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ATS Euromaster doubles winter tyre order

ATS Euromaster has doubled its investment in cold weather tyres to more than £6 million for winter 2011/2012, with orders spread across a mix of premium, mid-range and budget brands. As a result the company reports that it will be stocking a range of sizes suitable for most makes of car and van. Last year the company spent around £3 million on winter tyre stocks.

Chris Hufflett, group operations director of ATS Euromaster, told Tyres & Accessories: “Last year the UK had its first real taste of cold weather tyres and they quickly became ‘hot ticket’ items – we could have sold our stock several times over. Long range forecasts for this winter point towards it being the fourth bad winter in succession. If this rings true, it will drive a very strong market for cold weather tyre sales across the board.

16th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Techking releases Ice King fuel efficient studable winter tyre

Tyre manufacturer Techking reports that the first batch of its Ice King winter tyres with studs comes out at the end of July. The product is designed for use in north Europe, Russia and Canada markets, where snow is heavy. According to the company, the pattern was designed based on the feedback from the local partners and some market study by Effiplus engineers.

15th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis snow tyre tops Dutch Government tests

The most recent version of ‘De Nieuwe Band’ (The New Tyre), a list of tyres commissioned by the Dutch Government to highlight winter tyres that are safe, fuel efficient and low noise, found that the Maxxis MA-PW was alone among the 45 tyres tested to already meet forthcoming EU standards for wet grip, rolling resistance co-efficient and rolling sound emission.

9th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Luxembourg introduces ‘winter tyres for winter conditions’ law

On July 29 the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg introduced a regulation making the use of winter tyres compulsory in certain weather conditions. As of October 1, 2012, cars will be required to have M+S marked tyres fitted when frost, ice, slush or packed snow is present; trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles will be required to have M+S tyres fitted to drive axles.

8th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Vianor enters Italian market

Nokian’s Vianor fast-fit network entered southern Europe on July 27 with the opening of an outlet in Montebelluna, Italy. This first Vianor outlet in the region is also the 800th centre the Finnish manufacturer has launched since the first opened for business more than a decade ago.

3rd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Infinity is growing’: Euro-Tyre MD talks Infinity, Reach and the future

During a recent drifting event in The Netherlands, Frank van Leeuwen, managing director of Euro-Tyre, spoke about the relationship between his company and Infinity Tyres, their future together, and their combined approach to European legislation.

2nd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Sibur assets go to Pirelli/Russian Technologies for 222M euros

On July 25 Pirelli, Russian Technologies and Sibur Holding signed an agreement to transfer the former Amtel-Vredestein Kirov passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyre plant to the joint venture formed by Pirelli and Russian Technologies on November 26, 2010. The transfer is to take place before November 2011; the agreement signed on July 25 also entails the transfer of further assets that should lift the joint-venture’s production capacity from seven million units – the Kirov plant’s capacity – to a total of 11 million units by 2014. The transfer of all these assets will take place in exchange for a total consideration of 222 million euros, divided on a pro-quota basis between the partners, with a payment of 55 million euros in 2011 and 167 million euros in 2012.

26th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

MoU for Conti’s Russian plant signed

In conjunction with the Russia-Germany summit held in Hannover on July 18 and 19, Continental’s CEO Dr. Elmar Degenhart and the governor of the Kaluga region in Russia, Anatoly Artamonov, signed a memorandum of understanding on the new passenger tyre plant Continental is to build in Kaluga. The tyre maker intends to invest some 220 million euros in the Kaluga factory; construction will get underway before the end of the year and the factory is expected to be ready for production in late 2013. The Russian government has pledged to support the new site.

25th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Nankang launches ESSN-1 winter tyre

Nankang Rubber Tire has launched a new asymmetric winter tyre, the ESSN-1. The manufacturer says the tyre offers superior performance in “all extreme winter conditions, including curvy roads covered in ice, wet, and snow”. The tyre has zigzag 3D siping to optimise tread element stiffness and handling. The outside tread pattern strengthens cornering manoeuvrability, and the inside enhances straight-line stability with riding comfort. It also benefits from a patent tread compound with stiff natural kernel powder, promoting “ice-lodging ability to enhance traction”.

14th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Federal delivers first Canadian winter tyre shipment

Taiwanese manufacturer Federal has announced that it has made the first shipment of its Himalaya WS2 winter tyre to Canada. The tyre, available in six sizes – 175/65R15, 195/65R15, 215/60R16, 205/55R16, 215/65R16 and 215/45R17 – is manufactured at its Jiang Xi Tires (JFT) plant in China. The shipment was purchased in March by Vancouver’s Uniwell International Enterprises Corp., and will be arriving at its warehouse in Canada on schedule by the end of July, according to Federal’s Global Sales Division director, Henry Lin: “We are very happy as the major trading company Uniwell International Enterprises Corp has made significant contribution to the wintry development.

11th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Internet gaining influence in Japan’s tyre market

In Japan, as elsewhere, the internet is growing in influence as a source of information for tyre purchasers. According to the according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2011 Japan Winter Tire Retailer Satisfaction Index Study, the percentage of Japanese consumers who say they rely on information from the internet while shopping for winter tyres has increased to 29 per cent in 2011, up seven percentage points from 2010, while the percentage of customers who say they purchased their winter tyres through the internet or mail order has increased to from nine per cent in 2010 to 13 per cent this year.

4th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Vee Rubber producing more than 25 million tyres

Vee Rubber has had a long period of sustained growth in the last two decades, and is now the employer of over 4,000 at its three large manufacturing facilities on the outskirts of Bangkok. Their combined production now exceeds 25 million tyres per annum, about half of which is now exported through branch offices throughout Asia, Western Europe, USA, Canada and Latin America.

1st July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Kaluga chosen as site for Conti’s Russia plant

Detailed information of Continental’s planned new factory in Russia has been released, and this shows that instead of selecting a site in the Ivanovo region as speculated, the new plant will be located in Kaluga, some 170 kilometres southwest of Moscow. In a press statement released July 1, Nikolai Setzer, head of the company’s Passenger and Light Truck Tires division and Continental AG Executive Board member, shared that the Kaluga plant will focus on meeting Continental’s strategic goal of achieving above-average and profitable growth, particularly in emerging markets.

1st July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone increasing domestic market TBR prices

Prices for new Bridgestone truck and bus tyres in the Japanese market are to rise by an average of 10 per cent as of September 1, while retreaded truck and bus tyre prices will simultaneously increase by five per cent. The increase applies to both summer and winter tyres.

1st July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Corporate and fanatic combine for festival of motorsport – Falken

The ADAC Nürburgring 24 hour race is wrapped up in both the corporate spending in making fast, reliable machines to conquer this most challenging of circuits and what Falken representatives describe as the “punk rock” aesthetic of the camping motorsport enthusiasts – and indeed some of the competitors, as evidenced by the famous Opel Ascona with the fox tail attachment. Speaking with event main sponsor and tyre-supplying participant Falken Tyres Europe, T&A understands the brand’s argument that the race’s blend of research and development opportunities, and the connection with fanatics (a quarter of a million trackside, without taking into account those keeping track on the internet and television) makes it one of the brand’s “most important” events. Falken Tyre Europe’s marketing director, Satoru Ushida explained that the company is keen to show its presence in Europe at such events as it establishes itself further, having taken over distribution of the brand from Goodyear Dunlop in 2009.

30th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors