Fulda Launches New Cold Weather Kristall Control HP Tyre

Fulda has announced the launch of the Kristall Control HP, its new cold weather tyre featuring “Snow Catcher Technology”, comprising the tyre’s carcass and tread design and full silica compound. The Kristall Control HP is designed to deliver improved performance on wet and snow covered roads.

“We are enormously proud to bring this strong high performance cold weather tyre to market,” says Alain Klepper, brand director for Fulda Europe, Middle East and Africa, adding: “Based on the technology of Fulda’s successful cold weather tyre Kristall Montero 3, which impressed industry critics with its performance in wet conditions, the new Kristall Control HP delivers excellent handling and control on both snow-covered and wet roads.”

Snow Catcher Technology utilises the natural rolling compression of the tyre together with an innovative tread design featuring cross-grooves to trap snow within the tyre’s footprint, thus yielding better grip on snow covered roads. The Kristall Control HP also features cross-grooves that enable it to evacuate water and compress and catch snow. The tyre’s natural rolling pressure further compresses the grooves as they enter the ‘footprint’, or tyre-to-road contact patch, thus creating an additional compression force that “catches” the snow.
 
The tyre’s “Bubble Blade Technology” creates an interlocking mechanism between the blades, preventing excessive deformation of the tread block and achieving greater balance between blade density and tread design. The Kristall Control HP also features a modern, low-weight carcass construction to allow both lower rolling resistance levels and high-speed performance. Its full silica tread compound gives increased flexibility at low temperatures, and improved wet traction.

The Kristall Control HP is available in the following sizes:

195/65R15 91H
205/65R15 94H
215/65R15 96H
215/65R16 98H

225/45R17 91H