Yokohama UK Wins TyreSafe Award
The Yokohama Rubber Co.’s United Kingdom tire sales subsidiary Yokohama H.P.T. Ltd. (YHPT) was honored with the Tyre Manufacturer of the Year award at the 2016 TyreSafe Awards. YHPT received the award in recognition for its tire safety campaign with the English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club in October 2016, which is TyreSafe’s annual Tyre
Nurturing Global Growth
Changnyeong is located in the middle of South Korea’s Youngnam area. The Nakdong River supplies the region with valued fresh water, but it also carries ancient New Stone and Bronze Age relics from the country’s Three Kingdoms period, and Shilla and Koryo dynasties – 57 BC to the mid-1600s. The river also feeds the 5,550-
European Program from Michelin to Reimburse Unrealized Fuel Savings
Michelin is offering price per kilometer tire management contracts with a contractual fuel-saving commitment for the first time in Europe, according to Tyres & Accessories. The company announced the program at the Commercial Vehicle Show 2015 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, calling it a “new pan-European value-creation offer for road transport fleets.” The solution is titled
Organizer Plans to Make Brityrex International Top Event
SingEx-ECI International, the organizer of Brityrex International 2014, reported a successful event this year and announced plans to capitalize on this year’s show success to become United Kingdom’s principal tire trade exhibition. “Our task now is to examine all of the feedback and put plans in place that will take the show to the next
Part 3: A Look Back at the Early Days of the Akron Rubber Industry
Ralph C. Busbey, a newspaper reporter and one time Akron bureau chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, became the third editor of the India Rubber Review (now Tire Review) in 1924. He wrote a section focused on the early days of the Akron rubber industry for “A Centennial History of Akron 1825-1925,” a book published
Bridgestone Sponsors Inaugural America’s Golf Cup
Bridgestone Americas has entered an agreement with the PGA Tour to become title sponsor for the inaugural America’s Golf Cup, a team format event featuring members of PGA Tour Latinoamerica competing alongside PGA Tour stars such as Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar, Angel Cabrera and Andres Romero. The inaugural event will take place at the Pilar Golf Club in Buenos Aires,
Some Random Thoughts on Recent ‘News’
Over Mother’s Day weekend, WGME-TV in Portland, Maine, set about panic with its gripping “investigative report” about finding “unsafe, recalled tires still on the road in Maine.” Gasp! “A CBS 13 investigation discovered millions of recalled tires, considered unsafe, have never been recovered, and you could be riding on one right now,” the report by
RTA Welcomes New Companies to the Association
The Retread Tire Association announced several new companies that joined the association: -Berwin Industrial Polymers LTD, United Kingdom -Global Tire & Rubber Inc. , Woodbridge, N.J. -Nava Truck and Trailer Sales, Lareado, Texas -Optimumtread Inc., Philippines Other new RTA members also joined the association recently, but wished to remain anonymous. Harvey Brodsky, managing director of
Apollo Tyres Partners with Manchester United Soccer Club
Apollo Tyres Ltd. has signed a three-year deal with the Manchester United Soccer Club to be its official tire partner in the United Kingdom and India.
TRIB Adds London Institute Retread Training
The Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) has paired with the Retread Manufacturer’s Association of the United Kingdom to offer an international course in Retreading Workshop Practice in September. The course is correspondence based, with two mock examinations to monitor progress during the periods of study, extending from September 2013 to May 2014, and a