WRAP to Launch Tyre Crumb Quality Protocol
According to Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the publication of a new Quality Protocol (QP) and certification scheme will help to drive the market for rubber crumb and shred derived from used tyres. Mervyn Jones, joint project executive and head of manufacturing at WRAP told Tyres & Accessories the Quality Protocol will assure material
B&J Rocket in Global Link
After operating independently for six years, B&J Rocket Sales AG, based in Switzerland, and the U.S.-based B&J Manufacturing have signed an agreement to merge into one global company.
Hunter Updates Alignment Software
Hunter Engineering said the 11th edition of its award-winning WinAlign Alignment Software speeds up service and simplifies the increasingly difficult task of aligning today’s vehicles. CodeLink directly connects WinAlign 11 to a vehicle’s OBD-II to recalibrate the steering angle sensor (SAS) to match the final alignment angles of the vehicles as required by the OEM
Looking Forward Tire Company Execs Talk About the Future
“The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.” – Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson And the present has an odd way of getting in the way. Forinstance, when we first planned for this story, we thought it would beneat to peer into the future and see what the tire
Change in Plans: Despite Recession-Driven Cuts, Toyo Chief Sees Opportunities
When Kenji Nakakura took over aspresident and CEO of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. on Jan. 1, 2008, henever imagined just how hard that job would become. Just months intothe job, the world financial markets melted down and tire sales wentfrom slow to abysmal. Instead of steering the company toward its 70thanniversary in 2015 on
Angled Approach: A Refresher Course on Slip Angles and Cornering Force
This time I’m going to present some basics about slip angles and how they affect you and your tire customer. Let’sbegin by considering a car going through a corner. As the carprogresses through the corner, there is centrifugal force acting on thecar (and its passengers), which tends to pull the car toward theoutside of the
Automotive Lifts Just Keep Getting Better
Thewide, wide world of automotive lifts just keeps growing. One company wechecked lists five variations of its two-post symmetrical lift, withsharp photos and more information if you just clicked on the photo.This may sound “ho hum” today, but it certainly wasn’t a couple ofdecades ago. Now it takes only a click of the finger to
Conti Calls on Students to Assist in Tyre Wear Research
Engineering students at one German university are contributing to future tyre development through a programme with Continental.
Ruia Group Toys with European Acquisitions
The lights may still be out and the machinery standing idle at Dunlop India’s Sahaganj factory, but this isn’t stopping parent company the Ruia Group from eyeing up new acquisitions further afield.
SEMA and Clemson University Announce Partnership
California-headquartered SEMA and South Carolina-based Clemson University have launched a new partnership that will bring advanced vehicle technology assistance to SEMA members.