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Yesterday, Pirelli chairman and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera and the firm’s top management were received by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, to mark the 140th anniversary of the company’s foundation in 1872.
Corghi has launched a new app for the iPad, an interactive tool for discovering and browsing the Italian brand's product range. Corghi revealed a preview version of the app at the Automechanika show in Germany, and Corghi says it received an “enthusiastic response and positive comments” from visitors who “couldn't wait to try this tool.” The Italian manufacturer says the app will change the way clients interact with the Corghi world.
The TAFF Awards winners were announced last night during the NTDA's annual dinner at the Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester. Contested between the world's five largest manufacturers, Continental Tyre Group came out on top in the Tyre Manufacturer of the Year category. Michelin prevailed in two categories, winning the product innovation award for its new Energy + tyre, while its advertising campaign, "The right tyre changes everything" featuring the Primacy 3 tyre was given the Industry Advertising Campaign Award. B.I.T.S. was crowned Wholesaler of the Year, regaining its crown from Stapleton's. In the other awards, Pang UK is 2012's Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year, Sapphire Energy Recovery was given the Environmental Award and ATS Euromaster (Brighton West) won Tyre Centre of the Year.
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Indian financial daily The Economic Times states that Apollo Tyres is “in the process” of acquiring Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. The publication’s 11 October news is based on “sources with direct knowledge” of the deal; these sources indicated to The Economic Times that the acquisition could be valued at between US$600 and $800 million and give Apollo a majority share. When Tyres & Accessories contacted Apollo Tyres directly in relation to the news, the tyre maker’s Corporate Brands & Relations manager Rohit Sharan said Apollo “would not comment on market speculation.”
India’s Ministry of Finace has implemented anti-dumping duties on cross-ply tyres imported from China and Thailand. The duty will be in place for five years; tyres imported from Thailand will attract duties of $0.86/kg, while most cross-ply tyres from China will be liable to duties of $1.31/kg. Tyres produced in China by Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co Ltd will have a lower $1.12/kg duty.
Czech tyre maker Mitas has signed a contract with CNH-Kamaz Industry LLC, the Russian manufacturer of Case IH and New Holland tractors and harvesters, to supply tyres throughout the remainder of this year and in 2013. The deal was signed at the Agrosalon agricultural show in Moscow in the presence of Czech agriculture minister Petr Bendl. “I welcome the Czech company’s pioneering of the Russian agricultural sector, which has great potential,” stated Bendl.
This month Bridgestone Europe is launching a new advertising campaign to support its winter tyre range; the integrated multimedia campaign will be shown in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and is aimed at demonstrating how Bridgestone tyres keep “winter under control”.
Today is the third and final day of this year’s Brityrex show. The past two days have seen good visitor numbers at the new EventCity venue and Tyres & Accessories has enjoyed the opportunity to catch up on the latest UK industry news.
Yokohama Tire Corporation is recalling certain Yokohama Avid Touring S radials in the US due to “irregular geometry in the casing turn up area above the tire bead in the lower sidewall.” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a notice on the recall, which covers 215/65R16 98T SL size tyres produced between February and April 2009. In all, Yokohama reports that only 10,669 tyres are affected.
Goodyear is reducing production at its Fayetteville plant in the US for the second time in three months, reports Tire Review. The decision to decrease production is describes as a measure to “align production with inventory” in the slow North American tyre market.
It’s only a few months since German financial daily the Handelsblatt referred to Hankook as “an aggressive challenger” to Continental. On 9 October the newspaper reported on a challenge facing the German tyre maker from other quarters. In an interview, a senior Bridgestone manager let it be known that the global market leader also wants to play a leading role in Europe in future.
At June’s Reifen trade show in Germany, Falken Tyre Europe shared that Volkswagen had selected its Sincera SN831A in size 165/70R14 81T for its new compact model, the ‘Up!’. The car maker has now selected another Falken product as original equipment, this time for the Polo; in certain European markets the Eurowinter HS449 winter tyre will be fitted to the Polo in size 185/60 R15 85H.
Dated: SEP 28, 2012 Yokohama Tire Corporation (Yokohama) is recalling certain AVID Touring S tires, size 215/65R16 98T SL, produced between February 2009 and April 2009. The tires may have been produced with an irregula.. Related news: Yokohama Eco Display Wins US Exhibitor Award Yokohama Awarded for Samurai Ad Campaign Yokohama back for another year […]
The UK government Department for Transport (DfT) thinks the British tyre industry could take up to six months to catch up with all the necessary requirements for European tyre labelling compliance. Furthermore, the department's prevailing view is said to be that “heavy handed enforcement is not on the agenda” in the first half of the year following the introduction of the new rules. Their view is that the introduction of the law is not about a short term rush to change, but rather a long-term transformation of the way the market interacts with consumers in the same way as has taken place in the white goods industry over a decade.
Facebook has just announced that its membership has passed the one billion mark. A smaller, but nevertheless significant, milestone has also been reached by Nitto Tire – on 8 October the company announced that two million Facebook users are now fans of its facebook.com/nittotire page.
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