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Plant-Based Rubber Innovations Fuel Sustainable Tire Growth
With future automobiles leaning toward autonomy and digital connectivity, the tires that carry those vehicles also are expected to upgrade their level of intelligence and electronics. However, the nuts and bolts of tires – their chemical and physical makeup – will also likely evolve via new materials and compositions. Materials science is an area of tire development where the industry has shown incredible ingenuity and perseverance in recent years. While petroleum, steel and various fibers will continue to be used in the composition of tires, many alternatives – soybeans, dandelions, tomatoes, moss and much more – are being studied and used in potential future products. For tire engineers, it’s a…
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Ascenso Tires North America Enters Next Growth Phase
With a new name, a new distribution center and new products, Ascenso Tires North America (ATNA) – previously known as Tyres International – is ready for its next phase of growth under the ownership of Mahansaria Tyres Private Ltd. (MTPL). MTPL – which is headquartered in Mumbai, India, and owned by off-highway industry veteran Yogesh Mahansaria – acquired majority stake in Tyres International in 2021. Longtime Tyres International owner Marty Bezbatchenko controls the rest of ATNA’s shares. (Marty and his son, Mike, run the company.) MPTL wanted a more extensive presence in North America as part of a bigger initiative to broaden its reach. With the 2021 acquisition, Tyres…
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Pre-Owned Cars & Auto Leasing Drives Growth
Dublin, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “Automotive Aftermarket Appearance Chemicals – Global Strategic Business Report” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Global Automotive Aftermarket Appearance Chemicals Market to Reach $5.2 Billion by 2030 In the changed post COVID-19 business landscape, the global market for Automotive Aftermarket Appearance Chemicals estimated at US$4.4 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$5.2 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 2.2{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} over the analysis period 2022-2030. Windshield Washer Fluids, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 1.6{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} CAGR and reach US$1.6 Billion by the end of the analysis period. Taking…
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Convergence, relevance key to sports car racing’s growth, says Ganassi’s Hull
The introduction of the Grand Touring Prototype class at Daytona Worldwide Speedway this weekend at the Roar In advance of the 24 is just a taste of what is to arrive, says Mike Hull, Chip Ganassi Racing’s managing director. The LMDh vehicles such as the Cadillac V-LMDh his group is racing in each the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the World Stamina Championship are a world-wide system that arrived about with collaboration in between IMSA and the ACO, designed to have parity with the FIA’s Hypercar formulation. That usually means that for the very first time considering that the heyday of the American Le Mans Collection, the top prototypes in…
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