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Michelin’s Motorised Wheel – Coming Soon to a Peugeot Near You?

At last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show vehicle manufacturer Peugeot presented its BB1 concept, a car just 2.5 metres long and powered by electric motors placed inside the rear wheels – units designed in association with Michelin. This extraordinary vehicle is now a step closer to going on sale after Peugeot confirmed it has shifted the BB1 from concept car status to project status. A production version should thus be unveiled in 2012 or 2013 and most likely closely resemble the concept car’s design.

21st July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Wolfrace to Celebrate 40 Years with the Return of the Slot Mag

The Slot Mag was the first alloy wheel launched by Wolfrace when the company was established in 1971. Now, for the 40th anniversary of Wolfrace in the alloy wheel market the Slot Mag is making a return in 2011. Wolfrace is the UK's oldest wheel brand and over the past 40 years, Wolfrace have created many iconic alloy wheel styles that remain popular today such as Sonic, Costume, Voodoo and the Matrix which still remains at the forefront of the wheel market today.

21st July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Celebrates 5 millionth Wheel in Europe

Alcoa Wheel Products Europe is having a double celebratio. Not only is 2010 the 30th anniversary of the company’s European activities, but July marks the delivery of the firm’s 5,000,000th wheel to an unnamed customer somewhere in Europe. That lucky customer has been rewarded for their fortuity with a free set of Alcoa Dura-Bright forged aluminium wheels for their truck or trailer.

16th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tires British F3 Adopts Pit Stops, but No Tyre Changes

The Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series heads to Rockingham alongside The Avon Tyres British GT Championship this weekend (17-18 July) with the former introducing pit stops and the latter entering the second half of a closely fought season. Teams and drivers from F3 have reportedly welcomed the introduction of pit stops as an exciting addition to the format of the innovative junior single-seater championship. Mandatory pit stops along the lines of those employed in Formula One will be tried for the first time in the second of the weekend’s trio of Rockingham races. The aim, according to Cooper, is to give drivers experience of the race strategy element that takes place in F1, even though tyres will not be changed. Meanwhile Avon’s British GT Championship heads to Rockingham following a six-week break, and things in this year’s title race are looking close. At the sharp end of the grid, the GT3 class the battle looks likely to continue until the final round, with only 16 points separating the top five teams in the championship.

15th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Faulty Used Wheels Could Lead to Prison, Hauliers Warned

In the years since Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 entered the statute books in 2008, much has been made of the need for companies to risk assess their activities. But did you know that failure to apply a full risk assessment in the purchase of a commercial vehicle wheel can ultimately lead to a corporate manslaughter charge? Surprised? Well you may also like to know that should the item fail and cause a catastrophic injury, prison could even be on the cards, a leading solicitor has warned.

Mike Rainford, head of business crime at leading North West’s criminal practice, Burton Copeland, made the comments following a meeting with John Ellis, managing director of Motor Wheel Service, who has raised his concerns on this matter with Tyres & Accessories before.

14th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

XLite Wheels Gains Truck OE Approval

Wheels India’s latest forged aluminium commercial vehicle wheels, distributed under the xlite name in UK and Europe by Manchester-based Motor Wheel Service, have received OE approval. According to the company, three sizes (8.25 x 22.5 inches, 9.00 x 22.5 inches and 11.75 x 22.5 inches) have been awarded the accreditation. The process to obtain certification took four years.

13th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Announces Audi TT/S OE Supply

Toyo Tire & Rubber reports its Proxes T1 Sport (AO) has been chosen by Audi AG for original equipment fitment on the Audi TT and TTS models. The 255/35 R19 96Y size tyre will be, says Toyo, exclusive fitment on Audi TTS models specified with 19-inch wheels and “one of a select few makes” of tyres fitted to Audi TT models ordered with optional 19-inch wheels. The Toyo shod Audi models will be available in European, North American and Asian markets.

13th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Makes Two Executive Management Appointments

Two changes to Titan International’s executive management team have been announced by the company’s board of directors. Kent W. Hackamack, vice president of finance and treasurer, has been named executive vice president of corporate development. Hackamack, who joined Titan in 1994 as corporate controller, was appointed vice president of finance and treasurer in 1996. He is a certified public accountant and holds two degrees from Northeast Missouri State University in accounting and computer science. "Titan has been in various negotiations to increase its worldwide footprint in agricultural and mining wheels and tyres. Kent's experience will help us achieve those goals," said chairman and CEO Maurice M. Taylor Jr.

12th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa to Supply Forged Wheels for Chevrolet Cruze Eco

Alcoa Wheels, recently won the right to supply the wheel program for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco in the USA. The Chevrolet team awarded the contract after pursuing a wheel providing light weight performance that would further extend fuel economy for the Cruze Eco. The development team of the wheel focused on design, engineering and production techniques to lower the overall weight of the wheel.

12th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Nürburgring Aston Martin Uses Beru f1systems TPMS

Aston Martin Racing’s recent Nürburgring 24 hour V12 Vantage and Rapide entries ran Beru f1systems’ Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) to improve tyre performance and safety, the pressure systems maker has reported. “TPMS is being increasingly used by motorsport teams to improve both performance and safety,” says James Shingleton, applications engineer, Beru f1systems. “TPMS allows engineers to better understand tyre behaviour during usage. By closely monitoring tyre pressure and temperature, race engineers can optimise vehicle performance and tyre wear, while the system’s puncture detection algorithms provide drivers with warning of damaged or deflating tyres, giving them time to reduce speed or stop safely, and preventing further damage to the tyre.”

8th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumo Firenza Brand Expanding Product Portfolio

Singapore-based brand Sumo Firenza enjoyed strong interest in its expanding portfolio of products from visitors from around the world. PCR, UHP and truck tyre specialists, Sumo Firenza presented an extensive display of patterns covering all three market sectors with centre stage being taken by the all new STO 5A ultra high performance range, which the company says is specifically developed and manufactured for the UK and European markets.

7th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Gripen UK’s First Half 2010 Sales Equal Full Year 2009 Total

Fresh from exhibiting at the Hillhead show in Buxton in June, Gripen Wheels UK director Ray Coulson has reported that the company’s rapid growth is continuing in 2010 despite the fallout of the recent recessionary period. According to Coulson, sales for the first six months of 2010 grew fast enough to equal the full year sales total the firm accrued in 2009. While your first instinct might be to suggest that such growth must have come from a low base in preceding years, when you consider that the firm has been operating in the UK for less than three years and that the whole tyre business has faced significant challenges during this period, it would be churlish not to take notice of the rate of the company’s expansion.

Asked what’s behind the recent impressive growth at Gripen, Coulson explained in a recent interview with Tyres & Accessories that increased take up of new accounts and improved product mix were at the root of the strong sales performance. Prior to 2010, Gripen UK’s was largely reliant on sales of imported budget brands in relatively small (as far as OTR products go) sizes. This year has seen the company source and deliver a complete collection of premium brand products and adjust its offering to include the larger (and more valuable) sizes of OTR product in addition to the budget and smaller sized tyres it has always sold. Together these two factors mean that, before the seventh month of 2010 is concluded, sales are already ahead of the company’s full-year 2009 result.

6th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

AP Loader Tyre Launch Sees Starco Move to Include Larger Range

Starco has decided to move further into the industrial segment and onto larger tyre sizes with the launch of its AP Loader XT product. In the past the company has mainly focused on handling tyres and complete wheels for the smaller end of industrial applications – but now, say company representatives “it is time to move on.” The strategy is to become an important player in the market on all industrial tyres – expanding the program from forklift and dumper tyres into the OTR segments with Starco tyres.

As the general trend in the market for OTR tyres continues to move from bias to radial products Starco has opted to develop its range of own brand Starco radial OTR tyres. The first tyres to be introduced were the treads with the most versatile applications otherwise known as the AP Loader XT – AP being short for all purpose, and XT indicating the type of tread pattern.

5th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

“It is not difficult to define CITExpo as a very internationalised show compared to other industry shows”: Fong

With Shanghai's CITExpo 2010 fast approaching, Wilko Fong – managing director of event organiser Reliable International Exhibition Services – gave a question and answer session covering the make-up of the show's exhibitors, its visitors, the focal theme of this year's show, and related events such as the massive Shanghai Expo 2010 and the Automotive Testing Expo, which takes place in the week following CITExpo in Beijing.

1st July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Eighth CITExpo to Open with Chinese Tyre Exports Continuing to Rise

Wilko Fong, the managing director of Reliable International Exhibition Services, is buoyant about the upcoming CITExpo 2010. Suggesting that the recent economic turmoil has come to an end, Fong believes the worldwide economies are on the up and one of the areas in which this has been most prevalent has been the tyre industry, especially in China, which has become the top ranked tyre exporting country. According to export figures released by Chinese customs, Fong continues, in the first quarter of 2010 the quantity and value of exported tyres to Latin America, Europe and Asean has risen from 20 to 40 per cent from the major ports, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin. “We can also observe the recovering market from the enthusiasm of the exhibitors and pre-registered visitors of CITExpo 2010,” he continued.

30th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors