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Yokohama Tyres sponsors popular Santa Dash for Milton Keynes hospice
11th December 2024Yokohama Tyres will sponsor the Willen Hospice Santa Dash in Milton Keynes on Sunday 15 December. The 2km run (or walk) around Willen North Lake, a tradition for many families in the city, begins at 10:30, with arrivals from 10:00. Yokohama will participate with a team of three Santas, as well as handing out goody bags and displaying an Advan-branded Honda Civic Type R. Willen Hospice must raise £8.7 million annually to provide free services to support people in the local community during often difficult times.
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Nexen Tire sponsors FC Bayern München
12th December 2024Nexen Tire has announced a strategic global marketing partnership with Germany’s premier football club, Bayern München, which will commence in the second half of the 2024-2025 season. FC Bayern München is one of the most successful clubs in Germany’s Bundesliga, having won a record six Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League titles.
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Michelin: The work at the heart of the Brembo cooperation is ‘breakthrough’ technology
T&A asks Serge Lafon, President of the Business Line Automotive Original Equipment at Michelin about access and commercialisation of the technology The news that Michelin and Brembo are cooperating on smart tyre and braking technology, which already points to a 4-metre improvement in stopping performance is quite a headline-grabbing in itself. But how is that […]
Continue ReadingVredestein extends summer tyre mileage by up to 30% with new Ultrac+
Apollo Tyres will launch the new Vredestein Ultrac+ summer tyre in January 2025, with a dramatic improvement in longevity over the outgoing Ultrac. Apollo says the new tyre delivers an increase in mileage of “up to 30 per cent” and a 3 per cent improvement in rolling resistance while maintaining its predecessor’s highly rated comfort and competitive wet and dry handling capabilities. The new Vredestein Ultrac+ range will extend
Continue ReadingTracey Mortimer promoted to managing director of Continental Tyre Group UK and Ireland
Continental Tyres has appointed Tracey Mortimer as managing director of its UK and Ireland tyre business. Mortimer will assume leadership of the manufacturer’s UK division on 1 January 2025, replacing Tarik Görgün who is relocating to the US with his family. Tracey Mortimer has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and has held senior consumer and commercial tyre sector roles at Continental Tyres. Over the course of her
Continue ReadingCeat buys Camso bias tyres and tracks business from Michelin
CEAT and Michelin have entered into a definitive agreement for Ceat to acquire the Michelin-owned Camso brand’s off-highway construction equipment bias tyre and tracks business from Michelin in a $225 million deal. The transaction includes the business with revenues of around $213 million in 2023 as well as “global ownership of the Camso brand along with two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities”.
Continue ReadingThe many businesses of BBS Automotive owner Sahin
Big words, little action. Turkish businessman Ilkem Sahin appeared on our radar late in 2023 as a potential rescuer of insolvent German wheel manufacturer BBS Automotive GmbH, but what a difference a year has made. As our German sister publication notes, the name Ilkem Sahin has become a “red rag” to the company’s employees. This is because the new owner and managing director led the firm from its fourth insolvency into its fifth within a very short space of time.
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