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Goodyear Eagle GO concept tire aims to reach 300,00 miles

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For over 120 years, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has pursued sustainable, low-maintenance innovations and inventions. Partnering with Citroën continues the long-standing relationship between both brands. The new Citroën concept, Oli, is an urban pickup truck concept that explores the usage of sustainable and recyclable materials. So it is only fitting that this electric truck concept is fitted with Goodyear’s Eagle GO concept tire which also explores the usage of a range of sustainable materials in its tread compound.

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Targeting sustainable additives through derivatization of soybean oil

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It is known that the oil used as a plasticizing agent in rubber compounds has historically been of petroleum origin. These oils include distillate aromatic extract (DAE), treated distillated aromatic extract (TDAE) and medium extracted solvate (MES). Since 2011, Goodyear has been investigating the utility of soybean oil (SBO) as an alternative to replace petroleum based oils. It was found that the unique structural (figure 1) and physical properties of SBO can be harnessed to provide improvements in compound processing and performance for tire applications. Since this discovery, Goodyear has developed multiple products that make use of SBO through extension in solution styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) and as a raw material in tire compounds. The benefits of SBO were harnessed through these avenues to create the Assurance WeatherReady tire in 2017, which is the industry’s first passenger tire to achieve full replacement of petroleum based oil with SBO in the tread.

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Tire compounding with graphene: The tire sidewall

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The sidewall typically extends from the exterior of the bead area to the shoulder of the tire. This component in a tire has three functions;
Protect the side of the tire from damage due to curbs or other foreign objects.
Due to flexing as the tire passes through its loaded footprint, it must also demonstrate fatigue and aging resistance and protect the tire casing
Via lettering on the sidewall, provide structural information (plies, belts, load carrying capacity) and other regulatory information such as place and date of manufacture, and if needed, white strips (white sidewall), raised white letters, the tire brand or model and name of the manufacturer.

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Global tire materials market forecast at $99.9 billion by 2028

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The global tire materials market is projected to reach US$ 78.96 Bn by 2022, exhibiting growth at a CAGR of 4% during the forecast period according to Future Market Insights (FMI). The global tire materials market is estimated to create an incremental opportunity of US$ 99.99 Bn by the end of 2028. Shifting preference towards the production of sustainable green tires is expected to complement the growth in the market.

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Nynas bio-based Nytex Bio 6200 offers significant sustainability to tire production

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NYTEX® BIO 6200 is one of the most important sustainability products right now. One important feature of Nynas’ strategy for continued global growth is the launch of products that support their customers’ long-term sustainability work. This is true not least of the bio-based tire oil NYTEX BIO 6200, the result of many years’ intensive R&D work.

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries develops new technology to estimate tire wear

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. has been working together with Professor Hiroshi Tani of Kansai University on the joint development of an innovative power generating device (energy harvester) that harnesses the rotation of a tire to generate electricity, which can then be used to provide power for peripheral sensors installed in and around tires without relying on batteries. We are pleased to announce that we have now succeeded in developing “techniques for measuring tire wear status and contact footprint” utilizing these energy harvesters.

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Michelin and Northrop Grumman partner to equip future lunar vehicle with airless tires

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An airless tire to equip the future lunar vehicle: this is the new challenge taken on by Michelin, in conjunction with the team formed by Northrop Grumman, within the framework of a tender from NASA last November. A model of the future lunar vehicle was revealed to the general public for the first time at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas this past January.

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Nokian Tyres introduces Green Step concept tire made from 93 percent recycled or renewable materials

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Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres reaches yet another milestone, as it introduces its most sustainable tire yet. The Nokian Tyres Green Step concept tire is a masterpiece of sustainable innovation with its ambitious design consisting of 93% of the materials either recycled or renewable. It moves the company even closer to its goal: by the year 2030, 50% of all raw materials used in Nokian Tyres’ tires will be recycled or renewable.

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