Tire Tech Preview - Completing the circle
10 Feb 2026
Upcoming conference and expo event will reflect regulatory and commercial pressures on tire makers
London - Issues around sustainability, the circular economy and new-mobility will take centre stage at the Tire Technology Expo 2026 conference and trade fair event, being held 3-5= March in Hanover, Germany.
Setting the scene at the plenary opening session will be a presentation on the emergence of autonomous vehicles by Andreas Topp, VP for platform development and Industrialization at Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH.
In his talk, Topp will explain how developing smart tire technologies that meet the unique technical needs of autonomous vehicles as well as the more conventional needs of fleets is a key challenge for the future.
The presentation will explore opportunities in the areas of smart vehicle dynamic controls, optimised fleet operations, product circularity and fully connected tires for fully connected fleets.
On the materials front, meanwhile, a Michelin paper will focus on the introduction of renewable and recycled butadiene as part of strategies to decarbonise and to enable circularity based on “trustworthy, traceable, low-carbon circular supply chains with real, measurable content.”
Tire wear will be a recurring topic throughout the conference, starting with a talk by Nicolas Tissier, director, research Tire Industry Project (TIP) - World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Tissier will report on recent progress from the TIP on tire and road wear particles (TRWP) and tire emissions, including new findings from ongoing studies on TRWP generation, environmental fate, and ecotoxicology.
Read the full ERJ Tire Technology Expo Preview
