Capital Equipment News March 2020

TYRES

A global trend is for OTR equipment to be built larger to accommodate the growing scale of construction sites.

The OTR tyre market: an overview

Capital Equipment News takes a look at the off-the-road (OTR) tyre industry; end-user needs and expectations; value-add offerings and new trends and technologies in this industry. By Mark Botha.

S outh Africa is faced by a depressed economy and increased financial pressure, meaning that OTR tyre users are generally on the lookout for products offering longer service life, with better performance, yet at lower cost, says Sharon Miller, marketing executive at AMS Tyres. She says this is especially evident in South Africa, where the mining equipment market has seen steady

decline in recent years. “Investments in OTR equipment must be considered carefully as these tyres make up a large portion of the running costs.” A global trend, she says, is for OTR equipment to be built larger to accommodate the growing scale of construction sites, which means that improved performance is required from the tyres in terms of reduced

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