I also attended the Reifen show last month in Essen, Germany. I was looking on the Internet for some evaluation/description of the show and found your blog.
Actually I didn’t Google "Reifen 2008 in media.” I used the "why Bridgestone didn’t attend Reifen 2008." I’m curious about this because, from our understanding, Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear are major brands in tire industry. And Reifen is supposed to be the "No.1 tire show," from the organizer’s description.
So I’m wondering why Bridgestone was absent for this tire party? I noticed there were lots of reports about the deal between Bridgestone and Toyo, so is there any connecting about these two things?
I like to read your tire blog and I’d like to share information about Chinese OTR tire development in the future.
Benjamin Zhang
Marketing Specialist
Techking Tires Ltd.