
Goodyear lost $291 million in Q4 2023, but EMEA improvements
Goodyear’s fourth-quarter 2023 sales decreased 4.8 per cent compared to the previous year driven by “the impact of lower replacement volume and lower third-party chemical sales”. That and other factors resulted in a fourth-quarter 2023 net loss of $291 million compared to a net loss of $104 million – 180 per cent worse than the figure a year ago.
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Kumho appoints Tim Dougherty TBR national sales manager
Tim Dougherty has taken on the role of TBR national sales manager at Kumho Tyre UK. He joins the company from Bridgestone, where he served as sales manager, and brings with him nearly 30 years of tyre experience, all in the truck tyre sector.
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Bridgestone plant a ‘Factory of the Future’
Bridgestone Aircraft Tire Europe (BAE) has received a ‘Factory of the Future’ award for its facility in Frameries, Belgium. BAE is one of 17 firms honoured by Digital Wallonie, the Walloon Government’s digital strategy, at a ceremony that took place in Brussels on 8 February.
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Hold your horses – Attar tyres gallop into town
It has been a while since we last mentioned the KamaTyresKZ tyre factory in Kazakhstan, a joint venture between Russia’s Tatneft and vehicle manufacturer the Allur Group of Companies. The plant officially opened in December 2022 and is capable of making 3 million passenger vehicle tyres and 500,000 truck tyres a year at full capacity. KamaTyresKZ initially produced tyres under the Forza brand name but is now debuting a new brand – Attar.
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Conversions up 98% – Micheldever Group futureproofs its ecommerce
Micheldever Group is benefitting in a number of ways from an overhauled online presence. The company speaks of a “digital transformation” utilising CMS Storyblok and supported by digital agency Profound, a transformation that has resulted in “major commercial impact.”
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Michelin announces “very strong” 2023 results
Publishing its financial results for 2023, Michelin Group reports that “despite adverse market conditions and currencies” it achieved “high segment operating income” during the year. The company opines that this achievement underscores the resilience of its business model and its commitment to enhancing employee engagement and advancing sustainability initiatives.
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Michelin most prominent and best sentiment tyre brand in 2024
In 2005, Tyres & Accessories published the first in what would become a 12-year series of online brand prominence and sentiment analyses relating to the best-known tyre brands. That research was conducted in association with Envisional and latterly NetNames. Now, one of the brains behind the original data has developed “a new and improved methodology for quantifying brand prominence and sentiment”. Here, David Barnet, now brand protection strategist at intangible asset management specialists, Stobbs, presents the results of a new study looking at the online prominence and sentiment of tyre brands.
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Chinese tyre exports grew at double-digit rate in 2023
Chinese Customs tyre export data for December 2023 shows that the number of tyre exports in December increased by 610,000 units from last month, basically maintaining the same level as in November. However, the export value and export weight in December decreased by 300,000 yuan and 30,000 tons compared with the previous month. In other words, the increase in the number of lighter-weight tyres has not led to an increase in export value.
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Delphi and Everrati to deliver EV conversion training
Delphi is partnering with Everrati on exclusive new IMI TechSafe training from Delphi Academy focused on the electrification of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. It aims to share best practice advice for independent garages seeking new and exciting opportunities within the fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) electro-mod conversion market by tapping into Everrati’s widely recognised expertise.
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PCL showcases new demo van
PCL has invested in a brand new ‘Demo Van’. Its primary use will be to provide live demonstrations of products at customer premises. The vehicle will also enable the PCL team to demonstrate products to partners at its Sheffield-based factory, as well as further afield in the future at trade shows, open days and tyre safety events.
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moveero appoints global IT director
moveero has appointed Rich Bevan to the position of Global IT Director. Bevan joined moveero in 2018 as Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer, having spent his earlier career working in various senior roles - including IT operations specialist, and systems manager.
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Show your tyres some love this Valentine’s Day – Bridgestone
The UK’s vehicles and tyres need some more TLC, according to Bridgestone, with 73 per cent of motorists not even checking their tyres. A survey of 2000 drivers conducted by Bridgestone revealed that nearly three-quarters of drivers don’t check their treads or pressures themselves, either never thinking about it, leaving it to the garage to do or asking their partners to check instead.
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Continental EcoContact 7 arriving in 2 versions
Continental introduced its EcoContact 6 in autumn 2018, expanding the line-up approximately three years later with, the EcoContact 6 Q variant. Featuring an optimised tread design, this new addition aimed to reduce noise emissions while maintaining high-performance standards. The launch of the EcoContact 7 is imminent, Continental will offer this range in two versions from the outset. Both share the same tread design.
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Council approval for Pyrum Innovation’s second plant
Pyrum Innovations confirms it will begin construction of its second wholly owned end-of-life tyre recycling facility in the second half of this year. At a meeting on 6 February, the local council of Perl in Germanys Saarland region overwhelmingly approved the project. Pyrum has taken initial steps by ordering the first components for the plant and has recently established a subsidiary dedicated to its operation, Pyrum GreenFactory II GmbH.
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ATS Euromaster: Ageing fleets require more maintenance amidst political and economic
With shipping routes from Asia to Europe disrupted by Houthi rebel attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea, many shipping carriers are avoiding the Suez Canal and take the vastly longer route via South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Estimates put the additional fuel cost at $2 million (£1.6m) and the journey adds at least 10 days to deliveries for vehicle makers already struggling to ramp up supplies hit by restrictions due to Covid and the Russian campaign against Ukraine, where many car components are made. Both Volvo in Ghent, Belgium, and Tesla in Berlin, Germany, have halted production temporarily as a result. As a result, fleets – especially those with ageing vehicles – ought to invest more in strategic and preventative maintenance, according to ATS Euromaster.
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