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Technology

Micro matters

Professor (Dr) Luc G. Frechette of Quebec’s Universite de

Sherbrooke explains the practical application of his work in

micro-engineering in intelligent tyres to robots

Keeping pace with EVs

Pradeep Chandrasekaran of Vehicle Integration Centre of

Excellence (Monocoque) at Mahindra & Mahindra on EVs’role

in sustainability

Technotes

An Overview of innovation in tyre

Arup K.Chandra and PK Mohamed of Apollo Tyres

write on the subject

Mixing

Tandem Process: Advantages all the way

By Prof. Dr. Andreas Limper and Dr. Harald Keuter

of HF Mixing Group take a look at the advantages of

tandem process

Solid Tyre

Hemantha Wattegedara , Director – Product

Development, at Camso Loadstar, Sri Lanka writes

about Sri Lanka’s leadership in world solid tyre

industry ,

Retread

Factors affecting tyre life

Retreading by itself is a recycling process. VN

Ramamoorthy, formerly of TVS Tread, on the life of a tyre

Machinery

HF ONE: Flexibility on a higher level

HF TireTech Group has taken flexibility to a higher level

with its latest TBM introduction HF ONE

Rubber

Apollo eyes intelligent tyres

Apollo Tyres is working towards development of intelligent

tyres, says Sunam Sarkar, President & Chief Business Officer,

Apollo Tyres

Many aspects of genome research

Renowned plant breeder Dr Mallinath Priyadarshan talks

about genomic research innovations to develop Hevea

Green

Nano technology for self-repairing roads

Fibres from end-of-life tyres have found a new application

with the invention of futuristic self-repairing of roads by Dr

Nemkumar Banthia of the University of British Columbia

Waste rubber and road repair

Dr Renga Rao Krishnamoorthy of the Universiti Teknologi

Mara (UiTM), Malaysia, has shown that it is possible to

upgrade standard concrete materials with recycled concrete

and shredded rubber from end-of-life tyres

Race Track

If it’s Texas, it must be Marquez

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Autowatch

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Product Watch

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Limelight

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Events: Tire

Cologne; WRS

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Reflections

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Treadmarks

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Rear View

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My Vision:

Future Perfect

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Calendar

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Ad Index

Straight Talk Focus My Vision: GRI

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