I’m part of your life. Even if we haven’t met, we spend long hours together. I accompany you as you try to make it in time to the ballet performance your daughter was so looking forward to.

Dunlop was created for one purpose. The goal to win a race. When John Boyd Dunlop developed the pneumatic tire, it was to make his son’s tricycle racer go faster, for longer. It won the race, starting a sporting journey that continues, 130 years on.

The 21st century has been transformational from several perspectives. From our types of accommodation to the way we commute to work, and from shopping to communication we have witnessed breathtaking change in our daily lives by nature and by definition.

Nylon is found everywhere around us. It is in the toothbrush we brush with, the carpets we walk on, the jackets we go skiing in, the baskets in our dishwashers, and the tires on our car. It is hard to believe that nylon has been around for more than 75 years, starting as a replacement for silk in women’s stockings; then becoming strategic to World War II in flak jackets and parachute cord.

“Sustainable mobility should be safer, more efficient, more accessible, clean, connected and more enjoyable.”

Global warming is a tremendous concern in modern times and the transportation sector was responsible for 14 percent of 2010 global greenhouse gas emissions. Fossil fuel use remains the main source of CO2, and therefore reducing fossil fuel consumption will decrease CO2 emissions.

There have been many studies carried out with the aim of finding a solution to reducing rolling resistance, but only a few have related to the main reason why rolling resistance is important. It is time to remind ourselves how the Rolling Resistance story began and how far it has gone from a CO, emissions perspective through medium- and long-term scenarios.

The title of this article inevitably creates a sense of oxymoron, like an excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; but the concept of “lightweighting”, now seen as a megatrend, is at the center of Ford Otosan’s product development of heavy trucks. As such, the collaborative work with Kordsa in the field of composites is of great importance.

Current tire production technology and the need for high performance call for bi-elastic cap ply: Nylon 6.6 fulfills this requirement

The potential tire applications of CF-based reinforcements can be given as follows: