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Trelleborg tyres make light work of jumbo-sized application

International News

Visions of pink elephants are said to trouble the inebriated, however the elephant that visitors to the historic French city of Nantes may encounter is very tangible and not at all pink. The Elephant of Nantes, as we’ve chosen to call it, is the creation of street theatre veterans François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice, and it gains a mention here as, despite appearing to stride along on fully jointed legs, the giant pachyderm is propelled by – you guessed it – tyres.

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  1. Trelleborg launching Interfit service brand in Australia and New Zealand
  2. Trelleborg cutting Sri Lanka tyre plant CO2 by 90%
  3. Trelleborg features smart solutions at CeMAT 2016
  4. Mitas tyres help Claas tractor ‘walk on water’
5th July 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Falken drifts into the world of art

Company News, International News

Who needs paint when you’ve got Falken tyres? From behind the wheel of a 421-hp Ford Mustang, Falken test driver Michael Stenten has elevated drifting to an art form of an entirely different kind. The result of his efforts enjoyed their public debut earlier this month.

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  1. Falken Tyre launches European football advertising campaign
  2. Falken an official partner of DFL-Supercup
  3. Tyre trade returns fire after attack from German army
  4. Falken limbering up for Bundesliga playoffs
29th June 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Lucky escape as ‘killer tyre’ pays a visit

International News

Life imitates art? In 2010, Tyrepress.com reported the Cannes Film Festival screening of Rubber, a French dark comedy horror about Robert, a tyre that acquires a taste for killing. Fast forward seven years, and we’ve come across fresh footage – but this time the tyre terror is for real.

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  1. Tyre Killer Film Screens at Cannes
  2. ‘Tyre man’ toppled
  3. Buy tyres, escape zombies
  4. Bridgestone and Valentino Rossi go back to their roots in new short film
24th April 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Emirates SkyCargo launches SkyWheels car-go service

International News, Motorsport

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has launched Emirates SkyWheels – a specialised transportation product for high value automobiles. Through its latest offering Emirates SkyCargo will provide customers a complete transportation solution for vehicles such as classic, luxury and sports cars, across its network.

Customers who would like to have their cars transported can choose between Emirates SkyWheels Premium and Emirates SkyWheels Advanced. Yes that’s right, even you car can choose which class to fly in.

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  1. 80 supercars line up at Salon Privé for Pirelli Prestige & Performance Competition
  2. F1 Back On Track in France?
  3. Jones Brothers Clinch Avon Tyres British GT Title
  4. Dunlop to Supply Britcar GT Championship
17th November 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

World’s oldest rally navigator teams up with 73 year old son

News, UK News

Dorothy Caldwell, who lives in Flagstaff, New Zealand, and is the Guinness World Record holder as the world’s oldest active rally navigator, is to take to the roads again in the New Zealand Haka Classic Rally, a 5,354 kilometre classic car competition on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The rally starts in Auckland on October 30th and heads to Wanaka before coming back to Auckland again, ending on 25th November. 98-year old Dorothy will be navigating for her son, Alastair Caldwell in his 1963 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III. The same team and car took part in the TransAm rally from New York to Alaska four years ago and Dorothy won the “Spirit of the Rally” award and her team came 5th overall.

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  1. Vintage Tyres Appoints Australian Distributor
  2. Vintage Tyres Will Be Exempt from S-Marking Laws, Won’t They?
  3. Federal Tires Goes to Hollywood…Almost
  4. Pirelli classic rally tyre makes competition debut
27th October 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Mitas tyres help Claas tractor ‘walk on water’

Product News

Mitas high-horsepower tyres helped a Claas Axos 320 tractor weighing four tons to “walk on water”. Thanks to careful calculation and Archimedes’ principle, the tractor successfully navigated the port and then returned to dry land without the captain getting his feet wet. Mitas, part of Trelleborg Group, and its partners carried out the unusual stunt in the Netherlands. One of the world’s largest agricultural tyres, Mitas1250/50R32 SFT, was fitted on the rear axle and Mitas 750/55R30 SFT on the front axle of the floating Claas tractor.

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  1. Mitas to expand municipal tyre range, release largest HCM size
  2. Mitas begins tractor pulling sponsorship, develops ‘Powerpull’ tyre
  3. SIMA launch for latest Mitas VF agri tyres
  4. Trelleborg increases agricultural, construction tyre prices 14%
3rd October 2016/by Andrew

Daimler patent – enhancing tyre grip with water?

Product News

Several news sources have shared news of Daimler’s filing of a patent to optimise tyre temperature, and thus grip, through the use of a high pressure water system. The patent was reportedly filed with the Intellectual Property Office in the UK and pertains to a system that is triggered by temperature sensors in a tyre.

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  4. Kumho OE for Mercedes-Benz Viano X-Clusive
1st July 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Ladbrokes help Bootman put the boot in

UK News

Football fan Nathan Whitfield has had his dream of converting his Robin Reliant into a giant football boot turned into a reality, thanks to a three-figure sponsorship deal from Ladbrokes. Whitfield, 26, self-styled ‘Bootman’ unveiled his ‘Bootmobile’ in central London with a message to the England squad that he thinks they’re a shoo-in for success in France.

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  4. Almost 1 in 5 drivers ‘love their car as much as their partner’
9th June 2016/by Andrew

Manufacture locally and eliminate transport costs

Company News, Product News, UK News

Numerous tyre makers have or are in the process of setting up factories within regions where they aim to sell their products. Decentralising their manufacturing footprint reduces the time and cost involved in delivering tyres to retailers and end users. A new breakthrough from a British company promises to advance this approach a step further.

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  3. No Place for Tyres on Guy Fawkes Bonfires
  4. Loader record broken on Bridgestones
1st April 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Celtic dilemma for Autoparts UK part-time footballer

Career Tracks, UK News

East Kilbride’s semi-professional footballer, Sean Winter, who also works within the independent aftermarket as a parts representative for Autoparts UK, faces one of the toughest decisions of his life: play Celtic in the Scottish Cup or fly to Australia on his dream, family holiday.

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  4. Autoparts UK, Midwest Motor Factors, Monmore close to provide NHS resources
1st February 2016/by Andrew

Imaginary twin not guilty of fly-tipping

UK News

Nottingham Magistrates’ Court has passed no sentence on the imaginary twin brother of Paul Henry, a phantom figure named as the protagonist in a fly-tipping case. His very real sibling was not so fortunate, however – Paul Henry was convicted of dumping tyres by the roadside in Mapperley back in February 2015, and has been ordered to pay prosecution and clean-up costs, plus a victim surcharge, a sum totalling £770.

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  1. Not-so-happy holidays
  2. World’s oldest rally navigator teams up with 73 year old son
  3. Liability of rogue tyre recovery operators increases
  4. Coincidence almost sees competition give £50,000 prize to the wrong man
14th January 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Get ‘Fit Kwik’ with Kwik-Fit

UK News

Happy New Year, and welcome to 2016. Those of you who’ve resolved to get in shape or lose a few pounds in the coming 12 months may want to head over to kwik-fit.com/fitkwik, as the fast fitter has developed a programme guaranteed to be free from Lycra, kale juice and carrot sticks.

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  4. Not-so-happy holidays
4th January 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Winter tyres? Lexus takes a new approach to driving on ice

News

What happens when a vehicle manufacturer replaces alloy and rubber with ice? Wonder no longer – a team of UK ice sculpture specialists was commissioned by Lexus to answer this question by fitting a Lexus NX with a unique set of wheels and tyres made from frozen water.

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  2. British artists create exhibition from Cooper tyres
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  4. Buy tyres, escape zombies
23rd December 2015/1 Comment/by Tyrepress Editors

Up, up…and away – tyre shop drops superhero branding following legal threat

International News

DC Comics in the role of Lex Luthor? The US-based company has taken exception to the life and deeds of ‘Super Tyre Guy’ and thrown its considerable weight behind erasing the tyre-themed superhero from existence. Super Tyre Guy is the character created by a New Zealand tyre shop trading under that name. Or rather he was, until a letter sent by DC Comics’ legal representative killed off Super Tyre Guy far more effectively than kryptonite could possibly dispatch his more famous – and trademarked – caped inspiration.

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4th August 2015/by Tyrepress Editors

World’s largest tyre turns 50

International News

On 20 May 2015, Uniroyal celebrated the golden anniversary of its ‘Giant Tire’. The 80 foot (24.4 metre) tall model tyre – the largest ever made – was feted by an event at its home in the Detroit suburb of Allen Park. The Giant Tire sits at the entrance to the site where the Uniroyal – now part of the Michelin Group – sales office was formerly located.

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  1. Slowing EM tyre demand – Michelin pausing production at US plant
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  3. Rock on, Michelin
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4th June 2015/by Tyrepress Editors
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