PAGE 01.qxp_Layout 1 04/07/2017 17:17 Page 1 JULY 2017 JULY 2017 TYRE TRADE NEWS - THE UK’s FAVOURITE TYRE TRADE MAGAZINE email: [email protected] TYRE FAVOURITE THE UK’s TRADE NEWS - TYRE 2017 JULY TYRETYRE NEWS The No.1 Magazine forTrade The Tyre Industry Continental automotive expertise, connecting the car and road with innovative technology German engineering excellence, right down to the sole contact that counts Technical ingenuity, all-round know-how leads to better tyres Conidence and control for every car in any driving situation www.continental-tyres.co.uk NON-STICK DISCOVERER STT PRO Tested and proven in the most punishing conditions, the Discoverer STT Pro can easily handle all that Britain’s countryside and weather can throw at it. To satisfy your off-roading, adventure-seeking customers, you need to stock Cooper’s most advanced and extreme tyre yet. 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M3k14032_Malvern_Tyre Group Ads_COOPER STT PRO_Trade_STTNONTRADE2.indd 1 15/06/2017 14:09 PAGE 03.qxp_Layout 1 06/07/2017 16:22 Page 1 Industry News C o n4-29 t e n t Encircle Update 4 Kumho Tyre - Get the Thumbs Up 6 Yokohama - Winning Tyres at Automechanika 10 Nordic Tyres - Relocate to Larger Premises 12 Triangle Tyre - Coming to Europe 16 NTDA - New Member/Survey Results 20 NTDA - New Chairman/Golf Day Results 21 Yokohama - New Home & Away Kit for Chelsea Page 10 Toyo Tyres - R46 for Mazda 22 Davanti Tyres - Secures Deal and Further Expansion 24 Enjoy Tyres - New Ranges, Patterns & Sizes 25 GITI Tyres - Expands Regional Portfolio 26 Nokian Tyres - HTS Terminal Tyres 29 Wholesale Feature 30-36 Retreading Feature 37-41 All Season Tyres 42-44 People in the News 45 Classified Advertisers 46 Tyre Recovery Members 47 Triangle Tyre - Coming to Europe Page 16 New Website Tyre Trade News Links to FaceBook, Linkedin and Twitter Promote your business via www.tyretradenews.co.uk 2017 Industry Golf Day Page 21 Call Lyn on +44 (0) 1296 655 833 Page 1 email [email protected] Tyre Trade News Publisher Jane Chenery Managing Editor/ Adverising Lyn Barrett Admin & Accounts Mary Scanlon Design & Production Premium Truck Jane Chenery Brands Stocked Vol 25 Issue No 7 July 2017 ISSN 1476- 6744 Tel: 01296 655833 Fax: 01296 658968 Email: [email protected] THE www.tyretradenews.co.uk phone: 01952 684168 UK Subscription: £50 pa email: [email protected] web: www.treadsetters.co.uk GROUP Overseas: £85 pa Single copy: £5.00 (UK) Others £7.00 Technique Publishing Co Ltd, 9, Townsend, Quainton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4BB All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Technique Publishing Co Limited Tyre Trade News & the Publisher accept no responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors, manufacturers or advertisers. PAGE 04.qxp_Layout 1 06/07/2017 19:07 Page 1 TYRE INDUSTRY NEWS Brand Group Table Overtime Channel Overtime Market Sell-Out Price Position Continues to Report Growth Though Positive Scene not Seen by All The latest data provided to TTN by tyre pricing experts Encircle Within Budget, Encircle has seen some double digit growth Marketing, has revealed a continued overall positive market from a number of brands. Special mention to Davanti and outlook with pricing gaining month on month over the course of Sailun who are up 23.46% and 17.26%. the last 13 months. For the Mid Range sector, there are some brands that are That said, growth is not seen or enjoyed by all, with this bucking the trend of the collective group. Vredestein the key especially seen within the Mid Range sector. mover with their average price up 13.56%, £66.27 versus For the purpose of our analysis, we focussed purely on the £75.26. Just behind them are Barum and Cooper have both ‘Traditional’ marketplace and excluded Encircles daily internet seen growth over 5% (but less than 10%) over the same period. pricing audit of 2,096 sizes across 31 websites and instead Encircle were keen to caveat the growth’s due to changes in narrowed our view to the bread and butter channels of the distribution and pre-promotional activity influencing some price market (Local/ Regional Independents, Car Dealers, movements, that said, still impressive. Autocentres, National Fast Fits) and a basket of 48 car specific Conversely, Fulda, Debica and Falken have all seen a decline sizes that are derived by market importance/ share (we’ve in their average priced position. Ranging from over 10% (for excluded Van, 4x4, and RFT’s sizes). Fulda) and 9% to 7% for the others (Debica and Falken). Using this approach, and running a ‘Total Market View’ shows Switching our focus to the Retailers, and by Channel, the the collective average price for a Premium classified brand interesting story here is that the National Fast Fit sector appear (Bridgestone, Continental, Dunlop, Goodyear, Michelin & Pirelli) to be focussing on price competitiveness with the channel and to have risen by 5.04% from June 2016 (£83.79) to the end of therefore prices are up by a modest 1.41%. Compare this to June 2017 (£88.01). Car Dealers with growth at 5.3% and Local Independents At the opposite end of the brand spectrum, Budget, this sector (single or no more than 3 site locations) at 4.57% and Encircle has also enjoyed growth at a slightly less impressive 3.89% for are seeing a closing in the gap between the players in the named Budgets and 3.65% for ‘Budgets’ (prices offered without market. citation of the budget brand). It’s the filling in the middle (Mid Range), that fails to whet the appetite, with growth only at 0.99% over the same period. TTN will continue to keep an eye on movements through Looking at the Premium brands driving their growth, Michelin at the remainder of 2017 and watch with interest the 8.57% and Goodyear at 7.52% have seen a particularly strong developments that are taking place. performance (in terms of sell-out price growth). You’ll be the first to hear of any new stories to tell! 4 I can recommend Kumho “My business relies strongly on with confidence trust. I only recommend tyres to my customers that I can trust 100%. Kumho tyres provide Convincing value my customers with comfortable and safe performance, and good value for money. and performance The quality shows, with more and more car manufacturers now fitting Kumho tyres as original equipment from the factory, and my customers buying Kumho again and again.” John Andrews Grahams Tyres, Sheffield ECSTA LE Sport KU39 ECSTA HS51 Ecowing ES01 KH27 kumhotyre.co.uk Kumho_TradeAd_A4.indd 1 22/08/2016 12:15 PAGE 06.qxp_Layout 1 05/07/2017 10:42 Page 1 TYRE INDUSTRY NEWS Kumho.... Get the Thumbs-Up he American not-for-profit consumer watchdog Such qualities have already made the pattern a popular organisation Consumer Reports has awarded 2nd place aftermarket choice among SUV drivers around the world, and Tin its SUV tyre category to the Kumho Crugen Premium KL33. also with manufacturers for OE fitment – Chrysler Jeep equips The commendation followed 12 months of testing by tyre versions of its much vaunted Renegade model with experts acting on behalf of the organisation and is a clear 225/55/R18 98H and 215/60 R17 100V sizes, while Hyundai recommendation to consumers to purchase the product. fits 235/60 R18 103H and 235/55 R19 101H examples to its The tyre scored especially well on general handling, driving Grand Santa Fe offering. comfort, lack of rolling noise and excellence of traction. The Kumho name is well-known in the USA where the company is a major supplier of tyres to the booming crossover and SUV markets, as well as the premier sponsor of the National Basketball Association. Its products are highly regarded in the country, many of which are these days home- grown at Kumho’s major new manufacturing plant at Macon in Georgia. For products it recommends, which now includes the Kumho Crugen Premium KL33, Consumer Reports refers potential customers to appropriate e-commerce websites. The KL33’s asymmetric tread is of four groove design for optimum aquaplaning suppression, while 3D shoulder blocks ably aid wet weather grip. Balanced traction characteristics are guaranteed in both wet and dry conditions. Here in the UK it is currently available for rims of 17 to 19 inches in diameter and a mix of H and V speed ratings. For further information on Kumho and its products for road and competition use visit: www.kumhotyre.co.uk. Pro-Align..... The End of the Road for Traditional Wheel Balancers? unter’s revolutionary Road Force wheel balancing “The new Road Force Elite really does set a new industry technology, which solves the most challenging wheel benchmark in terms of wheel balancing technology,” explains Hvibration issues, has been taken to the next step with the Paul Beaurain, managing director, Pro-Align. “Aside from launch of the new Road Force Elite (RFE) balancer. being quicker to use than a standard balancer, the system’s Launched at Automechanika Birmingham, the new RFE advanced technologies, which effectively take the tyre and now incorporates Hunter’s ‘vision system’ which provides a wheel assembly for a simulated road test, solve the most host of benefits for users making it even faster, more accurate challenging of wheel and vibration issues.” and easier to use than previous versions.