Latest Tyre Industry News

More than three quarters (76 per cent) of fleet operators believe that work pressures facing drivers are intensifying in the wake of the ‘cost of business’ crisis. A similar number…

Hankook Tyre UK has signed an agreement with Prologis, the UK’s leading developer of logistics property, to provide a new build-to-suit unit at Prologis Apex Park, in Daventry. Hankook Tire…

Ivybridge, the home of leading retreader, Bandvulc, has been rebranded as a Continental LifeCycle production facility, with new signage installed throughout February. The move sees the factory become more closely…

Pirelli has installed a new machine in its research and development department that is capable of testing tyres at speeds of up to 500kph in controlled conditions, known as the…

Wheel servicing equipment specialist, Pro-Align has launched a new delivery service to give workshops an even speedier service than ever before, by ensuring all orders for one of its core…

Already the official tyre supplier to TCR (the world’s premier touring car competition) on four continents, Kumho Tire recently signed a deal to become the title sponsor and exclusive provider…

A good premiere. From Pirelli’s point of view, this is how one could summarise the debut of the 2023 WRC season on gravel, characterised by an opposing choice of tyres…

Expanding its already strong ties to BMW Group, Maxxis is now supplying original equipment (OE) tyres for the BMW 1 Series in Europe. The new deal, which began this month,…

Ecobat Battery will be exhibiting at the CV Show, where it will address the issue of battery failure and highlight a range of solutions to this increasing problem. Battery failure…

Yokohama have announced that it has begun production and sales of HLC (high load capacity) tyres to meet the needs of heavy duty passenger cars such as EVs and hybrid…