In this Issue – March 2026

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The March 2025 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

COVER STORY: API TIRE
Jeff Kreitzman, chairman and founder of family-owned tire maker American Pacific Industries, has spent four decades in the tire industry. In an exclusive interview with TTI, he shares his perspectives on design, quality, testing and tariffs – and taking care of customers

TIRE BUILDING MACHINES
TBMs must be continuously adapted and updated in line with the latest designs and materials – but TTI asked leading experts to look beyond the next round of improvements and speculate about what the production line of the future might look like

OE INTERVIEW: NEXEN TIRE
Nexen Tire is quietly expanding its North American OE business and plans to capture a greater share of the replacement market. TTI speaks exclusively with the head of Nexen’s US tech center, Aaron Neumann

SITE VISIT: PURPLE SNOW IVALO CENTER
TTI recently visited Nexen Tire’s new home in Lapland for a rare chance to speak with its engineers about how the company is bringing its testing into the modern era

TIRE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2026
Find out more about the winners of 2026’s Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence, which were presented at Tire Technology Expo in Hannover, Germany

MACHINE VISION & INSPECTION
As technology has advanced, how have the capabilities of machine vision systems changed? And how are these systems adapting to modern tire production processes?

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