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Conti Industrial Tyres Face Ultimate Load Test

Suitability for high load applications is a favoured quality for industrial tyres, and Continental Industrial Tyres is now in a strong position to brag about the load capability of its IC 40 Extra Deep pneumatic crossply range. The Conti tyre plus corresponding Continental-supplied wheel units were called into service to aid Kamag and Scheuerle Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) move a load weighing more than 15,000 tonnes. This impressive piece of haulage work took place at Norway’s largest shipyard, Aker Stord, and involved the transportation of an oil separation plant. The plant was built in three sections, the middle of these sections alone weighing 12,750 tonnes, and its movement from the production site to a pontoon required an accuracy level of just two millimetres.

18th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Supplies Forged Wheels Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Alcoa Auto Wheels has announced that the company is supplying forged aluminium wheel for the V12 Vantage – billed by Aston Martin as its most exhilarating sports car. "The forging technology behind these wheels enables significant weight savings directly benefiting handling performance, ride quality, acceleration and braking,” explained David Yates, marketing manager for Alcoa Europe, adding: “Our forging process results in a superior metal structure that also improves strength and durability, allowing finer wheel detailing and lighter weight.”

16th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Tire Rack Upgrades Consumer Site

The Tire Rack has made a major enhancement to its TireRack.com consumer tyre and wheel sales website, reports Tire Review. The enhancement is “designed to make the tire buying experience even faster, easier and more efficient,” Tire Rack said, by allowing easier access to TireRack.com’s three consumer tire research pages: Surveys, Reviews and Tests. Users can now see all three areas at the same time.

11th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

3-Year Contract Furthers Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ Bmibaby Supply

Exclusive supply of nose wheel and main wheel tyres to the Boeing 737-300 and 737-500 fleet operated by low-cost airline bmibaby is to be carried out by Dunlop Aircraft Tyres following the signing of a three-year contract between the Birmingham based tyre manufacturer and its long-standing customer. The agreement, which Dunlop Aircraft Tyres says is worth more than a million pounds, covers the supply of both new and retreaded aviation tyres to the British Midland Limited subsidiary.

9th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Launches Tyre Selection Mobile Application

Dunlop has released an application for iPhone and Blackberry devices designed to give consumers information on the tyre best for the user’s car and the features and benefits of the selected tyre. The application allows users to search for the most appropriate tyre for their car by selecting their vehicle model. It also allows users to find out where their nearest Dunlop stockist is at the press of a button. It provides all the information available on the brand’s website, but with what the company says is an easier and simplified viewing format specifically designed for the smaller mobile screen.

5th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Accuride Introduces OEM-Quality Chrome Wheel Accessories

Accuride Corporation recently debuted a line of OEM-quality chrome wheel accessories. This new range consists of ABS chrome front and rear wheel hub and nut covers designed to fit most class 7 and 8 trucks, trailers, and recreational vehicles.

5th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Giving Away Truck Tyres at MATS

At the upcoming Mid-America Trucking Show, Yokohama Tire Corp. plans to give away a few set – 10 wheel positions – of its Zenvironment medium radials, Tire Review reports. Fleet operators and owner operators can register to win the tyres by visiting Yokohama’s booth at the 25-27 March event, slated for the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

3rd March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Down Market Gives Titan $300 Million Sales 2009 Drop

Extended OEM shutdowns and downturns in its core markets led US company Titan International to a $300 million sales fall-off in 2009, reports Tire Review. Titan posted 2009 sales of $727.6 million, as compared to $1,036.7 million in 2008. Net loss for the year was $24.6 million, compared to net income of $13.3 million in 2008.

25th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Lorinser Adds to Mercedes Wheel Range

Sportservice Lorinser has developed a reputation for its Mercedes Benz turning accessories, and the German firm has presented its latest aluminium wheel for the three-pointed star marque. Lorinser says the new wheel, called the RS9, has been designed to meet the stylistic and technical requirements of the current Mercedes model range. The wheel is available in a ‘polished silver’ finish for in 18 to 21-inch sizes.

25th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Study Links Windscreen Stickers to Road Rage

If you wish to avoid becoming a victim of road rage, a recent study by Colorado State University suggests you could help yourself by not decorating your car with stickers. This unusual finding was reached following research that showed drivers with stickers or ornaments in their rear windscreen are more likely to drive in an aggressive, abrasive fashion. It was also found that such drivers are more likely to defend their road space and react angrily to drivers who encroach on them territorially.

19th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg Wheel Systems Sales Down for 2009

Trelleborg AB reports that its Trelleborg Wheel Systems division achieved net sales of SEK 2,991 million (₤263.6 million) during the previous financial year, a decrease of 19.3 per cent on its 2008 result. In releasing its figures for January to December, the Swedish manufacturer notes “organic sales declined 26 per cent, exchange-rate effects were 7 per cent and structural changes 0 per cent. Net sales are lower as a result of a significant decrease in demand for industrial tyres and lower agricultural-tyre sales. Demand for agricultural tyres showed some variation in the various sub-segments, where the trend for large dimensions was better in relative terms, but demand for this product group also fell toward year-end.”

17th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

13% Increase in UK Suspension, Tyre-Related Call-Outs

Startrescue.co.uk figures suggest that the recent cold weather has left the UK’s roads in a bad way, causing the number of call-outs for tyre and suspension related repairs to rise rapidly in the 2009-2010 winter season. The relatively new breakdown recovery service reported a 13 per cent increase in December and January.

11th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Watts Tyre Group Creates New Latin American Business Unit

Watts Tyre Group, the UK-based industrial tyre and wheel producer has announced the creation of Watts America Latina, a new business unit to service the Latin American market (excluding Brazil and Mexico where the group has existing business operations). Watts America Latina is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay and is headed by director General Carlos Correia. The business services container customers across the region as well as sales from a warehouse operation from which pallet orders can be satisfied enhancing product availability.

11th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Mr Oizo Returns with Slasher Flick Starring Tyre

Movie deaths involving cars are nothing unusual. Be it driving into a canyon ('Thelma and Louise'), driving into other cars carrying sassy ladies (Quentin Tarantino’s quite horrible 'Death Proof'), or enjoying a crash a bit too much (David Cronenberg’s infamous twist on auto-erotica, 'Crash'), motoring fatalities have become a large and varied part of film history. But Quentin Dupieux, otherwise known as the French dance music producer behind ‘Flat Beat’ and its accompanying puppet Flat Eric, has filmed a twist we never saw coming: a slasher film in which the serial killer is – wait for it – a tyre. Named Robert.

8th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Appoints New Wheel and Transportation COO

As part of the restructuring of its Engineered Products and Solutions (EPS) business, a measure taken in order to accelerate growth, Alcoa has appointed Olivier M. Jarrault to the new position of chief operating officer, Engineered Products and Building Systems. In this role, Jarrault, who has served as president of Alcoa Fastening Systems since 2002, will lead the Alcoa Fastening Systems, Alcoa Wheels and Transportation Products, and Building and Construction Systems business units.

3rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors