Tyrepress.com http://www.tyrepress.com/ en-gb {debug} Tyres and Accesories" /> http://www.tyrepress.com/files.php?file= http://www.tyrepress.com/ http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24449.html News 2012-02-03 08:21:00 Celebrity news and gossip site tmz.com reports Mel Gibson has settled the tyre tech-related lawsuit brought against him by Nader Sherif. The settlement involves Gibson’s payment of an undisclosed sum to Sherif, and further details have not been made public. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24408.html News 2012-01-30 15:23:00 Goodyear has been present in Turkey for half a century now, however the tyre maker hints it may need a little persuasion to maintain its production facilities there. In an interview with Istanbul-based daily Hürriyet, Goodyear’s EMEA Commercial Business Unit vice-president Michel Rzonzef said the cost of tyre production in Turkey is too high despite a weakening of the Turkish lira’s value; this is creating an impediment to new tyre investments. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24407.html News 2012-01-30 15:08:00 Lanxess may still a year away from moving into its new home, yet anybody passing by the future site of the company’s global headquarters in Cologne, Germany will be left with no doubt as to whose digs it is. The specialty chemicals company has renamed the former Lufthansa building, which is currently undergoing renovations ahead of the arrival of Lanxess’ employees in the second half of 2013, and from now on it will be known as the Lanxess Tower. The name was chosen from more than 600 staff suggestions. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24404.html News 2012-01-30 14:33:00 On 27 January Michelin unveiled the first set of specially designed race tyres for the Project 56 DeltaWing vehicle that will compete in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. And the tyre maker says that just one look at the tyres, and their “unique” size, makes the radical nature of the US group’s prototype design obvious. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24400.html News 2012-01-30 07:28:00 A new Infinity range is scheduled for release later this year. The tyre maker has disclosed little about the asymmetric pattern high performance, UHP, 4x4 and van line-up, however Jorge Crespo, European general manager for Infinity Tyres, reports it will be unveiled to dealers at the Infinity Partners Day in Beijing, China at the start of May before its first public showing at June’s Reifen 2012 show in Germany. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/firestone_sponsored_award_given_to_countryfile_star.html News 2012-01-27 17:07:00 Firestone has presented its sponsored Farming Personality of 2011 Award, to celebrity farmer, Adam Henson for his services to the industry. The prize, awarded in conjunction with Farm Business Magazine, was awarded to Henson at a ceremony at the House of Commons. Firestone and Farm Business said the star of BBC1’s Countryfile as a result of the work he has done to bridge the gap from 'farm to fork', in addition to his passion for farming. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24395.html News 2012-01-27 11:39:00 The point-S organisation has made the headlines again. Following the dismissal of point S Germany’s managing director Jürgen Benz last December, a move that took many by surprise, point S France now appears to have interesting times ahead as it distances itself from the most important player in the nation’s tyre market: Michelin. French media sources report a “thunderclap in the tyre world,” in which point S in France has failed to reach a consensus with Michelin regarding terms and conditions for the coming year and as a result has excluded tyres sourced directly from the market leader from its range. Michelin reportedly accounted for at least 40 per cent of the point S operation in France’s total turnover, thus market observers view the organisation’s decision as quite a dangerous one. But where exactly lies the danger? http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24393.html News 2012-01-27 11:22:00 Although Michelin reportedly needs to increase output at its Nyiregyhaza plant in Hungary at least 400 per cent to remain competitive, a question mark now hangs over when and if previously planned expansion work will take place. On 25 January business daily Vilaggazdasag quoted the general director of Michelin’s Hungarian unit, John Young, as saying the tyre maker had put its expansion plans on hold due to legal and financial uncertainties in Hungary. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24360.html News 2012-01-25 09:31:00 Discussions are currently underway over plans to extend the French rail network with a new, second high speed line between Paris and Lyon. The project is known as the LGV POCL (short for Paris, Orléans, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon), and at present four potential routes are being evaluated. The decision ultimately arrived at is, French media sources indicate, of high interest to Michelin, whose headquarters are situated in Clermont-Ferrand. Michelin managing partner Michel Rollier is reported to have described the POCL line as key to Clermont-Ferrand’s continued attractiveness to the tyre maker. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/24349.html News 2012-01-24 08:53:00 A fifth production unit for producing tyre tread blacks is to be added Orion Engineered Carbons’ facility in Yeosu, South Korea. The new unit will increase the plant’s annual output by 36 tonnes to a total of 188 tonnes. The project is expected to be complete in May 2013. According to Dietmar Balschukat, Orion's Asia-Pacific region general manager, the fifth unit will also produce carbon blacks for export, particularly to Japan and China.