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Repxpert double clutch training heads to Devon
30th April 2024Schaeffler’s upcoming Repxpert 2CT training course is scheduled to take place on 16-17 July at the South Devon College Skills Academy in Newton Abbot, Devon. The two-day course combines theory with hands-on practice to equip technicians with the confidence and repair solutions needed to efficiently undertake VW double clutch system repairs.
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Tire Cologne: Making a European exhibition of the tyre business
1st May 2024Running from 4-6 June, The Tire Cologne 2024 is rapidly approaching and, considering the last edition of the event was the first to take place in the post-Covid world, many in the wider European tyre business see the chance to meet together again now as more important as ever. With that in mind, we have devoted roughly a quarter to the May issue of Tyres & Accessories to previewing the products and services on offer at the event (see page 35 onwards).
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- Cima Impianti showing the latest generation of its Ecoline range at Tire Cologne
- BKT showcases Earthmax OTR tyre range at WasteExpo 2024
- Birla Carbon participates at American Coatings Show 2024
- Nokian Tyres donates €200,000 to Aalto University School of Business for 2 new scholarships
- Guangrao tyremakers to hold concurrent events during the ChinaGRTAE
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Motorsport News
- Pirelli celebrates the Miami Grand Prix with a special Podium Cap
- Max McRae wins on FIA Junior ERC debut on Hankook rally tyres
- Hankook kicks off Nürburgring season as RCN tyre partner
- Pirelli sticks with softest F1 tyre compound trio for three more grands prix
- Pirelli bringing new wet GT tyre into second DTM season
Retreading News
- 2024 marks 50 years of Bulldog and 20 years of Bridgestone partnership
- Brenno Benaglia, a pillar of the retreading business, has passed away
- Kraiburg Austria preparing for future retreading with “targeted measures”
- R&D, TIP and Alphatread amongst Hankook’s sustainability and retreading achievements
- The importance of the UK tyre retreading sector to sustainability
Conti acquisition of Goodyear OTR ‘a complementary fit’ and analysts’ preferred ‘area for capital allocation’
Valuing Goodyear’s for-sale OTR tyre business at between $800 million and $1 billion, financial analysts have evaluated a hypothetical acquisition of the unit by Continental AG as “a complementary fit”. Writing in an investor’s note dated 23 April 2024, the Jefferies report endorsed the business case behind the scenario:
Continue ReadingTire Cologne 2024: From cutting-edge new tyres to technology and sustainability
Ticket sales for the Tire Cologne got underway about a month ago at the end of March. Around the same time, Koelnmesse, the organisers of arguably the European tyre business’s largest exhibition published its exhibitor list. Now Koelnmesse is previewing what visitors to The Tire Cologne will be able to experience when the show runs between 4 and 6 June 2024.
Continue ReadingSustainably affordable – Conti Eco 5
During the official launch of its fifth-generation Conti Eco truck tyre range, the team at Continental frequently touched on the subject of sustainability, addressing this as both as a desirable target for fleets and as a factor driving massive legislative change in Europe. Cost pressures were also high on the agenda. To accommodate the demands posed by both factors, Continental states its aim of finding the right balance, meeting cost targets in the most sustainable way.
Continue Reading2024 marks 50 years of Bulldog and 20 years of Bridgestone partnership
The Bulldog operation was founded in 1974 as part of the Sleaford Tyre Company Group and first supplied retreads to Bridgestone in the mid-1990s, before Bridgestone purchased it outright in 2005. A significant part of Bulldog’s recent history is made up of an increasingly close collaboration with Bridgestone. To be more specific, the two companies started working together in 1992, when Bulldog began making test tyres for Bridgestone. By 1995, Bulldog had become a major Bridgestone retreading p
Continue ReadingMichelin to end truck tyremaking at Olsztyn, Poland plant
Michelin is set to transfer the truck tyre production capacity it currently operates at its Olsztyn, Poland factory to Romania. Currently, 430 people work in the Olsztyn, Poland factory truck tyre production operation.
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