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European tire market down 22% in 2022. In the sales ranking Italy confirms its third position. India and Japan increasingly global players
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Deeply Indian manufacturing heart, global strategic vision. Bkt, the Indian off-road tyre giant, is aiming for world leadership in the sector. It does so by presenting an ambitious development plan in Mumbai that should lead to a doubling of turnover...
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At EIMA International 2021, Apollo Tyres unveiled the new Vredestein Traxion Versa Green tyre, developed by the Indian company's engineers specifically for transporters intended for use on rough terrain like that of Alpine regions. The Versa Green is a top-of-the-range...
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BKT brought an entirely new experience to EIMA 2021. The Indian tyre manufacturer's exhibition space offered a journey into the digital world. A hybrid world - called BKT Virtual Experience - halfway between the virtual and the real where, through...
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The Alliance 585 tire range joins the standard equipment of Manitou MLT NewAg telehandlers. Alliance Tire Group (Yokohama Off-Highway Tires from 2021), already awarded by Manitou as "supplier of the year in 2019", adds another tire to the equipment of...
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To celebrate the brand's 70th anniversary, Valtra has produced some limited edition T Series, T175e and T255 tractors in a dark red metallic colour. To honour this important milestone, Trelleborg Wheel Systems, which has a long-standing partnership with Valtra, has...
Technology
Innovative sensors, often integrated with Apps for control and optimization, allow the adjustment of the tyres pressure to the correct values for the best use in all conditions
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After being a simple warehouse for years, since last April the BKT facility in Seregno, just outside Milan, is now a true strategic centre to win a prominent position on the European market. The new centre was inaugurated last April...
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Conceived for a wide range of applications on bare soil as well as hard surfaces such as concrete and asphalt, the new Alliance A585 tyre, presented at the latest SIMA in Paris, is ideal for telescopic handlers, backhoe loaders and...
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The versatile Alliance 551 Multiuse Professional tire makes its debut at SIMA in Paris. Developed by the Alliance Tire Group starting from the A550 Multiuse model, the Alliance latest creation is designed to operate in all weather conditions. In addition...
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A time for launches for the Alliance brand. At Euroforest, an exhibition dedicated to forestry held from June 21 to 23 in Dijon (France), the Dutch group launched the new F344 tyre, a low inflation pressure model intended for forestry...
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The Firestone tire manufacturer in the Bridgestone Group is presenting the new Maxi Traction 65 model at the Agritechnica agricultural exhibition. The new tire has 11% deeper lugs than its previous model and has wider lugs and wider tyre width,...
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The new Traxion Cereall tire with F+ technology for increased flexion from Vredestein, unveiled at EIMA International 2014, was designed by the Dutch manufacturer for adaptability to the technical characteristics of the latest generation of combine harvesters. As explained by...
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Bridgestone selected the REIFEN International Tyre Show in Essen, Germany, in May to introduce to the market their VT-TRACTOR agricultural tire developed to enable farmers and contractors to combine productivity, efficiency and reduced soil compaction. The VT-TRACTOR can work...
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Tractors are often sold with accessories to improve performance – for example, front axle suspensions, on-board computers, advanced hydraulics, and special cab equipment – and they usually repay amply the extra cost
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BKT, one of the world's leading makers of off-highway tyres, is offering substantial new additions to its already extensive catalogue of specialist tyres at Agritechnica 2013 in Hannover.The Indian multinational is expanding its range for high-power tractors boasting over 250...