7. March 2008
The Pacific F2000 Championship Presented by Hankook Tires kicks off a brand-new season of top-quality open-wheel competition this weekend with a pair of races at the recently renamed Auto Club Speedway of Southern California in Fontana.
The series has established an enviable reputation in recent years after nurturing the skills of a string of talented young
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4. March 2008
It started with a simple idea and would over the course of the coming 120 years prove to be the first step in the creation of one of the world’s leading tire brands.
Simple ideas can change the world. What started humbly in 1888 as one man’s desire to provide his young son with a comfortable
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4. March 2008
Dunlop, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high and ultra high performance tires, has introduced SP Sport Maxx TT, the new ultra-high performance tire with DuPont™ Kevlar® technology. The new Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT also features a motor sport derived compound with nanoparticles and Touch Technology.
The SP Sport Maxx TT, which is the
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31. January 2008
On the sidelines of the Partnership Summit 2008, the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and Chairman & Managing Director of Apollo Tyres Ltd, Mr Onkar S Kanwar, met to discuss the possibilities of setting up a manufacturing facility in Hungary. The Prime Minister extended an invitation to Mr Kanwar and Apollo Tyres, which he accepted
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31. January 2008
Millions of Bridgestone-brand Dueler tires can be found on light trucks from New York to Los Angeles. Four – on a HUMMER in Detroit – can’t be found anywhere else.
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT), in cooperation with General Motors (GM), has designed a Dueler concept tire for the HUMMER HX concept sport utility
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28. January 2008
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) has announced price increases on the company’s Bridgestone and Firestone brand tire lines, as well as all associate brand tires. The announced increases, up to 8 percent, on passenger and light truck, truck and bus, and agricultural and off-the-road tires, will affect the replacement, original equipment and export
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21. January 2008
Bridgestone Corporation announced today that Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd., a subsidiary, will increase its production capacity of radial passenger tires at its plant in Nong Khae by 6,000 units by the end of 2010. The increase in capacity is necessary in order to meet sales growth in Thailand and export markets. Approximately ¥10.0 billion has
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10. January 2008

After having been stationary for a long time, the tires can suffer from under-inflation, UV rays or driving with excessive load
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10. January 2008
Pirelli today began manufacturing high-performance car tyres in China in the Group’s second factory in the Shandong Province. The new industrial facility, which rises in the same area as the factory for truck tyres which opened in 2005, was inaugurated in the presence of Riccardo Sessa, Italian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China,
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10. January 2008
Pirelli pays homage to China, with the presentation of its 2008 Calendar in Shanghai.
The thirty-fifth edition of “The Cal”, the first ever realized in Asia, is an exceptional visiting card to bring the world of Pirelli to the public of the Orient.
The 2008 Calendar is set entirely in Shanghai: the picturesque streets of the old
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