Mitas C-26 rear motocross tire Mitas will display new motocross tires at Red Bull Day in the Dirt No. 17 in Glen Helen, Calif. The event is part of MX Woodstock, to be held Nov. 28 to 30. As a sponsor of the motocross race, Mitas ...
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Tire Rack Inc. compared four standard touring all-season tires in the third set of results released from its 19th annual tire testing season. Tires tested were: * Continental TrueContact (standard touring all-season, 215/60R16 95T); * ...
The Hankook Technodome will have 90 separate laboratories to enable a wide range of R&D activities to be carried out simultaneously. Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new R&D center, the ...
The Delta AT Plus tire has a wide profile shape to provide good balance and long wear. Del-Nat Tire Corp. has released the AT Plus premium all-terrain tire with 20 SUV fitments and 16 LT fitments in the National and Delta brand names. ...
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In a little more than two weeks, the first Future of Tire Technology conference and exhibition will be held Oct. 28-30, 2013, at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The three-day event will be hosted by Smithers Rapra Inc. All the sessions ...
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German autoparts maker Continental is set to invest EUR40m at its tire manufacturing plant in Korbach, Hesse, Germany by 2018. This new investment will be used for the production of 19- to 22-inch tires for passenger trucks and light ...
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Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has announced an investment plan to build the Hankook Tire Test Engineering Center in Sangju City, South Korea. Representatives of Hankook Tire signed an agreement with officials of Sangju City, located in the ...
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Standards Testing Laboratories (STL) will host "Tire Technology 2013" Oct. 15-17 at the company's Massillon, Ohio headquarters, a two-and-a-half-day educational program providing a basic yet comprehensive overview of the tire industry's ...
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The results are in from Consumer Reports' annual tire testing report, and right now there should be a lot of happy people at Michelin North America Inc. Tire engineers should also be grinning at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Nokian Tyres ...
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Wondering how a particular tire performed in a tire test? Tire manufacturers and third parties routinely test tires and share the results. But is their data accurate? The data is accurate, but there is a wrinkle, says Bob Abram, Modern ...
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We are just thawing out after spending a few days testing tires at Jay Peak Resort in northern Vermont. No, we weren't skiing. We were measuring snow-traction performance in severe conditions to provide expert insights for our upcoming ...
Tags: Winter Tire Testing, driving safety, winter-tire ratings
With the change of seasons, many consumers are looking for a change of tires. Fortunately, we just posted the results from our largest tire-testing project to date--78 family car tires--with several newly introduced models and many old ...
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