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The Blimp returns

Company News, UK News

Those of you in London and the south of England are advised to look upwards next week, for the Goodyear Blimp is returning to our skies. Goodyear tells us that the Blimp will be above London and the surrounding areas on 11 and 12 May. From there, the icon will travel to Brands Hatch for the second round of the British Touring Car Championship on 14 and 15 May, where it will provide aerial coverage of the race.

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5th May 2022/by Stephen

Deldo introducing new lines & sizes despite volume cuts

Company News, International News

Hindsight is said to be 20/20, yet this isn’t a faculty that helped the tyre industry this year. Early optimism driven by vaccine rollouts quickly turned to despair as sideways-parked container ships, skyrocketing sea freight prices, rising material costs and supply shortages delivered blow after blow. As we enter the final quarter of the year we have a much clearer view of what’s going on, and what we see is that tyres will be pricier in the coming months – assuming we can get our hands on them.

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  1. Deldo: ZC Rubber now making Superia tyre brand
  2. Stability & margins: Deldo positive about 2018
  3. Deldo doubles warehouse capacity
  4. Deldo views market developments as a welcome change
9th November 2021/by Stephen

Hankook and W Series enter second half of the season with Formula 1

International News, Motorsport

Hankook, the exclusive tyre partner of the all-woman W Series since its inaugural 2019 season, will travel to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium to commence the second half of this year’s series. Featuring on the support programme for Formula 1, with which it shares the bill on eight grand prix weekends, the W Series runs on Hankook high-end Ventus Race tyre.

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  1. Hankook ready as W Series returns in 2021
  2. Hankook looks forward to Formula Renault Eurocup 2nd half
  3. Hankook throws its hat into the Formula 1 ring
  4. Hankook Ventus Race in action in three European series
26th August 2021/by Andrew

Dunlop riders on MXGP, WMX podiums in Belgium

Motorsport

Dunlop rider Romain Febvre scored his first Grand Prix win of the FIM Motocross World Championship season at Lommel, Belgium, on Sunday. The Frenchman shared the podium with fellow Dunlop rider Pauls Jonass, who placed third. Both riders tackled one of the championship’s toughest circuits on Dunlop’s Geomax tyres. Dunlop also continued its success in the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship; Shana van der Vlist won the second round of the season, beating six-time champion Kiara Fontanesi to lead a Dunlop 1-2 result. The brand is by far the most successful tyre brand in WMX competition, having taken Fontanesi or Duncan to the championship win in eight of the nine last seasons.

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  1. Dunlop riders take motocross win and podium in Italy
  2. Dunlop anticipates Geomax test in Spain Motorcross World Championship
  3. Pirelli, Dunlop riders take victories in 70th edition of Motocross of Nations at Maggiora
  4. Dunlop launches Geomax MX53 at MXoN
2nd August 2021/by Andrew

Continental appoints new head of Brussels political office

Career Tracks

A new manager will lead the Brussels political office of tyre maker and technology company Continental from 1 August 2021. Fadie Al-Masri will succeed Desmond A. Collins, who is retiring at the end of July after nine years in the job.

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  1. Former Vredestein UK MD Stellinga Now with Conti
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19th July 2021/by Stephen

Another Goodyear-Dunlop name change

Company News, International News

Following changes to the names of the Goodyear-Dunlop national organizations in the UK and Belgium, the tyre manufacturer’s Poland-based company has now also been renamed, our colleagues at our German sister website Reifenpress.de have reported.

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  1. PCR production drop planned for Goodyear Dunlop’s Wittlich plant
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25th November 2020/by Chris

GRI supplying trailer manufacturer Joskin

Product News
GRI

GRI is supplying tyres to Joskin, the agricultural Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) based in Belgium. Announcing the news at the end of October, Joskin said it has been in operation since 1968 and is one of the world’s leading producers of agricultural trailers, tankers, and related equipment to meet the changing needs of global farmers.

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  1. GRI breaks ground on second tyre plant
  2. GRI acquires Nortire OU
  3. GRI adds new mixing facility in Sri Lanka
  4. Building on foundations of growth – GRI MD talks with T&A
10th November 2020/by Chris

Goodyear anticipates WEC restart, with partner teams in contention

Motorsport

Goodyear is looking forward to recommencing the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. The tyre manufacturer’s partner teams, Jota Sport and Jackie Chan DC Racing are currently second and third in the LMP2 standings. The former has finished on the podium in the last four rounds, while Jota took a memorable win at Shanghai in November. They will be joined by an additional Goodyear-shod car from Algarve Pro Racing. The Portuguese team usually competes in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) but will step up to the world stage this weekend.

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11th August 2020/by Andrew

Bridgestone European manufacturing network restarts production

Company News, International News

Bridgestone EMIA has resumed production at its European manufacturing plants in Bari (Italy) and Lanklaar (Belgium). The Béthune (France) plant will reopen tomorrow, 21 April 2020. This follows the 14 April news that production in all Bridgestone plants located in Spain (Burgos, Bilbao and Puente San Miguel) and Russia (Ulyanovsk) had recommenced. Today’s announcement means that Bridgestone EMIA’s full manufacturing network has restarted production with the exception of its Indian and South African plants, which remain closed for now.

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20th April 2020/by Andrew

Bridgestone EMIA resuming manufacturing

Company News, International News

Bridgestone EMIA has announced that it is gradually resuming manufacturing operations across its network in response to “business and customer needs”.

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14th April 2020/by Chris

Bridgestone temporarily closes, slows tyre production at European factories

Company News, International News, Product News

Bridgestone EMIA will either temporarily close or reduce production plants across its European manufacturing network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its Béthune plant in France and the Bari plant in Italy will be closed until 6 April.

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23rd March 2020/by Andrew

European commission approves 3.2 billion euros of battery research support

International News, Product News
EC battery funding

The European Commission has approved 3.2 billion euros of battery research and development support under EU State aid rules. The funding comes as the result of an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) application jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries.

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  1. European rubber associations join up for information campaign
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  4. Giti makes Nordic and France/Benelux management appointments
9th December 2019/by Chris

Marangoni signs up Kargro Group subsidiary as Ringtread partner

Company News, Retreading

Marangoni Retreading Systems has expanded its Ringtread business in the Benelux countries. The Italian retreading specialist has entered into a partnership with Kargro Group company Tyre Plan Europe, signing an exclusivity agreement for the use of Marangoni’s retreading technology in the region. Tyre Plan Europe BVBA was established in 1988 in Kalmthout, Belgium and until recently operated as a Bandag franchisee. The newest partner in the Ringtread business has developed into one of the region’s largest pre-cure retreaders over the years.

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10th July 2019/by Stephen

Tech opens new European HQ

Career Tracks, International News, Product News

Tech has expanded its Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) presence with the opening of a new regional headquarters and training centre near Brussels, Belgium led by general manager Tim Verhaeghe.

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10th April 2019/by Chris

Deldo doubles warehouse capacity

Company News

The year has started well for Deldo Autobanden – the Belgium-based tyre wholesaler says its new warehouse in the Port of Antwerp is now finished and operational, and the facility’s entry into service has effectively doubled stock capacity to more than 2 million tyres. According to Deldo, this added capacity is aiding an expansion of its premium as well as budget segment ranges and offers customers throughout Europe an enhanced ‘just-in-time’ service.

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18th February 2019/by Stephen
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