Amerityre Issues News on Run-Flat Testing

Amerityre Corporation, a developer of polyurethane elastomer tyre technologies, has announced it has successfully completed significant portions of the pending FMVSS 139 safety standard testing on its Arcus® run-flat tyre design. FMVSS 139, the NHTSA testing standard for high speed and endurance, will come into effect this July.

The portions of the testing that have to date been successfully completed include bead unseating, tyre strength and the high-speed test component. Amerityre is now working on the remaining endurance component of the test, and company management believes that this will be successfully completed without complications. “Passing FMVSS testing on the run-flat passenger car tyre design is a high priority for our company and serves as the foundation for completing our development of the run-flat trailer tyre,” commented Richard A Steinke, Amerityre’s founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Steinke added that the Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Company, with whom Amerityre signed a licence agreement last year, has begun construction of a facility where it will use Amerityre’s polyurethane elastomer material to start retreading off-the-road (OTR) tyres. “Dr. Gary Benninger, our Chief Operating Officer, is currently in China inspecting Qingdao’s progress and gaining insight for future retreading facilities that could potentially be built elsewhere,” he added. “The construction of the Qingdao Qizhou facility is expected to be completed this year and will give Amerityre access to large OTR retreads for conducting trials with other customers.”

He continued by adding “we are hopeful that the Qingdao project will create incentives for others to build similar plants, obviating the need for Amerityre to build its own plant in North America. We continue to talk with other companies regarding retreading opportunities and look forward to pursuing those opportunities with them.”

Amerityre sees itself at the forefront of a change from reliance upon rubber and other materials to their polyurethane materials and manufacturing processes. The company has been evaluating specific commercial applications in which these materials can be used as a replacement for rubber.