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Apollo Tyres to open Ivalo, Finland test centre

Apollo Tyres Ltd will soon open “a cutting-edge outdoor tyre testing facility at Ivalo, Finland, specifically engineered for winter and all-season tyre evaluation”. According to the tyremaker, the move “marks a significant milestone in the company’s long-term commitment to innovation, testing excellence and customer-centric product development.” The test location will be fully operational by December 2025, but will immediately begin supporting product development for both existing and future tyre lines.

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Black Donuts to launch independent Material Research Centre in Finland

Black Donuts Inc. is set to launch InTire Labs, a “fully independent Material Research Centre” in Tampere, Finland. According to the company, InTire Labs operates as “a neutral and confidential R&D platform”, offering “a comprehensive range of services for material innovation”. In other words, the new facility is “designed to support tyre manufacturers, rubber product producers, and raw material suppliers from around the world.” InTire Labs’ research infrastructure has been partially funded by NextGenerationEU.

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  1. Master’s thesis rates circular economy methods for recycling end-of-life tyres
  2. Nokian Tyres building off-highway tyre R&D centre
  3. TestWorld building year-round winter test centre in Summer 2012
  4. Pirelli expands Bari Digital Solutions centre
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Continental reducing Automotive R&D workforce

Continental intends to cut almost a tenth of research and development jobs worldwide within its Automotive group sector. The company has announced a plan to axe approximately 3,000 jobs by the end of 2026, with “less than half” of the cuts taking place at home in Germany.

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  1. More than 7,000 jobs in total – Continental announces further cuts
  2. Continental probably cutting more jobs than previously announced
  3. Painful but necessary steps – Continental announces ContiTech cuts in Germany
  4. Continental streamlining its hose production in Germany
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Eurogrip-branded EV tyres under development

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Eurogrip-branded electric vehicle (EV) tyres are on their way, as Indian tyremaker TVS Srichakra reported that it is developing advanced fuel-efficient tyres made for EVs and primarily targeting the Indian market.

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  1. JK Tyre opens European Technology Centre in Milan
  2. Apollo aims for leadership in Indian two-wheel tyre market, Europe next
  3. Second Apollo R&D centre opens
  4. Michelin opens R&D laboratory in India
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Kumho launches tyre digital twin system

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Kumho Tire has developed a digital twin (DT) system which engineers are applying to the tyre development process. According to the company, Kumho’s DT system has been developed by incorporating “big data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital transformation and Computer Aided Technologies (CAE)” into the tyre development process.

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  1. Hankook partners with Amazon Web Services and Snowflake in AI tyre development plans
  2. Continental producing first Taraxagum-based test tyres
  3. Yokohama, Kumho follow MoU up with R&D master agreement
  4. Kumho Smasher, Sealant tyres win IDEA awards
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Nexen develops AI-based tyre inspection system

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Nexen Tire has developed and implemented an AI-based automated tyre product inspection system. Apparently the first of its kind in the tyre industry, the system has been developed in a platform format, allowing swift application to new factories or equipment.

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  1. Nexen aiming for US$2.5 billion sales by 2015
  2. Nexen Tire opens central R&D facility
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  4. Nexen considering US$1 billion US tyre factory
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VMI opens new facility in India

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VMI Group has inaugurated a new facility in India. According to the company, the centre will house an overseas extension to VMI’s global engineering operation and will also be the service maintenance and upgrade centre for India.

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  1. Michelin opens R&D laboratory in India
  2. Second Apollo R&D centre opens
  3. Hankook partners with Amazon Web Services and Snowflake in AI tyre development plans
  4. UK launch for Landsail run-flat tyre range
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ETRMA joins call for greater FP10 investment

The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has joined 109 other European associations in urging the European Union institutions to allocate increased resources to the forthcoming European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10).

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R&D, TIP and Alphatread amongst Hankook’s sustainability and retreading achievements

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Hankook reports that it “is committed to investing in sustainability across every aspect of a tyre’s life from sourcing sustainable raw materials to R&D focus on materials, product performance and new product developments”. When you add in the production Alphatread-branded retreaded tyres, you can see how Hankook has attained a number of sustainability achievements.

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Pirelli inaugurates Mexico R&D centre

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Last year Pirelli said that it would invest $15 million over a period of two years, in a specialist 6,000 square-metre R&D centre alongside its Silao, Mexico tyre factory. Now, that centre has been officially inaugurated.

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Pirelli expands Bari Digital Solutions centre

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A years after opening Pirelli’s Digital Solutions Center in Bari is celebrating its first year of activity increasing its workforce to 80, up from the planned headcount of 50. Currently, Pirelli’s digital centre, which is run as a public-private-academic partnership totals 30 employees, mainly from the Apulia region. So far, Pirelli has invested about 4.5 million of the 9 million euros originally earmarked for the project up to 2024, part of which will be financed by the Apulia region.

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  1. Linglong building R&D centre in Jinan, China
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  3. 50% production capacity boost for Pirelli’s tyre plant in Romania
  4. Continental’s Burkhard Wies has “a new job”
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Sentury appoints ex-Michelin technician to head R&D centre

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Recently, Sentury appointed Philippe Oberti as deputy general manager and director of its R&D centre.

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Former Continental Russia boss Barvinok heading Ikon Tyres’ R&D

Vladimir Barvinok, who was previously general director of Continental Tires Rus, is Ikon Tyres’ new director of product development. He joined Ikon Tyres on 25 September 2023 as head of the company’s new Product Development functional area, which includes product portfolio management, technical regulation and certification, innovation, as well as research and development.

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Continental names Goudswaard head of tyre R&D

Starting 1 September 2023, Edwin Goudswaard is heading up research and development activities at Continental Tires. He succeeds Dr Boris Mergell, who on that date took over as head of the User Experience business area at Continental Automotive.

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  1. Conti Opens New Romania R&D Centre
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  4. Continental promotes Mergell to non-tyre role
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