Future Tire: Industry leaders map the road ahead

Dr. Guido Hüffer, general manager retail operations DACH at Goodyear Dunlop Handelssysteme,

Jacob Peled, executive chairman Pelmar Engineering Group

Stephan Helm, chairman of the German tire retail and vulcanisation trades association (BRV)

Dennis Melka co-founder & executive director MisterTyre Malaysia

Karol Vanko , Mesnac vice president

If we see car industry requirement, number of tire sizes and models has increased rapidly last years, particularly with SUVs and electric cars gaining increased popularity. At the same time, tire producers develop more and more complicated tire construction such as treads consisting of seven compounds and using compounds such as silica, liquid mixing, etc.

And beside the two mentioned factors, tire producers have to modify production principles based on Industry 4.0 trends. Read more

Philipp Struck, head of tire line development EMEA OE at Continental

Jyrki Anttonen technology director, Cimcorp Oy

Enzo Sorrentino of Rockwell Automation