Nokian Tyres plc and Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. have signed a contract manufacturing agreement, whereby Sentury will start to manufacture selected Nokian Tyres’ passenger car tyres for the Central European market. Tyres manufactured at the partner’s production facility are designed…
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Sensata launches new sensor for all tyres
Sensata Technologies has developed a new Tyre Mounted Sensor for vehicle and tyre OEMs to deliver enhanced safety, performance, and data insights. Sensata’ Tire Mounted Sensor is the next step in the evolution of tyre sensing, leveraging tyres as the…
Continental/SMX work on marker tracking of NR in tyres
German tyre maker Continental and Security Matters (SMX), a tech platform specialising in digital tracking using unalterable chemical-based barcodes, have succeeded for the first time in verifying a marker substance for natural rubber in a tyre, and thus throughout the…
Continental gives new life to E tyres as basketball court paving
A new basketball court is being built in Hanover, Germany, to give children from the surrounding area a lively place to play, run and train. What is unique about it is that German tyre firm Continental is providing the necessary…
Kumho/Technip to produce recycled styrene-based rubber for tyres
South Korean chemical firm Kumho Petrochemical has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies to work on waste polystyrene pyrolysis and recycled styrene monomers (RSM). An eco-friendly raw material obtained through thermal decomposition…
Bridgestone develops EV-ready tyres with low rolling resistance technology
Tyre maker Bridgestone has applied its very latest tyre technologies and specialist expertise in supporting electric mobility to the development of bespoke tyres for the BMW iX, the company’s first all-electric vehicle since its pioneering BMW i3. The ultra-low rolling…
Apollo and Continental Tires to use Tyromer’s ELT rubber
Tyre-to-tyre recycling represents in many cases the most direct and energy efficient way to reuse what is still largely considered and treated as a waste. Tyre rubber compound accounts for over 80% of the CO2 emission from raw material production…
Marangoni sets up franchisee in North India
Italian retreading specialist Marangoni Group, that started its franchising operations in India in mid-2018, has established what it says is its first exclusive franchisee in North India. The business, Manoj Tyres, an existing retreader at Kanpur, one of the largest…
Goodyear to focus on motorcycle tyres in France
US tyre maker Goodyear is planning to move light-truck tyre production out of its Montlucons factory and convert capacity at that plant solely to motorcycle tyres with an investment of EUR16 million. It also said Goodyear France S.A. has opened…
Volvo spins out new company for tyre pressure monitoring
Volvo Group, Qamcom Group and the inventor Roman Iustin form a new start-up company, Fyrqom AB. The new company will offer an automated system for calibration of the tyre pressure monitoring system on heavy-duty vehicles. With a tyre pressure monitoring…