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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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Nokian Tyres heading FutureProof mobility solutions project

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Nokian Tyres is leading a Finnish programme that will “confront the key challenges of future mobility” through various solutions such as the digitalisation of tyres and traffic, sustainable product lifecycle, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The five-year FutureProof project aims to ensure sustainable European mobility both on and off-road by bringing together actors from different sectors.

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  1. Nokian Tyres building off-highway tyre R&D centre
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Busy season start for our engineers – Pirelli concludes wet tyre testing

Concluding the first 2025 test session for its next generation of rain tyres at Circuit Paul Ricard in France, Pirelli comments that it has acquired reams of data essential to its further development work. The focus of this joint testing with the McLaren F1 Team was the wet and intermediate tyres for the 2026 season, when the regulations will stipulate the same 18-inch rim diameter as the current ones, but with a slightly smaller width and external diameter on both the front and rear axles.

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  1. Pirelli conducts first development test for 2018 F1 tyres at Bahrain International Circuit
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Yokohama Rubber partnering to develop new uses for rubber seeds

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Beginning in September 2024, The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is participating as an official partner in a research project that aims to reduce wastage when harvesting natural rubber by utilising the seeds of Para rubber trees. This “Utilization Technology of Rubber Seeds for Green Products to Mitigate Global Warming and Plastic Pollution” project brings together protagonists from government bodies, industry, and academia in Japan and Thailand, with Japan’s government providing support through its Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) programme.

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  1. Yokohama Rubber engaging in sustainable procurement initiative
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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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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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Transense selected for £11 million EV project

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Transense Technologies plc has been selected as a key partner in an £11 million electric vehicle (EV) research and development programme, that will be part funded by the UK Government through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC).

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SRI collaborating on innovative cancer therapy project

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is partnering with leading experts in Japan on a significant project unrelated to tyres but with substantial societal benefits. Together, they are working on developing a new cancer therapy using a “cancer cell absorption kit” that employs a unique polymer developed by Sumitomo Rubber.

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SRI collaborating with Thai university on sustainable natural rubber research

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) has commenced a collaborative research venture with Khon Kaen University, focusing on advancing techniques in rubber tree tissue culture. The Falken tyre brand manufacturer formalised this agreement at a signing ceremony held at the university’s campus in Thailand.

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Goodyear begins phase 2 of LIST partnership

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The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have commenced a second phase of their strategic collaboration. Goodyear says this next step in the two parties’ joint work will not only leverage previous achievements but will also “delve into new technological avenues.”

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Pirelli opens driving simulator at Virtual Development Centre

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Pirelli has added a new driving simulator at its Virtual Development Centre (VDC) in Breuberg, Hesse. The latest generation of driving simulators have become an important tool for tyre manufacturers, reducing the number of physical prototype cycles required for the development of new products. Pirelli says the VDC and static driving simulator underline its innovation leadership, combining high-tech simulation, artificial intelligence, and expert engineering. Pirelli identified the VDC, which enables the premium tyre manufacturer to develop and test its products virtually, as a signifier of its commitment to investing in local production in Germany, contextualised by other premium manufacturer’s recent announcements of the planned closure of tyre production facilities in the country. Pirelli’s Breuberg plant employs around 2,500 people, including 250 development engineers.

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Nexen Tire brings virtual reality into design process

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Nexen Tire lays claim to being the first Korean tyre maker to utilise virtual reality (VR) in the product development process. To strengthen its digital design process capabilities, the tyre maker has developed a VR design simulation system at the Nexen Central Research Institute in Seoul. It says this VR design review system allows users to “appreciate the scale of real tyres in a virtual space.”

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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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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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