FEDIL award for Goodyear’s traction resin
FEDIL has awarded Goodyear an Environment Prize for its traction resin, which it developed at the Colmar-Berg site (Photo: Goodyear)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has won a FEDIL Environment Prize. The Luxembourgish multisectoral business federation awarded Goodyear in the ‘Process’ category for its traction resin, which the tyre maker developed at its Innovation Center in Colmar-Berg and uses in the manufacture of ultra-high-performance tyres.
This resin replaces the petroleum-based resins traditionally used in tyre manufacturing and is helping the company reach its goal of producing a 100 per cent sustainable-material and maintenance-free tyre by 2030.
“At Goodyear, we strive to make an impact by our choice of the materials we use, and Goodyear’s new traction resin has several advantages for the environment. It not only reduces naphtha/crude oil requirements, but also improves fuel consumption and reduces CO2 emissions,” says Xavier Fraipont, Goodyear’s vice-president for product development in Europe Middle East and Africa.
Rolling resistance & mileage improvements
Over the last five years, Goodyear engineers have been working to develop and test this terpene resin, which is produced out of pine trees. Combined with other raw materials in the tread compound, this new formula reduces the use of petroleum-based resins. It also contributes to an 18 per cent reduction in rolling resistance and 30 per cent better mileage.
This bio-based resin is currently used across the Europe Middle East and Africa regions for passenger and commercial ultra-high-performance tyres such as the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 and Eagle F1 SuperSport.
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