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Hayes Lemmerz Receives Hyundai Best Supplier Award

Hayes Lemmerz Inci, Hayes Lemmerz International’s Manisa, Turkey operation, has received the 2004 Hyundai Assan Otomotiv Best Supplier Award. The award recognizes Hayes Lemmerz Inci for its quality, delivery, cost and customer service. At a special ceremony held recently in Izmit, Turkey, Hyundai Assan presented a total of three awards. Hayes Lemmerz Inci is a producer of steel wheels for the automotive industry for the international passenger car markets.

13th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

MAK’s Matrix5 Mirror

Italian wheel producer MAK has launched the Matrix5 Mirror. The wheel’s new sporty design is characterised by the unusual colour of the spokes; a diamond finishing touch.

Aimed at young drivers that want to accessorise their cars the wheel will be available in two sizes 8J17 and 8J18 in September.

MAK produces its wheels through a casting system with a sliding mould. Its products are made with aluminium light alloy, which weighs 20 per cent less than any similar product says the company.

8th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Canadian Autoparts Toyota to Increase Wheel Capacity 17 per cent

Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc, which makes aluminium wheels for Toyota Motor Corp, is expanding its operations in British Columbia with a $39-million investment. The expansion will increase wheel capacity at the Delta site by almost 17 per cent to 1.68 million units annually, starting July 2007. The 19,000-square-metre plant produces 22 wheel models for Toyota’s vehicles and employs about 230 people, a number that is set to increase to increase to 260.

1st July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Lead Weight Ban – Mission Accomplished?

It’s official: lead balancing weights are no longer allowed to be used on passenger cars or light trucks. Although there is much talk about the possible negative impact of the end-of-life vehicle directive, today tyre businesses across Europe seem to have adapted to the new situation without any major difficulties. However, the new market conditions have also brought consequences for manufacturers and suppliers. As all the parties involved get up to speed, what has to be taken into account when changing from lead balancing weights to alternative materials? Tyres & Accessories examines the effects of this legislation and the steps that need to be taken by companies across the continent.

30th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

AA Calls For Government Tread Depth Review

The AA Motoring Trust and County Surveyors’ Society (CSS) has called for the government to lead a review of the 1.6 millimetre tread depth limit. The call comes in response to “research evidence from real crashes,” says the report. At the same time the report called for greater investment from local authorities in road surface renewal.

27th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Restructures Passenger Car Rim Business

Alcoa is planning to develop a range of forged aluminium passenger car rims, which will be produced alongside the company’s forged truck products. The wheels will be produced at Alcoa’s Samara, Russia, plant and will also be made available for sale in the European market. At the same time the company is set to embark on a restructuring programme designed to improve efficiency, shedding five per cent of its total international workforce. This means up to 800 jobs in the company’s wheel business could be lost. The wheel restructuring programme is expected to cost the company between $65 and $70 million – roughly half of this will be down to severance costs.

Alcoa acquired the casted wheel business as part of the large purchase of competitor Reynolds in 1999. This acquisition saw the company take over factories in Italy (Ferrara), Venezuela and North America. However, Alcoa never really seemed happy with its casted aluminium passenger car rim strategy.

24th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Gizmo Aids Commercial Tyre Fitters

MWS Aftermarket Division has developed an easy to use calculator, nicknamed “the Gizmo” to help UK tyre fitters identify commercial vehicle wheels and what they need to order to ensure correct fitting from the thousands of different types of wheel available.

The 16cm diameter disc allows users to dial in the tyre specification and type of mounting or construction, then simply read off the wheel type. The Gizmo identifies the 27 most popular commercial vehicle steel wheel types and tyre sizes, including their fitting and centring systems.

22nd June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Modern Tyre Celebrates 40 Years

Goodyear UK’s MD Dick Johnston recently paid a visit to Ireland’s Modern Tyre Service to congratulate directors and staff on their 40th anniversary.

Having started in 1965 the company now operates through two headquarters based in Newry and Enniskillen. Following extensive investment, and the acquisition of several new depots, Modern Tyre now has a total of 26 branches making it the largest independent tyre retailer in Northern Ireland. The company services the private, fleet and wholesale markets with all major brands of tyres as well as batteries, exhausts and alloy wheels.

17th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

New Alloy Wheels Business Starts Up in Slough

New start-up business, Chromes Ltd, will specialise in supplying trade and private customers with the latest designs in alloy and chrome wheels – in rim sizes ranging from 15 to 26 inch diameter. The company’s showroom at 406 Montrose Avenue has more than 50 new designs on display.

15th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Tire Wholesaler to Secure New Headquarters

(Akron/Tire Review) Tire Group International Inc. (TGI) has acquired a 600,000-square foot warehouse facility in Miami that will be converted into its new headquarters.

14th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti’s Dr Rieth wins US Government Award

Dr Peter E Rieth, head of Advanced Engineering for the Automotive Systems division of Continental AG, has been honoured with the US Government’s Award for Safety Engineering Excellence in Washington DC. The award, presented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is traditionally awarded at the International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) every two years.

6th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

UHP Tyres – More Than a Tuning Accessory

Wide and super wide tyres are developing into the first choice tuning accessories for cars, usually in combination with trendy light alloy wheels. One out of every four people interested in tuning fits their vehicle with alternative wheels, and a majority of these bump up the size of their wheels by one or two inches. Of these there are two kinds of customer – those that upgrade their rims but keep the same tyre size, and those that ‘tune’ their alloys, switching for more modern designs, while replacing tyres like-for-like.

2nd June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper’s New HP Zeon

Cooper Tire has launched its latest high performance tyre the Zeon XTC to the European market.

Aimed at a range of vehicles from a Ford Focus to a Jaguar X-type the tyre is designed to offer a quiet, comfortable and confident drive in both wet and dry weather.

31st May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Deaths Caused by Exploding Tyres

An unnamed 19-year-old man has died after a tyre exploded while he was inflating it at his workplace. The man was working at a tyre firm in Cleland, Lanarkshire when the tyre threw him backwards into a wall, the BBC has reported.

19th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Gets Patent For Rim Flange Wear Product

(Akron/Tire Review) Alcoa Wheel Products said it has been granted a US patent on its Dura-Flange aluminum wheel surface treatment, a product that the company said: “Guards against excessive rim flange wear on commercial vehicle wheels.” Alcoa said it developed the treatment “trucking applications where loads are heavy and prone to shifting, such as logging, tanker and heavy hauling.

9th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors