TOKYO (Jan. 13, 2012) — Bridgestone Corp. has developed and intends to commercialize a printing technology for rubber that can create printed patterns in bright colors on a tire's sidewall. The ...

Looking at Michelin's new concept tire (dubbed the "Vision") is like staring at a mesmerizing painting of future wheels. The blue webbed structure looks nothing like a typical black tire, but feels ...

Bridgestone Corp has developed a new printing technology for tires that is different from any tire printing or coloring process on the market today. Until now, white rubber has been used on the ...

Goodyear opened a $77 million plant in Europe that uses 3-D printing in its tire manufacturing and recently tested new 3-D printed airless tires on a Tesla. The use of 3-D printers by industrials, ...

There’s a bit of a high-speed arms race in the RC world on YouTube these days. [Michael Rectin] is in on the action, and he’s been exploring how to 3D print a decent set of tires to help his RC car ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber has patented a process for manufacturing a tread molding element for tires. This involves modeling a 3D shape, using thermoplastic polymers with a melting point of at least ...