Managing Director, Inter Kordsa As usual, we also agreed in writing and what we had discussed and agreed. We quickly drew up the minutes of the meeting – a one-page, hand-written document. The purchasing manager o ered to make photocopies of the minutes before we all signed them, and he left the meeting room to make copies.

It is always better to review past events and experiences before idea generating about future of tire industry. When we take a look at the past decade, emerging...

In the coming years and with the upcoming regulations, Formaldehyde-free adhesives or adhesives with reduced Formaldehyde emissions are expected to strengthen their position in the market.

Capmax® can be easily applied at the tire building machines by replacing your existing compound coated cap ply strips. Since there is no need for the calendering and cutting processes, processing costs are cut and capital investment costs are lowered. Tire manufacturers can use excess calender capacity for the production of other components. 

Twixtra®, hybrid cord reinforcement solutions of Kordsa, creates many alternatives to UHP tires to enhance performance and minimize raw material consumption. Twixtra® product portfolio has high modulus and low gauge reinforcement offerings that boost the performance while minimizing some concerns during tire design and material selection.

When we take a look at the history of the reinforcement developments within last fifty years, although there have been several hundreds of patents on tire reinforcements, we do not see a breakthrough application revolutionizing the tire reinforcement concepts. That is, at least until Kordsa started to focus on innovative and revolutionary tire reinforcement concepts recently.

Twixtra is the cord combination of mainly high modulus and high fatigue materials to deliver high performance with “less” amount of materials.

Monolyx, with its superior properties such as cut resistance, impact absorbtion and lateral stiffness, is an outstanding protective reinforcement material alternative without a corrosion problem.

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