Izabella S, Author at Tire Industry Research

What’s with the Sumitomo-Goodyear break-up?

Izabella S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:34:40 +0000

Sumitomo has officially announced the end of its tire manufacturing and sales joint venture with Goodyear which was originally signed in 1999. Goodyear confirmed the deal, but the details are more or less as leaked to Reuters earlier this week, with the exception of the ownership of the Dunlop brand name. Dunlop brand rights According

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What Happens To A Tire Engineer?

Izabella S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:32:21 +0000

I’ve recently been talking to a lot of people about what matters to tire engineers. There’s the day-to-day tasks of designing tires. That involves some interesting materials science on rolling resistance, wear and grip. I know that these factors play a huge part in the tire development activity at the moment. A lot of companies

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Cars, Tires and Computer Models

Izabella S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:30:14 +0000

In April, the world’s tire modelling community met in Guildford, UK*. As the first such meeting for around 11 years, it was long over-due. And in fact everyone who knows about computer modelling of tires was there. That includes the university professors and researchers who think up models for how friction is generated, or why rubber

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How China’s Tire Sector Might Develop

Izabella S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:22:41 +0000

I’ve spent a lot of time talking to people in China these last couple of months, and the mood is not happy. First, they are dealing with a downturn in the domestic truck market; second there is the issue of widespread tariffs against Chinese-made tires and third the question of land prices. The prospect of

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