* Alberta / Canada - Western truck firms still waiting for wide-base single tires
-- Three western Canadian trucking associations are calling on their respective ministers of environment and transportation to adjust weight regulations to allow fuel-saving, wide-base single tires that would reduce harmful emissions and save trucking firms’ money... The proposal from the Alberta Motor Transport Association, British Columbia Trucking Association and Saskatchewan Trucking Association aims to harmonize regulatory standards, which have been at a standstill out West since the single-tire technology debuted some 16 years ago. While Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec have made exceptions for the new generation tires, the Western provinces say they’re missing out on fuel savings of up to 10% compared to single tires, and GHG emissions reductions of about 8.5 tonnes per truck per year when using wide-base single tires... The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has also been championing for harmonization, having written to federal and provincial officials to work together to amend the weight restrictions...
(Photo credit: Michelin) -- Edmonton, AB, CAN - Today's Trucking - Apr 19, 2016
** Tamil Nadu / India - Import of truck and bus radials shooting up 64% in FY16
-- Domestic tyre manufacturers are facing stiff competition from Chinese brands, on the back of an unexpected surge in import of radials into the country. With the import of truck and bus radials (TBR) shooting up 64 per cent in FY16, the bulk of the Rs 35,000-crore new investments by Indian tyre makers are under stress... Delhi-based Apollo Tyres, the largest TBR manufacturer in India, has committed Rs 2,700 crore investment to double its TBR capacity to 12,000 tyres per day at its Chennai plant... Most of India's TBR imports are from China, whose share in the category jumped to 90 per cent in 2015-16 from 40 per cent in 2013-14, according to data shared by the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA)... According to data for the April-December 2015 period, the average domestic production of TBR per month in India is 500,000 units. Apollo is the leader in this segment, followed by Chennai-based MRF and Delhi-based JK Tyres...
Mumbai, TN, India - Business Standard, by Swaraj Baggonkar - April 21, 2016Labels: trucking industry news worldwide, tyre makers
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