Continental building indoor tyre test centre in USA

A new indoor tyre test centre will be built at the Continental proving ground in Texas, USA. Around US$10 million will be invested to give the Uvalde site the capability of conducting indoor tests on all tyres manufactured in Continental’s North and South American plants.

“The new test centre will support our vision of being the preferred technology partner for Continental’s original equipment customers for tyres, as well as increasing our speed in developing new technologies specifically designed for the Americas market,” said Dr Boris Mergell, head of research and development for Passenger and Light Truck Tires at Continental.

“Our developments for original equipment customers in the Americas will be positively impacted, as we will be able to increase our testing capacity in the region,” added Dr Juan Botero, vice-president of key account management for Original Equipment Passenger and Light Truck Tires for Continental Tire the Americas. The test facility is expected to be fully functional in April 2019.