By Shahrzad Pourriahie, Crain News Service
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Dec. 3, 2014) — Czech tire maker Mitas a.s. has begun selling its very high flexion (VF) farm tires in worldwide markets.
In a press release, Mitas said the VF tire product line played a key role in the tire maker's premium product offering, which is replacing Continental-branded tires on machinery produced from January 2015.
For high-horsepower tractors Mitas released the VF 380/95R38 HC 2000 and VF 480/95R50 HC 2000. For sprayer applications the company has unveiled the VF 380/90R46 HC 1000. Mitas said it plans to extend this month the range and introduce additional sizes of HC 2000 — namely VF 600/70R30 and VF 710/70R42.
Andrew Mabin, Mitas' marketing and sales director, called VF tires “the backbone” of the company's premium product offerings.
“Mitas developed the very high flexion tires to meet the demand of increased load and speed required by the highest horsepower agricultural machinery,” he said.
The very high flexion tire's main advantage is maintaining constant tire pressure at any speed, according to Mitas. A larger footprint, it added, leads to less soil compaction and increased mobility under difficult and wet soil conditions.
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This report appeared on the website of European Rubber Journal, a UK-based sister publication of Tire Business.
