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You are here: Home1 / Poll2 / 20173 / December

Interstate Tire & Rubber insolvency linked to non-payment by Austrian tyre wholesaler

Company News

According to an official report on the insolvency of Interstate Tire & Rubber Company BV, the direct cause of the firm’s bankruptcy was the non-payment of invoices by a customer, an Austrian tyre wholesaler named in the document as Bruckmüller GmbH.

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  1. TBC Corporation acquires Interstate brand marketing rights
  2. Interstate Tire & Rubber enters insolvency proceedings
  3. Fintyre Group employee pay ‘coming’, restarting business operations a priority
  4. Buyers found for 2 more Fintyre businesses in Germany
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Falken Tyre Europe’s Nishino to head Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ Turkish tyre plant

Career Tracks

Masatsugu Nishino has been named the new president of Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ factory in Turkey. Currently chief executive officer of Falken Tyre Europe, a position he has held since April 2015, Nishino will take up his new role with Sumitomo Rubber AKO Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. on 1 January 2018. Nishino’s successor as Falken Tyre Europe’s CEO has been named as Mitsuteru Tanigawa, who will assume the position from January.

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  1. Mitsuteru Tanigawa announced as new Falken Tyre Europe CEO
  2. Falken Tyre becomes Liverpool FC partner
  3. Falken’s new A-rated Sincera SN110 tyre targets mass market cars
  4. Falken appoints new head of European marketing
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

UK commercial vehicle manufacturing declines by a third in November

UK News

UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing fell -34.6 per cent in November, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 6,312 vans, trucks, buses and coaches left production lines last month; the SMMT comments that declining business confidence and fluctuating buying cycles continued to affect production volumes.

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  1. September commercial vehicle registrations rise 12.4 per cent
  2. Van and truck sales up in March
  3. Growth continues in CV market
  4. Local demand drives up UK commercial vehicle production
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Fire Fences in red hot form to win Firestone’s Battle of the Bands

Company News, UK News

An unsigned Cardiff rock band is dreaming of a massive fan-base and headline gigs at the Millennium Stadium after beating more than 300 grassroots entries to win Firestone’s Battle of the Bands competition.

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  1. Firestone launches third Battle of the Bands contest for unsigned UK musicians
  2. Dedicated brand managers join Bridgestone, Firestone teams
  3. Firestone sponsors Birmingham Barclaycard Arena’s stage for unsigned acts
  4. Firestone’s UK partnership with Barclaycard Arena continues
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Hankook Tyre UK’s ‘No. 1’ employee Ian Mayoll retiring

Career Tracks

Following a long career in the tyre industry and after 25 years’ service at Hankook, former sales manager Ian Mayoll will retire from the company on 31 December 2017. Mayoll was the company’s first UK employee and has been instrumental in the growth of Hankook Tyre UK over the past two and a half decades.

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  1. Hankook appoints new UK managing director
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  3. Hankook names Burkhill for northern UK role
  4. Hankook Tyre UK appoints new TBR sales manager, as Thorp retires
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Nokian Heavy Tyres lifting production capacity by 50%

Company News

Through an investment of around 70 million euros in its factory in Nokia, Finland, Nokian Tyres group company Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd. will increase its production capacity by 50 per cent over the coming three years. The maximum capacity for heavy tyre production will grow from approximately 20 million kilogrammes a year to 32 million kilogrammes. Alongside this capacity boost, approximately 50 additional people will be hired for the production of heavy tyres.

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  1. Nokian Tyres building off-highway tyre R&D centre
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  3. Nokian announces €1.45 per share dividend for 2013
  4. Nokian Tyres adjusting output in Russia, freezes hiring at new USA plant
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Twaron Aramid capacity to grow more than 25%

Company News

Teijin Aramid intends to increase production capacity for its Twaron fibre by more than 25 per cent. This additional capacity will become fully available by the end of 2022.

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  4. Capacity to double at Magna Tyres’ Netherlands plant – again
22nd December 2017/by Stephen

Toyo Tokyo Auto Salon stand features Block and Baldwin

International News

Toyo is aiming to turn heads at the Tokyo Auto Salon. The headliners are Ken Block and BJ Baldwin, who, if you are into motorsports and have access to YouTube, need no introduction. Between the two of them, they are not only responsible for millions of views on their extraordinary videos, but are simultaneously two of the most successful racers in their respective sports.

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  1. Toyo exhibits global racing pedigree with Ken Block, BJ Baldwin at Tokyo Auto Salon
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  4. Toyo extends football sponsorship programme with German, Japanese deals
21st December 2017/by Chris

GRI installs first Marangoni Machine in Sri Lanka

International News, Product News

GRI reports that it is the first industrial tyre manufacturer in Sri Lanka to employ the benefits of the latest model of Marangoni Alpha Agrifast Italy. According to the company, this machine is “a compact, user friendly and advanced extruder server that is interfaced to tyre building bay drums for producing components such as tread base, tread cap, sidewalls all with joint less, in real time with the highest degree of accuracy and at high speed”. This machine is to be utilized at GRI’s latest state-of-the-art factory in Sri Lanka, set to commence production in January 2018. This brand-new factory will be the largest in Sri Lanka dedicated to produce specialty tyres and the first to produce radial agriculture tyres.

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  1. Marangoni investing $75 million Sri Lanka industrial capacity
  2. GRI appoints new chairman and CEO
  3. GRI acquires Nortire OU
  4. GRI launches new website
21st December 2017/by Chris

Survey finds garages are unaware about benefits of an up-to-date management system

UK News

Almost 80 per cent of independents have been using the same garage management system for more than three years and risk “getting left behind by the dealer networks”, according to TechMan.

The findings, which were revealed in a survey of independent garages, also show that a staggering 40 per cent have had the same management system for more than five years, with just 13 per cent having switched in the last year.

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  1. e-jobsheet.com available as a standalone free trial
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21st December 2017/by admin

Exol introduces Harvest LV UTTO

Product News, UK News

Exol Lubricants has launched a new synthetic off-highway universal oil for transmissions, hydraulics, final drives and wet brakes named Harvest LV UTTO.

The new addition is a fully synthetic, low viscosity, universal tractor transmission oil specially designed to provide long drain performance in a wide variety of off-highway applications.

Harvest LV UTTO offers many benefits including improved anti-squawk performance in brake systems, excellent oxidation stability, and outstanding anti-w

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21st December 2017/by admin

National Auto Parts launches new wheel hub bearing kits

Product News, UK News

National Auto Parts, the clutch and brake specialist, has launched its new wheel hub bearing kits range, further increasing its UK and European car parc coverage to more than 95 per cent.

Backed by a two-year/20,000-mile guarantee, the range features 50 new part numbers for front and rear, covering 100 applications from some of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, including Volvo, BMW, Peugeot and Ford.

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21st December 2017/by admin

Midwest celebrates home win with Walsall F.C.

UK News

West Midlands based automotive parts distributor, Midwest Motor Factors, celebrated with sponsored Sky Bet league one football team, Walsall F.C last week as they triumphed in their match against Scunthorpe United F.C.

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  1. 200th branch for Euro Car Parts
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  4. RAC and Euro Car Parts form 500 branch-strong independent garage network
21st December 2017/by Chris

OICA: TPMS will save 14.5 million tons of CO2 annually

International News, Product News

Since 2014, new cars in the EU need to be equipped with Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS). There are two types of systems, hardware based direct TPMS (dTPMS) and software based iTPMS (something that was previously commonly known as in-direct TPMS). The purpose of the study was to investigate whether both types of TPMS serve their purpose, lead to properly inflated tyres, hence reducing CO2-emission and increasing traffic safety.

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21st December 2017/by Chris

General Tire donates to Children’s Air Ambulance

UK News

General Tire, supported by Micheldever Tyre Services, has raised £14,000 for the Children’s Air Ambulance since they formed a partnership two years ago.

The current total has been achieved thanks to an on-going commitment from the MTS network of General Tire independent tyre dealers fundraising at individual business sites, as well as funds donated from various General Tire events.

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  1. Micheldever and tyre manufacturers raise £7000 in charity auction
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21st December 2017/by Chris
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