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Continental celebrates decade-long partnership with RushLift
11th February 2025Continental Tyres is celebrating decades of ongoing business with Rushlift, which supplies ground support equipment (GSE) and maintenance services at major UK airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham.
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Cimcorp celebrates 50th anniversary of milestone
11th February 20252025 marks the 50-year anniversary of Cimcorp’s first commercial robot sale. The company that started life as Rosenlew Automation has grown into a global market leader in intralogistics automation, including applications in the tyre industry.
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ATS Euromaster considering closure of 86 tyre retail centres in the UK
ATS Euromaster, the Michelin-owned UK tyre retail business, is consulting on the closure of 86 of its centres. In answer to questions from Tyres & Accessories, a company spokesperson confirmed the specific number of branches being considered and explained that the plans come in “a UK automotive aftermarket context of overcapacity”. Furthermore, as well as consulting on the subject of the closures, company representatives confirmed that all appropriate support would be given to those affected
Continue ReadingContinental to launch EcoContact 7 and 7 S – its ‘most efficient’ car tyres yet
Continental will launch the EcoContact 7 and EcoContact 7 S summer tyres in 2025, products it is calling its most efficient ever. Featuring Conti’s latest efficiency-boosting technologies, the new EcoContact series tyres predominantly achieve EU tyre label ratings of A for rolling resistance, as well as A or B for wet braking and rolling noise, and are suitable for both electric vehicles, indicated by the Continental EV Compatible logo, and internal combustion engine (ICE) powered cars. The ty
Continue ReadingGoodyear completes sale of OTR tyre business to Yokohama
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has completed the previously announced sale of its off-the-road (OTR) tyre business to The Yokohama Rubber Company Ltd, effective 3 February 2025, in an all-cash transaction valued at $905 million. The two companies’ deal was initially announced on 22 July 2024. For its part, Goodyear intends to use transaction proceeds to reduce leverage and fund initiatives in connection with the Goodyear Forward transformation plan. Yokohama Rubber plans to include the acq
Continue ReadingTrump imposing 10% and 25% import tariffs on Chinese and Mexican goods respectively
Making good on his earlier promise to impose levies on Chinese, Canadian and Mexican-produced goods entering the USA, President Donald Trump announced over the weekend of 1-2 February that he is indeed implementing tariffs of 10 per cent on Chinese goods and 25 per cent on good coming from Canada and Mexico effective 4 February 2025. That news was followed up with suggestions of further tariffs against the European Union “soon”. The combination of the two actions sent European share prices d
Continue ReadingThought leadership: Why a hearing could end up with both legislators and competitors listening
People often throw around terms like "thought leadership" without the accompanying evidence to make an impact. However, every once in a while, an example of thought leadership emerges by itself. The recent appearance of Michelin chief executive Florent Menegaux before a hearing of the French Economic Commission feels like that. What stands out from the hearing is that Michelin is overtly facing both the hard realities of lost market share as well as the difficulties of being competitive while
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