Press releases

The VMI Group announces a revolutionary breakthrough for the tire industry - a fully automated bead/apex assembly unit with a productivity exceeding 10,000 beads per day in continuous production. The unit assembles the apex and pre-built tire bead in one automated and fully integrated operation. This highly accurate process including apex splicing guarantees consistent, uniform quality in bead/apex assembly.Read more

VMI now offers a comprehensive Laboratory Abrasion-and-Traction-Tester for the development and quality control of tread compounds, the LAT-100. The LAT-100 laboratory tester is an effective tool that provides fast and accurate information on abrasion and traction properties of a compound for treads and the software even forecasts the mileage performance of the compound. Read more

Marangoni Pneumatici SpA and VMI HOLLAND BV together produced the first full scale production version of the VMI MTM (Modular Tire Manufacturing) system, in a co-development process. The MTM consists of a self contained cell for flexible production of finished passenger car tires. The MTM cell includes the manufacturing of the tire components, tire building and curing in one comprehensive system. The first MTM cell started operation in Rovereto, Italy in 2007.Read more