Last year, Amtel-Vredestein used the Moscow Motor Show to introduce itself. This year, the company leveraged the platform to unveil a number of new tire products to the Russian market.

Most of us have cursed at one time or another when caught behind a slow-moving digger, travelling on the road. Well, there's one JCB that will easily leave you standing, as the JCB Dieselmax recently achieved a stunning 350mph (563kph) at the Bonneville Salt Flats to break its own land speed record for diesel-powered cars.

Yokohama Tire Corp. has hired Culver City-Calif.-based Kovel-Fuller Inc. as its new advertising agency of record.

Matador has added a new, high performance product to its winter tyre range – the MP59 Nordicca – a tyre designed for middle- and luxury-class European vehicles.

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. said it will raise the prices of its exported tires incrementally, starting in September.

Cooper has expanded the size range for its Cooper Zeon Sport A/S ultra high performance tire line and Cooper Discoverer S/T light truck line.

Goodyear India plans to establish 300 “exclusive” retail stores throughout India over the next three years.

Northville, MI – August 18, 2006 – Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAYZ) announced today that its wholly-owned German subsidiary, Hayes Lemmerz Holding GMBH, has entered into a license agreement with Tolyatinskiy Zavod Stalnih Kolyos (TZSK) of Togliatti, Russia, a manufacturer of steel wheels.