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After careful consideration, Linglong ‘refutes’ allegations as ‘fake news’

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Following several reports in the German press relating to earlier allegations of worker mistreatment during the construction of Linglong’s Zrenjanin, Serbia tyre factory, which has led to truckmaker MAN’s suspension of tyre deliveries from Linglong, Linglong International Europe d.o.o. representatives have responded with an official statement rebutting the allegations. The statement begins by highlighting that Linglong Europe is paying “great attention to all the allegations reflected in the press” before characterizing them as “old news” and even “fake news”: “we would like to emphasize that all allegations are old news and all the facts are twisted and crafted to make fake news to damage our reputation.”

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  1. MAN ends OE tyre supply cooperation with Linglong; VW reviewing facts
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  4. Linglong’s Serbia tyre factory certified by well-known OEMs
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MAN ends OE tyre supply cooperation with Linglong; VW reviewing facts

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Around a year and a half ago, Germany’s Deutschlandfunk radio reported on the alleged disregard for environmental social rights by Chinese tyre manufacturer Shandong Linglong in connection with the construction of its new production plant in Serbia, which was commissioned in mid-2022 and opened in early 2023. A few weeks ago, the Tagesspiegel made similar accusations against the company, and now Managermagazin has turned its attention to this topic and the accusations made against the supplier in connection with the construction of its new plant, which range from human rights violations to human trafficking.

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  1. Linglong’s Serbia tyre factory certified by well-known OEMs
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  3. Linglong Serbia factory close to car tyre production
  4. Triangle Tyre appoints new European team
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Kumho tyres OE on VW Passat

Kumho Tire is supplying original equipment tyres for the VW Passat and Škoda Superb. The South Korean-based tyremaker will be supplying its ECSTA HS52 model in size 215/60 R16.

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Kumho to supply OE tyres for new Volkswagen Multivan

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Kumho Tire is supplying ECSTA HS52 tyres as original equipment (OE) for the new generation Volkswagen Multivan. The ECSTA HS52 product will be provided in 235/55 R17 and 235/50 R18 sizes, according to the Korean tyremaker.

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Repxpert double clutch training heads to Devon

Schaeffler’s upcoming Repxpert 2CT training course is scheduled to take place on 16-17 July at the South Devon College Skills Academy in Newton Abbot, Devon. The two-day course combines theory with hands-on practice to equip technicians with the confidence and repair solutions needed to efficiently undertake VW double clutch system repairs.

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  1. Limited spaces available for first Repxpert Academy LIVE event
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Beissbarth Q.Lign Wheel Alignment system VW approved

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Beissbarth’s Q.Lign system has received full VAG (Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, that is Volkswagen Group or VWG) approval status, which means it is accredited for all VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Cupra, Porsche, Lamborghini and  Bentley vehicles.

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‘Service campaign’ for Goodyear-shod VW ID.3

If a VW dealership informs an ID.3 owner during the course of a standard service appointment that the car’s tyres need to be replaced, it may not simply be a case of wear and tear. We’ve heard of one owner who was informed during a dealer workshop visit that the tyres on his VW ID.3 would need to be replaced if they were specific Goodyear original equipment tyres. He was told that there may be an issue with the tread, and the dealer replaced the Goodyear OE tyres with a new set of Continental tyres free of charge.

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Pirelli tyres for VW ID. GTI Concept

Volkswagen says the ID. GTI Concept show car it is presenting for the first time at the IAA Mobility in Munich provides a “concrete insight” into how it will transport the GTI label into the “electric future”. Based on the ID. 2all1 presented in March – a future electric compact car expected to cost around 25,000 euros – VW considers the ID. GTI Concept to be “more than just a show car.”

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Continental supplying all-season option for VW’s new Multivan

Buyers of the VW Multivan who want all-season tyres can have these factory fitted, with the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles UK website listing these as an option when selecting either 16-, 17- or 18-inch rims. Continental shares that it is supplying its AllSeasonContact as an original equipment tyre for the Multivan in two key dimensions, 215/65 R16 102H XL and 235/55 R17 103H XL.

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Continental tyres for ID. Buzz

The Volkswagen campervan is going electric, and just like its split-screen ancestor the T1 and many models in between, the new ID. Buzz will roll off the production line on Continental tyres. Depending on model and market, VW will fit Continental EcoContact 6 Q tyres in sizes 235/55 R19 105T XL, 255/50 R19 107T XL, 235/50 R20 104T XL or 265/45 R20 108T XL.

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Vredestein tyres OE on VW Caddy

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has selected Apollo Tyres’ latest Vredestein Quatrac all-season tyre as original equipment for the new Caddy. It will fit the Quatrac in 205/65R15 99H XL to selected Caddy models manufactured at the Volkswagen production facility in Poznan, Poland.

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Volkswagen halts Russian production, imports

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Volkswagen AG has stopped the production of vehicles in Russia until further notice. This decision applies to the site in Kaluga, which produced the VW Tiguan, Polo and Škoda Rapid and made 118,000 vehicles last year, as well as Nizhny Novgorod, where it built VW and Škoda models under a contract with GAZ Group. Vehicle exports to Russia have also been stopped with immediate effect.

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Nexen supplying N’Fera tyres to VW Jetta

Nexen Tire is an original equipment supplier to the VW Golf in the UK and Europe, and in other markets it is also supplying a Volkswagen model no longer sold here. The facelifted version of the seventh-generation VW Jetta will come with Nexen tyres as original equipment. Nexen Tire shares that it will supply its Nexen N’Fera AU7 all-season performance tyre as original equipment for the VW saloon.   

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Continental recalls 67,128 tyres across Europe, including 477 in the UK

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Continental today announced a voluntary tyre replacement program for 67,128 ContiEcoContact 5 tyres in size 235/55 R 17 103 H XL across Europe. However, the number of tyres being voluntarily recalled in the UK is far lower, with just 477 ContiEcoContact 5 tyres sold in the UK replacement market covered by the announcement. The reason for the recall? “In rare cases, if the affected tyres are used over a longer or repeated period of time, with heavy loading or possible overloading, a sudden loss of air may occur.”

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Hankook-supported VW ID.4 tour gains Guinness World Records title

Guinness World Records has acknowledged the Hankook Tire-supported ‘Volkswagen ID.4: Great Roadshow through the U.S.’ as the longest continuous journey by an electric vehicle (non-solar) in a single country. The 35,000-mile trip took place between 13 July and 18 October. The team’s VW ID.4 visited all 48 contiguous US states in all-electric mode, thereby breaking the previous record that was set in 2019.

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