EPE, Netherlands—When VMI Holland B.V. began in 1945 as Veluwse Machine Industries, in the same spot next to the Zuuk water mill where the headquarters for the global manufacturer of tire-making ...

An autonomous mobile robot, directly connected to Continental’s digital order system, transports a tire to the curing press using a trolley. Continental_PP_AMR1 The use of AMRs gives employees at the ...

VADODARA, India—VMI Group can't stop thinking big. The manufacturer of some of the most cutting-edge tire building machines in the world has filled a crucial gap in the global marketplace, opening a ...

For much of its history, tyremaking has been a multistage and highly labour intensive industry, involving building up the tyre carcass in layers manually on a drum. Each layer of material is often cut ...

MISSISSAUGA — At Continental’s ContiLifeCycle (CLC) retreading plant for truck and bus tires in Hanover-Stöcken, seven autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have reportedly been in operation since March ...

CHONGQING, China — Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. is upgrading and expanding truck and bus tire production at its 11-year-old plant in Chongqing, according to an environmental impact assessment ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Value tire maker Sailun Group Co. Ltd. has taken an aggressive approach to U.S. growth — buoyed by a partnership with tire distributor TBC Corp. — by investing in more research and ...

When it comes to tire manufacturing, it pays to keep things rolling—especially during the critical curing process. Unexpected machine failure during this step not only creates unwanted scrap, but it ...

At Continental’s ContiLifeCycle plant in Hanover-Stöcken, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have been handling in-plant transport of tires since March 2025 “Transport robots are a valuable addition to ...