Mining Magazine > Panorama > Eurotire achieves major radial factory milestone

Eurotire has announced the completion of its new OTR radial tyre manufacturing facility in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania. Field testing and proving of new radial tyre products and limited production of OTR radial tyres was initiated at the facility in 2010. Additional sizes, material compounds, and tyre designs have continued to be developed and tested at that facility. Production levels of certain tyre sizes have also been increased.   

The output capabilities originally planned for the completed facility were expanded while construction was still in process. This will allow the facility to provide higher manufacturing volumes when running at full production. With over US$300m invested and nearly 1,000,000ft2 of high-tech manufacturing and product development space, Eurotire has created one of the most modern laboratories and dynamic tyre testing facilities in Europe.

Eurotire continues field performance evaluations on a wide range of radial tyre sizes at multiple customer mine sites around the world. Discussions are in process with mining companies who want to secure future production of Eurotire’s radial tyres as well as Eurotire’s OTR bias tyres.