For Continental Tyres, 2025 marked another year of success, innovation and progress across the commercial vehicle sector. Featuring everything from a host of breakthrough product launches to award-winning safety recognition and industry-shaping campaigns, the business continued to strengthen its reputation as a pioneer in tyre technology, sustainability and fleet support

As a market leader Goodyear has moved increasingly towards using technology to help its fleet clients improve tyre management and fuel efficiency

As 2025 comes to a close, Commercial Tyre Business asked Hankook’s Jon Cottrell for his views on the past year, and aspirations for the coming year

Linglong is a fast-growing player in the European market, and as such is having to compete with established players. This means that tyre management must become the norm for the company

Continental is one of the leading players in the tyre management arena, and here we talk with Continental’s Ian Jackson, Continental’s Head of Digital & Fleet Solutions about their view of the market

CO2OPT offers digital technology to enable optimised tyre and fleet management. We first spoke with CO2OPT’s Benjamin Bartsch in 2024. Here, Bartsch updates us on the latest technology from CO2OPT.

Every player in the market is looking forward and is adapting its offer to include tyre management, and this applies to BKT just as it does to any other manufacturer

Michelin Connected Fleet has been at the forefront of delivering tyre services to fleets in the UK and Europe for some time now. In 2025, Michelin took the steps to spread the offer of Michelin Connected fleet to a wider market.

Continental gives their corporate responses to the Commercial Tyre Business industrial tyre survey

BKT’s Piero Torassa gives the lowdown on the company’s Industrial tyre offer

Continental has taken a long term approach to sustainability and it is at the heart of their business strategy

Goodyear’s Richard Tawlks highlights how Tyres as a service operates to save fleets on tyre and fuel costs

Goodyear gave a corporate response to Commercial Tyre Business’s Sustainability questions – we note that the company has proven 30% recycled content in tyres in test conditions

In the OTR sector, this was once the domain of the big names, that is no longer the case, and one of the biggest contenders for a Tier One role is India’s BKT

It would be misrepresenting the OTR Sector if we did not speak to some of the rising stars, and Chinese manufacturer Linglong certainly falls into that category

Michelin is a key player in virtually every tyre sector, and the OTR division is no exception as de Jager outlines the Michelin offer

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tyre and rubber manufacturers but it is facing tough times due to changes in the market, CTB looks at the latest Q2 figures

In our OTR tyre feature, we spoke with Bridgestone’s Rob Cole, key account manager for Off Road tyres UK and Ireland

ZC Rubber offers the Westlake brand of OTR and agricultural tyres. John Ruddy, European OTR Tyre Sales Director at ZC Rubber spoke to Commercial Tyre Business to highlight the ZC Rubber thoughts on OTR tyres

Continental remains a key premium player in the OTR sector, and we asked Reinhard Klant about the Continental approach to OTR tyres

Magna Tyres is a Netherlands based independent tyre producer specializing in OTR tyres. Commercial Tyre Business spoke with Magna’s Robert Gruijters about their thoughts on the OTR sector

Yokohama Off the Road tyres cover a wide spectrum of products but the foremost application in most peoples’ minds are associated with earthmoving, mining and quarrying applications

Reports say that Natural Rubber  prices are on a downward slide. However, anyone who has the slightest interest in the rubber industry will know that the slide of today can turn into a hike tomorrow.

Tariffs rarely have the outcome expected as we may be about to find out

With the light commercial vehicle market growing as the retail sector moves increasingly towards home deliveries, and local authorities try to minimise HGV movements in town centres, LCV tyre supplier Davanti has a key role to play in this sector.

In this series of features we have been asking  the experts about the best practice for tyre maintenance.  Goodyear is one of the largest players in the market and their response came from Eric Muller, Director of Product & Innovation Commercial EMEA.

BKT is a growing player in the agricultural and off The Road sector and with the high cost of tyre replacement, and the impact of downtime, not to mention the risk of serious accidents, tyre maintenance is a key element of keeping heavy machinery moving.

Tyre maintenance isn’t just about extending the life of a set of tyres—it’s a crucial factor in road safety, vehicle efficiency, and cost management. With tightening regulations and rising costs, proper tyre care has never been more important. Gary Lane, Fleet Development Engineer at Prometeon Tyre Group, shares best practices for keeping commercial tyres in peak condition.

Bridgestone’s Gary Powell outlines the Bridgestone approach to bus and coach tyres

Continental’s Steve Howat takes us through bus and coach tyres from a Continental perspective

In this feature, Carl Williams focuses on Michelin’s bus tyres and the key purchase points for fleets

Tyres and fuel efficiency are not just an issue for heavier goods vehicles but also for the lighter commercial vehicle market.

Prinx Chengshan Tire is a fast growing player in the commercial vehicle sector and Adrian Costache, Sales Director for Europe discussed how tyres can best be utilised to obtain the best fuel efficiency

Off road users of tyres have always known that they can get better performance from their tyres at better pressures; Yokohama’s Field Service Manager Gerrit Vinker explains how to get the best out of tyres.

When it comes to knowledge about tyres and fuel efficiency , Goodyear’s Richard Tawlks understands just exactly how tyres can impact upon fuel consumption.

In the second in our series on tyres and fuel efficiency, we spoke with Steve Howat, Technical Services General Manager at Continental Tyres in the UK.

One of the largest contributors to fuel efficiency is the effectiveness of the tyres – and that is the case regardless of whether it is a microcar or a multi-wheeled OTR truck.

UK IPO builds counterfeit awareness campaign – Fake Always Breaks to prevent fraud in the vehicle sector. Read the full article from Ewan Scott now.

Tyresure’s Chase Simpson discusses the benefits of TPMS in combatting tyre related costs

Geotab’s Abhinav Vasu discusses the potential for AI to enhance fleet management with Geotab ACE AI interface

In this article we hear from Piero Torassa, BKT’s Field Engineer about the benefits of selecting the correct tyre and how BKT supports is OTR clients

Continental’s Mike Leedham outlines the latest in OTR tyre developments from Continental, and discusses what buyers should be looking for

Michelin’s Clifford de Jager, CES Technical Manager, Beyond Road – Mining, Construction, Material Handling,  discusses the considerations for OTR tyre buyers

Yokohama-ATG advise on what features operators should be looking for in their OTR tyres and why those features are key to the decision-making process.

Triangle Tyre was one of the first Chinese “big brands” to enter the European market and the company’s reputation has grown over the years.

AZuR, Germany’s tyre recycling lobby group held a Retreading Forum at Günzberg to discuss the way forward for retreading.

The event was very much a networking opportunity for the leading retreaders in the country who have come to understand that the future of the sector relies in co-operation to build a better industry.