Tyres

(Akron/Tire Review) Kumho Tire Co has signed a deal to provide First Automobile Works (FAW), China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, with tyre manufacturing know-how. FAW, which operates one of Volkswagen’s two Chinese joint ventures, will then be able to produce its own tyres for passenger vehicles.

The $150 million cooperation agreement was signed last week during the China Jilin Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo. The expo was attended by Chinese and South Korean vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, amid signs, according to reports, that Korean manufacturers are increasingly interested in sourcing components from China.

8th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Smarten Up Your Corporate Image

Corporate image and brand awareness have always been regarded as important by those involved in marketing. In the fiercely competitive automotive industry getting potential customers to instantly recognise a company’s products and services is a key factor to securing more business.

31st August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Gains Saturn OE Spot

(Akron/Tire Review) Hankook Tire Corp. has earned an optional equipment position on the 2006 Saturn Ion. The South Korea tyre manufacturer will supply Hankook H725A tyres in size P205/55R16H to GM for the vehicle. Hankook CEO Choong-hwan Cho said the new OE contract “has not only brought recognition of Hankook Tire’s technology within the advanced auto market, but will also result in a significant boost to exports and overseas brand recognition.”

The new deal with GM pushes Hankook’s non-domestic OE business past $100 million annually, the company said. Hankook currently supplies tyres to Ford, Volkswagen, Renault, Daihatsu and Mitsubishi, among others. Hankook’s overseas OE business will rise to 10 per cent of its total exports, the company said.

16th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

A Record-Breaking Motor Sales Month

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have posted double-digit US sales gains for July. Toyota and Nissan North America also posted their best sales month in the United States.

DaimlerChrysler, including Mercedes-Benz, sold 260,945 units in July, a boost of 25.1 per cent for the month. Year-to-date, the car manufacturer has sold 1,547,536 vehicles, up 6.9 per cent from the same period in 2004.

GM’s July sales rose 15.2 per cent, boosted by the GM Employee Discount for Everyone incentive programme said the company. Its US sales totaled 524,218 vehicles in July compared with 454,963 in July last year. GM has sold 2,844,839 vehicles to date, a 4.3 per cent increase from the same time last year.

Paul Ballew, GM’s chief sales analyst, said 71 per cent of retail sales in July came from trucks, and he predicted that the company would achieve a market share of 27 per cent for the year.

3rd August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Board Member to Join VW?

Continental AG personnel director, Thomas Sattelberger, has been named as a potential candidate to replace Peter Hartz at Volkswagen. Mr Hartz resigned amid allegations that his department was involved in Indian bribery scandal. Mr Sattelberger is reported to be one of the top candidates, Dow Jones Newswires has reported. His experience and that fact that he is not a Volkwagen insider are both likely to count in his favour. Continental spokesman Hannes Boekhoff made no comment. Mr Sattelberger has been part of Continental executive committee since July 2003. Before that he worked for Lufthansa and DaimlerChrysler.

Meanwhile ThyssenKrupp rejected reports that director Ralph Labonte was another possible succesor. A ThyssenKrupp spokesperson said that Labonte is not available to fill that position.

20th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors