When we take a look at the history of the reinforcement developments within last fifty years, although there have been several hundreds of patents on tire reinforcements, we do not see a breakthrough application revolutionizing the tire reinforcement concepts. That is, at least until Kordsa started to focus on innovative and revolutionary tire reinforcement concepts recently.

The potential tire applications of CF-based reinforcements can be given as follows:

Current tire production technology and the need for high performance call for bi-elastic cap ply: Nylon 6.6 fulfills this requirement