In this Issue – March 2021

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The March 2021 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

SUSTAINABILITY ROUNDUP : The issue of sustainability has never been higher on the global tire industry’s agenda. TTi asks experts from Continental, Bridgestone, SRI and Goodyear about the moves they are making to sharpen their environmental focus.

GPSNR INTERVIEW : The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber is an international, multi-stakeholder organization committed to socioeconomic and environmental improvements in the natural rubber value chain. Director Stefano Savi talks to TTi about the complexities and subtleties of such a task.

MICHELIN E.PRIMACY : Will Michelin’s e.Primacy pave the way for a new age of environmental transparency in tire production and performance? Cyrille Roget reveals the secrets of developing this groundbreaking tire.

MULTISCALE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS : Cooper Tire and Rubber Company engineer Fang Jiang explains the use of breakthrough multiscale analysis in modeling tire composite structures.

PURE ETCR TIRE DEVELOPMENT : Experts from Goodyear and WSC lift the lid on the project to develop an all-weather race tire for the new all-electric touring car series.

HL TIRE DEVELOPMENT : Continental’s Dr Stefan Habicht – senior project engineer, platform development – speaks to TTi about changing vehicle demands, and shares details of the project to develop the tire maker’s first HL code designs.

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