Awards
The US Tire Industry Association (TIA) is pleased to announce the names of the 2014 Hall of Fame recipients. This year’s honorees are Harold Coker, founder of Coker Tire Company, Charles Cornell, the late founder of Tech International and Juanita Purcell, Executive Vice President of Purcell Tire & Rubber Company.
The 85th NTDA Annual Dinner has sold out, according to the association. The event, which is being held at the Hilton Deansgate, Manchester, England on Wednesday 8 October 2014 is therefore forced to put some people on a waiting list.
NTDA director Stefan Hay said: “We have been inundated with people who want to attend the dinner, with just under two months to go, we are fully booked with 520 guests confirmed and now a waiting list of people, who will probably be left disappointed.”
The ever-swelling ranks of TyreSafe gathered at St Johns Hotel, Solihull to launch the 2014 edition of Tyre Safety Month. Chairman Stuart Jackson, enthusiastically wielding an enlarged coin, demonstrated the well-established 20p test during his introduction of the “driving rain, driving safe” theme; the test is particularly relevant to this year’s tread depth focused theme of aquaplaning. In 2013 tyre pressure took centre stage, but with 2013-14 being the wettest winter on record, and October usually the wettest month of the year anyway, TyreSafe has chosen to present a core message informing drivers of the importance of tread depth in combating what is arguably the most spectacular and frightening road safety phenomenon – in addition to reinforcing other messages, such as pressure, Jackson adds.
Last month, Yokohama’s passenger car tyre production and sales unit in China was commended as an ‘Energy Efficiency Forerunner’ at the 2013 Annual Petroleum and Chemical Energy Efficiency Benchmarking Enterprise Conference. The commendation given to Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd. is related to promoting the energy saving policies of the Chinese government; Hangzhou Yokohama was recognised for low energy consumption per ton of tyres produced.
At Continental’s Supplier Day 2014, held recently in Prague, the tyre maker and automotive systems provider honoured suppliers that offered “outstanding performance” last year. The company gave Supplier of the Year 2013 awards to 16 of its approximately 900 key suppliers at a ceremony attended by 370 invited guests. Awards were given for excelling in four key areas: quality, technology, logistics and purchasing conditions.
Entries for the second annual TyreSafe awards are now open, and interested parties have until 5 November to nominate organisations that help reduce tyre related road casualties for a 2014 honour.
On 28 June, the Global Management Association ranked Nexen Tire the top company in the tyre category in its ‘2013 GCSI’ survey, a global customer satisfaction survey supervised by the Japan Management Association Consultants (JMAC). The survey was carried out over a three week period in April and covers 188 products across nine industries in total, with the sample size of 100,000 people. The evaluation criteria included factors related to customer satisfaction, such as quality, customer value, global competency and loyalty.
Two UK truck tyre service providers have received awards for service excellence at Continental Tyres’ Conti360 Partner Conference last month.
Czech company Propneu S.r.o. was awarded the Maxam European dealer trophy for 2013 at the recent Expo Mokra exhibition, held near Brno in the Czech Republic.
Established in 2003, Propneu has been the exclusive distributor for Maxam tyres in the Czech and Slovak republics for six years and they have built up their business to become the market leaders in the supply and servicing of OTR tyres and tyres for construction equipment in this area.
ATS Euromaster’s ISO 9001:2008 quality certificate has been renewed following an independent audit. Retaining the global benchmark status was described as crucial by ATS Euromaster, as many of the largest public sector and private sector fleets view ISO 9001: 2008 as an essential status for suppliers to hold.
Micheldever Tyre’s retail division Protyre, has been shortlisted as a finalist in UK Customer Experience Awards 2014. Now if their fifth year, the awards celebrate and reward excellence in customer experience and support organisations and businesses that wish to promote an exceptional customer experience. Protyre is the fifth largest tyre retailer in the UK.
Goodyear Dunlop is celebrating two Which? Best Buy recommendations after its Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance and Dunlop Sport BluResponse, in size 195/65 R15 V, each received the endorsement.
The Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance was one of the most highly rated tyres, with its wet handling, dry and wet braking and fuel economy being particularly commended.
The Dunlop Sport BluResponse was recognised for its wet and dry handling, fuel economy and particularly braking in the dry, stopping a full 7.5 metres before the worst tyre in the test.
Leading UK technology company, WheelRight, has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation and Leadership Award. The award was presented for its remote tyre pressure monitoring system. The system comprises a sensory pad that is embedded into the road, at a point where vehicles enter or leave a facility or forecourt. As the device is driven over, ‘in-motion’ measurements of the tyre pressures, axle weights and tyre temperatures are acquired and analysed without the need for any equipment being attached to the vehicle. Within seconds, these readings can be delivered directly to the driver’s mobile phone.
Messe Essen announced the Reifen 2014 award winners on the evening before the show opened, with Yokohama taking the coveted Innovation Award in the Technology and Products category. The Japanese manufacturer presented its process for the visual representation of the aerodynamic and acoustic rolling behaviour of tyres to the jury, using the Japanese space authority, JAXA’s supercomputer from space research to show that the noise level of a rolling car tyre also depends on flow structures in front of the tyre, which are subjected to a compression effect.
Philips Automotive’s X-tremeVision headlamp bulb was named Headlamp Bulb of the Year in consumer magazine Auto Express’ Product Awards. The manufacturer’s VisionPlus headlamp was also one of two bulbs to pick up a commendation. The X-tremeVision previously picked up a commendation from leading German Car magazine AutoBild in its 2013 lighting tests. Phillips’ X-tremeVision has […]
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