Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil Ltda has had a presence in Brazil for more than a decade - but manufacturing tyres for trucks only started in 2019.

Retiring in 2016, Clayton spent 20 years at Boeing, in positions encompassing engineering, plant operations, manufacturing, supply chain management and procurement.

Christina Zamarro has been named the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goodyear, taking over from Darren R. Wells, who will become Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.

Steve Hoeft, who was previously COO replaces Chris Ripani as President of Bridgestone's CTG division, effective immediately.

The design, development and installation of the robots used in the factory have been undertaken by the Bandvulc engineering team as a part of the company’s three-year operational plan to introduce advanced and innovative tyre re-treading technologies that drive quality and productivity.

The Lowest Overall Driving Costs (LODC) programme provides an advisory service that pools together tyre-related operational costs such as retreading, digital solutions and other services.

JK Tyres offers new tyres to the fast expanding electric bus building industry in India.

The range is available in 34 sizes and certain sizes incorporate soybean oils that replace a portion of the petroleum-derived materials traditionally used.

Maxion Wheels will continue supplying lightweight steel truck wheels to the American semi-trailer manufacturer and truck bodybuilder.

The specially designed tyres deliver 30% higher mileage, 30% better rolling resistance and 50% reduction in tyre noise as compared withregular tyres, stated CEAT.

The investment will expand and renovate its tyre plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, adding an additional 160 jobs and increasing production by 36% of its premium tyre range.

Called Fyrqom, the joint venture between Volvo, Qamcom and CEO Roman Iustin will focus on developing automated systems for tyre pressure monitoring in heavy-duty vehicles.