NTDA appoints Yokohama UK managing director to executive council
The National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) has appointed the managing director of Yokohama HPT, Marisa Hever-Smith, as a new executive council member. Hever-Smith will draw on 15 years’ tyre industry experience to increase the strength of the association and its members. Calling the appointment “a real honour,” Hever-Smith said her appointment would “continue and extend the close bond between Yokohama and the Association, which has been built up over many years of working together.”
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Sailun further increasing all-steel tyre capacity in Cambodia
At a board meeting held yesterday, the directors of Sailun Group unanimously approved a further US$93.48 million investment in the company’s Cart Tire Co., Ltd. subsidiary in Cambodia. With this investment, which includes a construction investment of $61.18 million and working capital of $32.30 million, the facility in Svay Rieng will gain additional capacity to produce 1.65 million all-steel radial tyres annually.
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Dalian Tyres starts production of semi-steel radial tyres
Dalian Tyres, a manufacturer of all-steel radial tyres and inner tube cushions headquartered in Dalian, China, said that its semi-steel radial tyre project rolled off the first product at the end of 2024, 300 days after the project was launched.
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Wanli Conghua plant achieves annual production of 30 million tyres
On 26 December 2024, Wanli’s plant in Conghua, Guangzhou, held a ceremony to roll off the 250 millionth tyre. At the same time, the tyre manufacturer said that the first part of its Conghua plant Phase III project has been put into production, which means that “the production capacity of semi-steel radial tyres will reach 30 million per year”.
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Fake news? Why real-life journalists trump artificial intelligence-based content generation
Repeat those words and the image of President Donald Trump is likely to appear in your imagination. However, despite the fact that President Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term of office around the time this magazine goes to press, and despite the fact that tyre-market-impacting tariffs will no-doubt be part of his second term, he and his opinions of what constitutes news are not the subject of this column. Rather, there are two further and completely distinct reasons to engage with the idiom “fake news”.
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New anniversary icon celebrates PCL inflation milestone
This coming May, the team at PCL in Sheffield will commemorate the 80th anniversary of a significant event. For on 6 May 1945 – just hours before Germany signed the surrender document that marked the end of World War 2 in Europe – the inflation specialist finalised the design for the original Vertex Tyre Inflator, a unit better known as the MK2. PCL is celebrating 80 years of handheld inflation in 2025 with the launch of an icon reflecting the design and engineering excellence for which its “Made in Sheffield” products are renowned.
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Pirelli outlines updated shareholder agreement
In compliance with regulatory requirements, Pirelli has published extracts of the shareholder agreement that was updated following the purchase of Pirelli shares by Camfin Alternative Assets S.r.l. and Camfin S.p.A. (Camfin), companies controlled directly and indirectly by Marco Tronchetti Provera & C. S.p.A. (MTP). These acquisitions took place last October and November.
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Increasing complexity requires increasing professionalism – T&A interviews Stapleton’s MD, Andy Fern
A little over a year since Tyres & Accessories last spoke with Stapleton’s managing director Andy Fern, at the end of December 2024, we caught up again and discovered that – for a variety of reasons – the post-pandemic expectation of uncertainty is something of a mainstay in the way we do business now. For those selling tyres as a retailer, the kind of professional distribution partner that can help navigate and mitigate the impact of such challenges is now needed. In short, increasing complexity requires increasing professionalism.
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Hella Gutmann urges garages to make “essential” ADAS investment in 2025
Hella Gutmann is urging businesses to seek out training for staff and to invest in the equipment needed to deal with ADAS technology along with a number of other challenges and opportunities.
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Yokohama TWS names Lawrence Harmon as regional president North and Central America
Yokohama TWS has appointed Lawrence Harmon as Regional President North and Central America (NCA), effective 1 January 2025. In this role, Lawrence will be responsible for driving the NCA business strategy, leading market growth, and further developing the commercial team. He will report directly to Elio Bartoli, president of Yokohama TWS.
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Nexen Tire sponsors Sydney FC to expand global marketing reach
Nexen Tire has entered “a strategic global marketing partnership” with Sydney FC, Australias most successful football club. By doing so, Nexen aims to expand its marketing reach beyond Europe and the United States, “enhancing brand recognition in the global market”.
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Sailun Group achieves EcoVadis silver sustainability rating
Sailun Group recently achieved the EcoVadis silver sustainability rating, placing the company among the top 15 per cent of businesses worldwide that participated in the evaluation. Sailun achieved bronze in 2023. The latest recognition follows the upgrade of Sailun Group’s MSCI ESG rating to BB.
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Cambodia’s car tyre exports up 135% in year-to-November 2024
Cambodias car tyre exports rose 135 per cent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2024, according to a Ministry of Commerce report published before Christmas.
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Major brands raising prices in China
For tyre buyers in China, the arrival of 2025 may also mean higher prices. Several of the biggest names in the business have announced price increases in response to continued high raw materials costs as well as rising freight, logistics, and energy expenses.
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Prometeon Tyre Group returns with Dakar champion Macík
Prometeon Tyre Group has renewed its partnership with Martin Macík Jr., reigning trucks category champion of the 2024 Dakar Rally. As Macík prepares to defend his title in the 2025 edition, Prometeon reaffirms its commitment to top-tier motorsport by equipping six rally trucks from Czech-based MM Technology, including Macík’s factory truck, with its newly developed S02 Rally tyres.
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