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Birla to Establish Sri Lanka Carbon Black Plant

Sri Lanka has been named as the location for the Birla Group’s new carbon black facility. The company, one of India’s largest corporations, looks likely to invest RS 4.8 billion (US$120 million) in the plant, which will be located in the country’s south, within the Koggala Export Processing Zone.

“The matter has been under discussions since last year. Aditya Birla Group is likely to go ahead with its proposed $120 million investment on the carbon black plant in Koggala Export Processing Zone, in southern Sri Lanka,” an official was quoted as saying. In a statement Birla said it expects to be granted the clearance to proceed subsequent to a recent meeting between Sri Lankan Minister for Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Sarath Amunugama and senior Birla Group executives.

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BFNAT Discusses New Tech Centre

Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire wants a new technical centre, and is considering either building new facilities in Akron, Ohio or Nashville, Tennessee, or trying to rehabilitate its nearly 100-year-old existing facility in south Akron. The tyremaker, which has some 1,000 employees in Akron and about 600 working in the technical centre, has begun talks with Akron and Nashville officials about possible solutions. BFNAT plans to reach a final recommendation in May, and, with the approval of the boards of both Bridgestone Americas Holding and parent Bridgestone Corporation, announce its plans this autumn.

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Bridgestone Acquires Asian Retail Outlets

Bridgestone’s retail network in Asia has been boosted through the acquisition of operations in Thailand and Malaysia. Bridgestone Holdings (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (BSHT), a joint capital investment between Thai Bridgestone and a local partner, acquired Shell Autoserv (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SAT) from the Shell Group on February 4. SAT owns 64 “Shell Autoserv” stores in the capital city Bangkok and in other locations throughout the country, an independent network providing car maintenance service including tyre and lubricant sales. In addition to the Thai transaction, Bridgestone also announced an agreement between Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) SDN.BHD. (BSTM) and Shell Group for the BTSM acquisition of eight “Shell Autoserv” car maintenance stores in Malaysia.

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PCL ‘Dedicated’ to Sheffield

Pneumatic Components Ltd (PCL) has declared its loyalty to Sheffield by displaying the city’s “mark of origin and quality” on its products. Created by local businesses and organisations, including the Chamber of Commerce, The Made in Sheffield Mark is a symbol of the city’s ongoing commitment to quality and excellence.

The past five years have seen dramatic changes as PCL strengthens its global leadership in tyre inflation equipment and services, and establishes itself as a leading provider of pneumatic products. This has been achieved with the development of a strong range of new products, including the electronic tyre inflation ranges, air tool and air treatment ranges.

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Serbia Bans Imports of Used Tyres

Serbia banned used tyre imports on 1 February, apparently due to “environmental concerns,” Environmental Protection Ministry officials stated. Online news reports quote tyre producers as saying that they would ask for licences to continue to import used tyres, because they are needed as a basis for making their own products. According to the reports, tyre imports have steadily decreased over the years and the minimal amount used for production purposes is disposed of according to all ecological standards.

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CMA & Double Coin Announce New Brand Image

A new look is being rolled out by CMA, LLC and Double Coin tyres in the US by way of a new logo design and brand positioning. The new image, reports the North American distributor of the Chinese made brand, represents the changing dynamics of the organisations and the products, while the new logos provide the backbone of a new marketing campaign and strategy.

“The new CMA logo will match our business target of a progressive, modern corporation” CMA’s president, Mike Yang, said. “CMA’s business has changed since its formation as an organisation in 1997. This new logo represents our growth and future direction.” Aaron Murphy, vice president of CMA, added: “CMA has been known as a cutting-edge manufacturer and supplier. As we energise our marketing and manufacturing to position ourselves as a Tier 2 supplier, the perception of our image must match.”

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Kraiburg Names Holger Düx as Sales and Marketing Manager

Kraiburg has announced that Holger Düx became its Retreading Material sales and marketing manager in January. The 39 year-old has been working for the Austrian company for six years, initially as sales manager for Italy and from 2006 as the regional sales manager for South-Western Europe. In the new scope of his duties Holger Düx takes over from the previous sales and marketing manager, Frank Gregory, who left Kraiburg Austria at the end of last year to take on new professional challenges.

“I am looking forward to my new area of responsibility and would like to play an active role in satisfying the requirements of our partners, in the retreading sector and in Kraiburg product and service quality. I am certain that we will enjoy success with our newly designed pre-cure tread product range, consisting of the three product lines, K_base, K_tech and K_plus,” Holger Düx commented.

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CTNA Drawing Profits from Passenger/LCV Segments

Continental Tire North America says its passenger/light truck tyre division will finish 2007 in the black for the first time in a decade. CTNA CEO Matthias Schonberg and Andreas Gerstenberger, executive vice president of sales and marketing for the unit, shared the news with trade media on February 1. While exact figures are not available yet, the pair assured that CTNA’s passenger/light truck tyre unit ended 2007 with a profit. There was no word on the financial results of CTNA’s commercial tyre business.

Contributing to the group’s results was accelerated sales of General brand products in North America, they said, driven by the General Altimax powerline introduced last year. CTNA officials said some 1.2 million Altimax units were sold in 2007, far exceeding expectations. Production rationalisation in North America, the expansion of CTNA’s plant in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and the addition of a new plant in Brazil also helped drive the year’s results, they said.

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Micheldever Develops Two-Wheel Efforts

The Micheldever name is well known across the tyre trade. As one of the leading UK wholesalers, Micheldever reports a turnover of £230 million, generated by selling a total of 7 million tyres each year. However, the fact that 70,000 of these are two-wheel products is something could easily be overlooked amongst all the masses of passenger (PCR) and 4×4 tyres that pass through the company each year. To those in the PCR tyre trade, this kind of volume may sound relatively small for a leading wholesaler, however in terms of the national two-wheel tyre market, this 70,000 tyres equates to just under 10 per cent share of the market. What’s more, the business has been operating at this level for the last three to four years, and as a motorbike tyre wholesaler for a decade.

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US OTR Tyre Manufacturer Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plans

Manufacturer of OTR tyres for the mining, construction and port handling industries, American Tire Corporation (ATC), has finalised the development plans for its new factory. It intends to place a total investment of US$500 million into the Washington based facility, a 130 acre site housing seven manufacturing plants, two warehouses, a distribution centre and a research and training building.

These ambitious plans were announced on February 3 and are intended to aid in the expansion of the company’s US operations and the development of a more “aggressive” growth strategy in the OTR tyre sector. According to a press release published on the PRWeb website, ATC will “build the most advanced tyre-building machines and vulcanising machines on site.” All related equipment, construction and raw materials will reportedly be procured via tender during the first half of this year. ATC is inviting tyre equipment and raw material manufacturers, along with construction companies, to submit offers before March 31.

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Cambrian Tyres Launches New Website

2008 sees the launch of a new Cambrian Tyres website (www.cambriantyres.co.uk). According to the company, the site enables consumers to enquire about their nearest stockist and dealers can have access to the latest special offers, trade only data and resources; whilst all visitors can see the latest news from all seven brands along with videos, fitment guides and lots more.

Cambrian Tyres, one of the leading UK motorcycle tyre distributors, says it continues to offer its dealer’s “unsurpassed exclusive special offers” and unrivalled customer service. According to the company, this is down to the company’s bulk buying power capabilities and a dealer-centred philosophy. From our early days, our target of being a ‘one stop tyre shop’ for dealers has been realised as we have become the leading purchaser of each of the big seven tyre brands to the UK motorcycle market.

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Goodyear Launches New Assurance Tyre

Goodyear Tire & Rubber is to add a third product offering to its Assurance line of tyres. The announcement was made during the Goodyear Dealer Conference, an annual gathering of the company’s North American retail network.

The new tyre, named Assurance, is a mid-tier product in Goodyear’s passenger tyre family, joining the brand’s two premium offerings in that segment: Assurance ComforTred and Assurance TripleTred. The new tyre will initially be offered in the US in 27 sizes at Goodyear retail outlets and independent tire dealerships by the end of March.

The Assurance is available in tyre sizes ranging from 15- to 17-inch rim diameters. The initial size offering covers 80 per cent of the targeted vehicle group, and includes popular vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Taurus, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry and many more.

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Goodyear Launches DuraSeal for Trailer Tyres

Three years have past since Goodyear first released its DuraSeal puncture resistance technology, and at a US and Canadian dealer conference on February 1 the company announced it is adapting the self-sealing system for commercial tyres for use on long-haul trucks; the latest DuraSeal product to join Goodyear’s commercial tyre family is the G316 LHT line-haul trailer tyre.

Already proven in mixed-service applications, such as logging, construction and mining, the technology uses a gel-like, solvent-free compound built into the tyre’s inner liner that instantly seals punctures by flowing into void areas and around objects. Officials at Goodyear claim the technology as a unique product, stating that no other tyre manufacturer offers commercial tyres with built-in sealant. “The technology transfer into line-haul trucking is significant,” said Steve McClellan, vice president of Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. “DuraSeal in the G316 LHT helps reduce fleet downtime, helps lower a company’s cost of operation and enhances retreadability.

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Car Dealers and Fast Fits Charge 50% More than Independents

New research produced by Birmingham-based aftermarket research specialists, Encircle Marketing, shows that car dealerships are able to sell tyres at up to 50 per cent more than local retailers. According to the data, details of which are exclusively published in this month’s Tyres & Accessories, the “average” UK passenger car tyre costs £79.79, with only fast fits and car dealership exceeding this ceiling – charging averages of £89.72 and £94.21 respectively.

The report confirms the widely publicised belief that local dealerships sell tyres at the cheapest prices in the market (£62.62), 15 per cent lower than average. The data T&A has seen doesn’t draw any conclusions as to why garages and fast-fits are able to charge prices roughly 50 per cent higher than local independents.

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Amtel-Vredestein & Sibur Hold Business Combination Discussions

A statement released by Amtel-Vredestein on January 31 indicates the company has entered preliminary discussions with Sibur Holding Joint-Stock Company regarding a possible business combination with its Sibur-Russian Tyres subsidiary. As a result of such a business combination, says Amtel-Vredestein, Sibur may become one of the principal shareholders in the combined business through the issue of new equity.

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