Roger Williams wonders whether tire trade associations have

become outdated. Will they take up the mantle of promoting

new, more ambitious performance standards for the future?

Our columnist considers the commercial challenges facing fossil fuel alternatives

Roger Williams observes that once upon a time, tires and light bulbs both tended to fail at the most inconvenient times. Today, however, they follow a common path of development…

If it didn’t rain and roads remained dry, there would be no need for tread patterns in all their detailed variety…

The answer to raw material shortages on the back of rising demand for tires could be to introduce much longer-lasting designs

The USA has a long history of trade conflicts with other nations, but more recently the main focus has been on confrontations with Japan and China…

The electronic integration of the tire with the vehicle has made slow progress. Roger Williams wonders whether advances in indirect TPMS show that the intelligent tire could be achieved by other means

The environmental, safety and health-related effects of different materials

The Tire Technology Expo and Conference has successfully

evolved to include raw materials. Now it’s time that the vehicle

manufacturers joined in, to complete the tire technology circle

It is generally acknowledged that the automobile’s most complex, safety-critical component is the pneumatic tire – a remarkable combination of cord, rubber and steel…