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Fuel remains one of the largest and most volatile operating costs for truck fleets across the United States and Canada. As carriers look for ways to control expenses, a new Continental study points to a straightforward and often overlooked lever: tire pressure. The analysis found that keeping tires within the recommended pressure range improved fuel economy by 4.5 percent – savings that add up on every mile driven. The study also indicates that higher levels of underinflation have an even more dramatic impact on fuel economy.

As part of the EU-funded ZEvRA project, Continental has developed a concept tire made from around 43 percent recycled materials. The concept tire highlights the potential of innovative material approaches. It also demonstrates the need for a reliable framework when adopting recycling technologies on an industrial scale.

KraussMaffei is consistently advancing the development of ColorForm technology and is presenting two innovations for the in-mold coating of thermoplastic components. With a newly developed multi-color mixing head, color changes can now be carried out fully automatically and directly within the production process. At the same time, together with its long-standing development partner Siegfried Hofmann GmbH, the company has succeeded in reducing the polyurethane coating thickness to just 0.1 millimeters. Both developments increase the cost-effectiveness and flexibility of the ColorForm process and open up new fields of application for high-quality visible surfaces

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Michelin announced that the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) have selected the company as the exclusive tire supplier for the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) through the end of the 2032 season.

Jarrod Hunt, founder and Managing Director of Continuous Process Solutions, has been named as a finalist in the 2026 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards, shortlisted in the Family Business Entrepreneur of the Year category.

H.B. Fuller Company announced that, following a thorough review supported by independent financial and legal advisors, its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected Ancora’s unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire its Building Adhesives Solutions (“BAS”) business.