Trade Fairs

Two more tyre industry exhibitions from around the world have announced postponements this week due to the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Valebridge Media Services (VMS), the Crewe, UK and Madrid, Spain-based media services agency has announced a partnership with Autopromotec with regards to the launch of the first Recircle Awards on Thursday, May 27, 2021 during Autopromotec.

Francal Feiras, the organisers of the Expobor and Pneushow exhibitions, originally scheduled for 30 June to 2 July in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have announced that they have been forced to postpone the event due to the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak.

In response to the decision of Koelnmesse to reschedule The Tire Cologne for the week prior to Autopromotec, Renzo Servadei, CEO of the Italian show has issued a statement.

Koelnmesse GmbH, the organisers of THE TIRE COLOGNE, have announced that, after in-depth consultation, and in agreement with their partners at the German Tyre Retail and Vulcanisation Trade Association (BRV), it has been decided to postpone the show, originally scheduled for 9 to 12 June 2020, until next year. 

To protect the health and safety of all participants during the Covid-19 EMERGENCY the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo and the Latin Auto Parts Expo (initially scheduled for July 14-17, 2020) has been postponed to November 17-20, 2020. 

The 23^rd edition of Tires & Rubber takes place from 21-24 April, 2020 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow, Russia.

Tarsus, the global B2B media group, has announced that it has acquired the TyreXpo series of events from Singapore-based organiser, SingEx.

The organisers of Autopromotec flew to Lisbon recently to receive an award for the best fair of 2019 in Europe.

Bruce Besancon, vice president of off-the-road sales for Yokohama Tire Corp., will deliver the keynote address at the 65^th annual Tire Industry Association (TIA) Off-the-Road Tire Conference.