Electric truck gets Goodyear rubber
In a week where electric trucks hit the headlines, with Rivian, Nikola and Lordstown all…
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Hankook Technology Group opens tire research lab
Tire maker Hankook and its prototype and manufacturing solutions company, Model Solution, has opened an in-house creative database, the ‘CMF…
Michelin encourages ongoing development of sustainable technologies in place of Movin’On World Summit
Despite the cancellation of Michelin’s Movin’On World Summit on Sustainable Mobility, the tire maker is…
Hankook opens CMF LAB for research in industrial tire design
Hankook has launched its CMF Lab – a database dedicated to the research and categorization…
Starco and Kenda combine tire development capabilities in Europe
In order to strengthen technical capabilities and leverage synergies globally, Kenda and Starco are combining…
Sumitomo Rubber Industries develops reduced-odor natural rubber
Having successfully identified the factors that cause natural rubber to emit an odor, Sumitomo Rubber…
ETRMA reacts to Emissions Analytics’ TRWP test
The European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has welcomed efforts and information from Emissions…
Pollution from tire wear 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions
Air pollution from tire wear particles can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out…
Pioneering particle beam microscope increases tire analysis accuracy
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Ibaraki University, Japan, have pioneered a technique to accurately observe…
Breakthrough in nanocellulose dispersion composite masterbatch
A new nanocellulose dispersion composite (NDC) rubber masterbatch technology from Birla Carbon and GranBio Technologies…