Mahle Goes For Global Image
The Mahle Group has recently completed a major overhaul of its product packaging for automotive filters and engine components, designed to create an instantly-recognisable image globally.
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Automotive parts manufacturer Remy Automotive UK has relocated its UK Head Office to a new 61,080 sq. ft. complex at Burntwood in Warwickshire.
Continue ReadingMOT Testing Turns 45
The MOT turned 45 this week and has come a long way since its implementation in 1960. The annual check does not only test the brakes, steering, lights etc, as it did in the beginning, but now includes emissions testing too.
Continue ReadingTyrexpo Success
Over 1OOO trade visitors poured through the doors of the Singapore Expo Centre on Tuesday as Tyrexpo Asia got underway. The first day of the exhibition saw the highest single visitor figures in the event’s history. Organisers, ECI international commented: “We have been delighted with the excellent turnout today. The exhibition floor has been very busy and exhibitors have expressed satisfaction with the quality of visitors attending the show. We have already had a number of rebookings for the next Tyrexpo Asia in two years time”.
Continue ReadingSupply Direct Installs UK’s First Robotic Wheel Aligner
Supply Direct has recently installed the UK’s first robotic wheel aligner. The Nussbaum manufactured ‘WAB01’ is one of less than 30 worldwide and is located in Hodgsons-Toyota in Newcastle, which opens in early October. According to Supply Direct, the installation of robotic equipment is not only a turning point for the company but also a turning point for the UK motor industry. It has revolutionised wheel alignment, saving time for workshop engineers therefore providing customers with a much faster and accurate service, the company says.
Continue ReadingBridgestone Establishes Proving Ground in China
Bridgestone has been granted approval to establish a new $25 million proving ground in China follwoing a period of negotiation with Chinese authorities. Bridgestone aims to use this testing and research facility to develop a system that enables the swift provision of tyres for original equipment and replacement in the Chinese market.
Continue ReadingMichigan — From Agri to Airplane Tyres
(India/Rubber Asia) Michigan Rubber (India) Ltd. is part of the Electra Tek Corp. of the Grand Cayman Group of Industries, a US business group with diversified business interests in the US as well as India in technical collaboration with ATEMCO USA. Fully promoted by non-resident Indians, Michigan Rubber manufactures a full range of tyres for automobiles, agricultural equipment, a host of industrial tyres, and even tyres for airplanes.
Continue ReadingRadialisation: India Poised for Explosive Growth
(India/Rubber Asia) In India, over 85 per cent of passenger car tyres are radials. This is expected to go up to 95 per cent in two to three years. In the light commercial sector the level has reached only 10 per cent. Truck and bus radialisation is worse still with only two per cent. A start has been made when it comes to radial tractor tyre production. However, there are enough signals to say that the country is poised for radialisation in truck/bus/LCV segments like never before. Expert estimates vary but all agree that it won’t be long before we see exponential growth in radialisation in these three.
Continue ReadingGoodyear Appoints New VP Finance for NA
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Marc O Voorhees as vice president of finance for North America. Voorhees comes to Goodyear from Eastman Kodak Company, where he was most recently operations manager, Digital & Film Imaging Systems European Region based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Continue ReadingStapletons Appoints New Regional Manager
Stapletons Tyre Services has expanded its commercial and agricultural tyre operation with the appointment of a new regional manager. Steve Giles, 48 joins Stapletons as the new commercial and agricultural regional manager. Giles worked as general manager at Uttoxeter-based Olympic Tyres for nine years. Steve’s wealth of industry experience is further enhanced from his 16-year tenure at JCB.
Continue ReadingVredestein Increase Mould Process Efficiency
(Akron/Tire Review) Vredestein Banden has engaged UK software developer INCAT to help it reduce tooling costs, including a significant 50 per cent drop in the amount of time necessary to produce tyre moulds.
Continue ReadingHi-Q Customer Comes Back for 25 Conseutive Years
Staff at Hi-Q Tyreservices in Truro, were astonished recently to discover that they had carried out more than a quarter of a century’s worth of MOTs, on just one car. The car, a classic 1939 Rover 12 is owned by Truro man Ronald Bucket. Mr Bucket aged 87, has been taking his car to the Hi-Q Tyreservices store in St Austell Street for the past twenty-five years and each year the car has passed with flying colours.
Continue ReadingContinental Expects Tyres Sales to Help Profitability
Continental expects its profitability will be assisted by improvements at its truck tyre business and demand for electronic car parts. , Furthermore, the automotive part supplier, the third-best performer on Germany’s DAX share index this year, expects to improve earnings and is said to be considering its options in emerging markets like India and China.
Continue ReadingTRW and Goodyear Create New ESC System Thanks to ‘Talking Tyres’
TRW Automotive Goodyear Tire & Rubber have jointly developed a new system that is designed to automatically adjust the performance parameters of a vehicle’s electronic stability control (ESC) system based on the dimensions and other characteristics of the vehicle’s tyres.
Continue ReadingBridgestone Commercialises Support Ring Run-Flat System
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that it has succeeded with the practical application of Bridgestone Support Ring run-flat system. The support ring will be delivered to Toyota Motor Corporation for use in its new RAV4 for the European market. This system has been in development since 2002 based on technical collaboration with Germany’s Continental AG and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
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