AZuR, Germany’s tyre recycling lobby group held a Retreading Forum at Günzberg to discuss the way forward for retreading.

The event was very much a networking opportunity for the leading retreaders in the country who have come to understand that the future of the sector relies in co-operation to build a better industry.

Yokohama-ATG advise on what features operators should be looking for in their OTR tyres and why those features are key to the decision-making process.

Triangle Tyre was one of the first Chinese “big brands” to enter the European market and the company’s reputation has grown over the years.

Michelin’s Clifford de Jager, CES Technical Manager, Beyond Road – Mining, Construction, Material Handling,  discusses the considerations for OTR tyre buyers

Continental’s Mike Leedham outlines the latest in OTR tyre developments from Continental, and discusses what buyers should be looking for

In this article we hear from Piero Torassa, BKT’s Field Engineer about the benefits of selecting the correct tyre and how BKT supports is OTR clients

Goodyear was amongst the first to utilise RFID technology, and in this article we hear from Goodyear’s  Richard Tawlks, Fleet Mobility Area Manager UK & Ireland, as we look into Goodyear’s offer on digital services

Commercial Tyre Business spoke with Alliance Tire Groups’ Francis Benedict (Product Manager – Alliance) to get some background on the Agri Star II.

Benedict discusses the background, the Stratified Layer technology and how VF benefits the farmer

Michelin’s Tweel technology has arrived and is now available in limited formats for specialist applications.

Designed as an airless tyre solution, the Tweel was initially a research project that came out of Michelin’s Greenville, South Carolina research department.

An in-depth review of Michelin Connected Fleet shows where Michelin is taking the lead in telematics and data analysis

In this article, Commercial Tyre Business speaks with Michelin Connected Fleet’s marketing manager, Matt Childs.

Continental has developed its fleet tyre management offer, Conti Connect 2.0, as its offer to improve tyre safety and fuel efficiency. In this article, we speak with Ian Jackson, Continental’s Digital/ Fleet Solutions Manager.

Continental’s tyre data collection starts with an in-carcass sensor that is designed to record more specific data than just tyre pressures. The Continental sensor can record tyre pressures, tyre temperatures and rotational values, the latter enabling a recording of distance travelled by a tyre.

Yokohama-ATG ‘s Product manager duo Dhanraj Suryavanshi Product Manager – Earthmover Mining &  Port and Rohit Chavan Product Manager – Galaxy Agri / Construction outline the Yokohama-ATG view on the digital revolution in tyres

In this article we speak with Michelin’s Carl Williams, the UK and Ireland  Customer Engineering Support Team Manager.

The digital revolution was slow to develop, despite the long history of RFID technology. RFID has been around since the 1940s. As far back as 2000 RFID was being promoted as a solution to Tyre Pressure Monitoring. Commercial Tyre Business asked Williams how the tyre manufacturer incorporates RFID technology into its commercial and OTR tyres?

Commercial Tyre Business asked Franziska Ohliger and Martijn Oosterbaan from Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH how the tyre manufacturer incorporate RFID technology into its commercial and OTR tyres?  And how is that technology applied?

Continental clearly has experience and know-how in all areas of tyre manufacture and supply. Here, we talk with  Continental’s agricultural tyre specialist Tom Godwin

Apollo Guido Boerkamp, Director Off-Highway Tyres Europe at Apollo Tyres discussed Vredestein agricultural tyres with Commercial Tyre Business

In this feature ZC Rubber’s Mark Turner talks authorotively on the needs  nature of the tyres and agriculture in generalof the agricultuiral market and the changing

“Procuring a fleet and tyre management solution that includes extending the life of a casing once worn is obviously beneficial to operators in cutting costs. It also helps them achieve their environmental ambitions, which is one of our key goals at Michelin. As the focus on the circular economy grows in importance, fleets which previously ran on a new-only policy are increasingly talking to us about moving to a multi-life policy.

“In many cases this is being driven by the big blue-chip customers putting pressure on the 3PLs to drive down carbon footprints at every stage. They want reassurance that their logistics operations are being run as sustainably as possible.”

In this feature, Commercial Tyre Business talks with Michelin’s Tom Saunders about agricultural tyres

“Regardless of the application, Goodyear strives to deliver the best possible offering that allow its customers to maximise their fleet’s performance. Thanks to Goodyear Retreading, each tyre can go through a regroove-retread-regroove lifecycle  to bring additional benefits to our customers. This can be one of the most cost-effective ways to get more value from every tyre and reduce operational cos

“We believe that retreading can have an important role to play in supporting competitiveness, but also making the fleet operations more sustainable. A new tyre’s life can be extended up to 150 per cent by regrooving, retreading and then regrooving the tyre a second time.”

Continental’s Tony Mailling, Head of Hot Retread Production EMEA and Plant Manager CLC Ivybridge & Stocken, explained; “Retreading plays a fundamental part in Continental’s group-wide sustainability ambitions. By 2050 at the latest, Continental will stive for 100 per cent carbon neutrality along the entire value chain, 100 per cent emission-free mobility and industry, a completely circular economy and a wholly responsible value chain.

“Within the tyres business, this means that, by 2050, we will seek to use 100 per cent sustainable materials in our tyres, our operations will be completely green, we’ll facilitate clean and safe mobility and we’ll be able to achieve 60 per cent tyre to tyre circularity.”

From November 12^th to the 18^th manufacturers, engineers, industry specialists and onlookers from all over the world gathered in Hanover, Germany, to attend AGRITECHNICA, one of the world’s largest agricultural machinery trade fairs.

The start of 2023 saw us encounter several obstacles such as the economic challenges which are faced by all companies in our field. I joined Prometeon in 2020 as Marketing Manager, and being the Marketing Manager is in my view a good bridge to this role. It gave me extremely good experience before becoming the Managing Director, so I had a very quick adjustment in the role. Also, the fact that I have been part of the team for a while now really helps, given that I know the customers, I know the contracts which makes the transition easier.

There is certainly a transition underway, but we continue to observe a demand for bias tyres in specific segments such as forklifts and ports. However, the overall trend is moving towards radials, with a gradual decline in diagonal tyre demand. So, the move away from bias is gradual but it is happening, certainly from YOHT’s perspective.