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MOT tests need tightening up not dumbing down, if the views of respondents to Tyres & Accessories’ August poll are anything to go by. Last month visitors to T&A’s tyrepress.com website were asked if tyre age should be inspected as part of... -
BTMA Elects Conti Boss New Chairman
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Monza to Provide “Emotional” Final European GP for Bridgestone
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General Tire Drives Grabber AT Into European Market
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Auto Express Tests: Sava Offering Quieter, Fuel-Efficient Ride
While it finished tenth out of twelve overall in Auto Express’s tyre tests, Slovenia’s Sava – part of the Goodyear Dunlop group – scored particularly well in the noise test, beating all the other contenders, and was ranked in second place in... -
Eurotire Becomes Global PressurePro Distributor
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Apollo Reports African Operations Halted by Strike
Apollo Tyres has notified the Bombay Stock Exchange that employees at its factories in Africa have joined a nationwide industry strike organised by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). Apollo states that “consequent upon... -
ContiSportContact 3 Tops Auto Express Tyre Test
The ContiSportContact 3 has won this year’s Auto Express test, the second time in a row a Continental brand tyre has won what is arguably Britain’s most popular annual tyre ranking. That said Michelin’s Pilot Sport 3 was just 0.6 per cent off... -
Toyo Breaks Ground on China Plant
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B-Quik Expands Despite Unrest in Thailand
B-Quik, Thailand's biggest independent automotive repair organization, saw revenue grow over 30 per cent in the first 6 months of 2010, this despite the unrest in the Thai capital in the month of May. The company has opened two new stores so far this year (one on the island of Phuket and one in Bangkok) and now operates through 64 outlets. For the second half of the year another seven new stores are confirmed and three more are pending.... -
Belshina to Establish Brazil Presence
Belarus based tyre maker Belshina intends to establish an office for distributing its products in Brazil this year. Parent company Belneftekhim reports the office will be located in Sao Paulo and is scheduled to open this autumn. The Brazil office will distribute a wide range of Belshina products on the Brazilian market, including truck and agricultural tyres – products the company notes are most in demand there. -
Sri Lanka Encourages Tyre Rubber Production
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Cuban Retreader Poligom Output 56,900 tyres in 2009
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South African Anti-Dumping Decision "Means Level Playing Field"
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Apollo Tyres Planning China Expansion
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Reports: Petlas to Expand Car Tyre Output
Turkish tyre manufacturer Petlas Lastik is planning to significantly expanding its passenger car tyre production capacity. According to local news reports, the company’s tyre manufacturing finance manager, Vahit Unal told reporters that the company will invest $50 million to more than double the company’s 2005 car tyre capacity. “While in 2005 [we attained] exports of $16 million, in 2008 this figure reached $93 million. In the last 2.5... -
Reports: Michelin to Relocate, Expand China Plant
Michelin is seeking Chinese government approval to relocate its Shenyang plant to a larger site to allow for capacity expansion, according to a China Daily report. "We have to relocate the Shenyang factory for a really big capacity expansion in both truck and bus tyres as well as passenger car tyres, considering the growing demand in China's automobile market," Michelin managing general partner Michel Rollier is quoted as saying. -
Conti Sime Opens Malacca BestDrive Outlet, Celebrates Dealer’s 70th Anniversary
Chop Swee Hoe and Continental Sime Tyre Sdn. Bhd. (CST) opened a new BestDrive Continental Passenger Car & Light Truck (PLT) Centre in Malacca (the third smallest state in Malaysia) on 23 May, 2010. According to Choong Kee Seng, sales and marketing director of CST, the BestDrive PLT centre empowers partners with the ability to make use of this brand to become positioned as uniform, specialised tyre dealers catering for the premium customer... -
ContiTech Opens Brazil Factory
Contitech has opened a new production facility in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, for textile and steel-cord conveyor belts, creating a stronger foundation for the company’s activities in the Central and South American region. The new 5,000m2 facility is designed to produce 300km of textile and steel-cord conveyor belting annually and has created over 60 new jobs. The total amount invested so far by ContiTech in the factory, machinery and equipment...
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