Asian market prospects highlight in tyre industry conference

tireconTHE EU tyre labeling regulation (EC/1222/2009), which is conjured to drive growth of the global green tyre market to reach US$70.6 billion by 2017; potentials for increasing sales of passenger and commercial vehicles and for replacement tyres (13.4% increase of vehicle sales in the US; 19.3 million in China, which overtook the EU and US in 2012; and an expected CAGR of 4% globally to 2017); and the continued surge of the “green tyre” trend, upheld by demand for fuel-efficient, low noise, safer and intelligent tyres, are only a few of the topics to be explores in the upcoming Tirecon Asia 2013, a tyre industry event to be held 6-7 June in Shanghai, China

This year’s event is expected to gather industry experts and executives from leading global automotive and tyre manufacturing companies, chemical & materials providers, technology providers etc.

Amongst the highlights of Tirecon Asia are topics on EU tyre labelling regulation; chemicals and raw materials for Green Tyres; Global tyre industry prospects and market outlook; Prospects on future tyres; Tyre technologies; and Tyre innovations.