The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has agreed terms to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Company of Findlay, Ohio for approximately USD2.5bn.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio has announced a strategic relationship with TuSimple Inc*, an autonomous trucking technology company based in San Diego, California, to provide tyres and tyre management solutions to TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network (AFN).

Maxion Wheels will work together with early-stage investor Plug and Play Tech Center and its programme, Startup Autobahn, which is designed to guide and support start-up tech companies.

Tyre maker, Hankook Tire, has appointed Hyung Yun Kim as the new managing director of its European factory in Hungary

Passenger and CV tyre maker, Bridgestone India Pvt Ltd has launched its new-generation drive tyre for the commercial vehicle segment, which is designed for the general cargo, long haul, and highway applications

Apollo Tyres Ltd has launched the new XT-100HD - cross-ply lug (pattern) tyre for commercial vehicles.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron has launched its new Fuel Max RSD tyre with enhanced fuel efficiency, mileage and traction for super-regional driving fleets.

Announcing that in 2021, the German Federal Government intends to further promote investments in modern trailer technologies as part of the ‘Fleet Renewal Programme for Commercial Vehicles’, Europe’s largest trailer builder Schmitz Cargobull AG is offering a tyre pressure monitoring system to tipper trailer operators; it is well known that under-inflated tyres or tyre pressure not matching the load on any vehicle can waste fuel and increase carbon footprint.

Following the launch at Solutrans in November 2019, Jost-Werke GmbH has been rolling out an easy assemble ‘Plug & Play’ tyre inflation system with fast installation to reduce costs for truck operators.

Giti's claim this tyre follows a four-year design and test period on several different fleet types across various diverse sectors.