This is the first time such indicators have become available on truck tyres in Europe, and will allow operators to recognise more easily incorrect wheel alignment on trucks and trailers without the use of expensive electronic measuring systems.
Dunlop’s Moto2 tyres head to the only location to have been on the MotoGP calendar since its beginnings in 1949; Assen in the Netherlands for the seventh round of the Moto2 World Championship – the Iveco TT Assen – on June 28-30.
The second half of the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship kicks-off in Uddevalla, Sweden on July 1, with Gautier Paulin proudly leading the Dunlop challenge.
Trelleborg has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Xingtai, Hebei, China to manufacture high-performance specialty, primarily agricultural tyres.
The new president of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) is warning motorists that fitting part worn tyres may save money in the short-term, but such decisions may come back to haunt them in the longer term.
In the future, tyre developers will not just have to consider low rolling resistance, high mileage, durability, retreadability and new pressure monitoring systems, but also enhanced safety and environmental factors.
As proud sponsor of the Goodwood Festival of Speed Supercar Paddock, Michelin has teamed up with British racing driver Tim Harvey to put on a show of high-velocity entertainment at the UK’s flagship automotive and motorsport event, which runs from 28 June to 1 July 2012.
Pirelli, the official tyre supplier to Formula One, has confirmed it will support this year’s National Motorsport Week 2012 that is due to take place from 30 June to 8 July.
The Tyre Trade Journal, out on Friday carries a five page special on the dangers associated with the sale and fitment of second hand or part worn tyres.
An air compressor designed especially for mobile use looks set to change the face of the mobile tyre fitting industry. Mobilair, manufactured by Transit Power Systems, boasts a number of economical and environmentally-friendly innovations, such as: the elimination of wasted air by generating only the amount it needs for the task; avoidance of noise reduction
