Tire Testing
Michelin Laurens Proving Grounds (MLPG) in South Carolina is a 3,200-acre destination for testing, driver training, product launch events and more. With easy airport access and a temperate climate, it’s an ideal venue for testing year-round, including most days during the winter. There are more than a dozen individual wet, dry, and off-road test tracks supported by state-of-the-art technology and a highly experienced staff of engineers, professional test drivers and support personnel.
UTAC, a leading group in the field of development and validation testing, automotive homologation and new technologies related to the autonomous, connected and electric vehicle, provides vehicle testing and validation services and equipment to the automotive, transport, tyre, petrochemical and defence sectors.
Berndorf Band Group stands for steel belts and belt systems of highest quality as well as a worldwide service network. Our core products for the automotive testing industry are premium-grade steel belts, which operate at speeds up to 350 km/h (217 mph). Due to a special heat and surface treatment concept developed by Berndorf Band Group, the mechanical properties of the steel belt are optimized, which leads to a longer steel belt lifetime. Perfect flatness and straightness help to ensure the smoothest possible test situation and to meet the high requirements of the industry.
Precision Filters, Inc. (PFI) is a manufacturer and global distributor of high-performance instrumentation for test measurements.
Instron® is a world leader in the materials testing industry and offers a wide variety of testing systems to evaluate the mechanical properties of automotive materials and structures. Our systems perform tensile, compression, flexural, fatigue, impact, dynamic, torsional, melt flow, HDT, and Vicat testing in addition to structural durability and crash simulation testing. The extensive Instron product line is backed by a global infrastructure offering a broad range of local service capabilities including calibration, verification, training, technical support, and assistance with laboratory management.
Kistler is the global leader in dynamic measurement technology for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration. Cutting-edge technologies provide the basis for Kistler’s modular solutions.
As a leading global supplier of analytical instrumentation, Shimadzu provides solutions for all analytical challenges within the complete automotive supply chain. This covers chromatography, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, TOC and material testing, as well as software libraries. The instruments are used by automotive industry laboratories and suppliers at various tiers.
AARC occupies a 1000 hectare site near Anglesea, 125km south-west of Melbourne and is the largest privately owned and independently operated automotive testing facility in Australia.
Test facilities encompass virtually all driving conditions found in Australia, accommodating vehicles from passenger cars and four wheel drives to heavy trucks and mining equipment. There are many test roads and a variety of surfaces, including a 4.2km hot mixed surface road designed for testing component and vehicle durability.
Test facilities encompass virtually all driving conditions found in Australia, accommodating vehicles from passenger cars and four wheel drives to heavy trucks and mining equipment. There are many test roads and a variety of surfaces, including a 4.2km hot mixed surface road designed for testing component and vehicle durability.
ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH operates one of the largest, most impressive and manufacturer independent automotive proving grounds in the world. The complete area covers about 780 ha and is located in the northwest of Germany. ATP provides 75 km of test tracks with excellent conditions for performing comprehensive vehicle / component tests with passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
Phantom high-speed cameras are known for exceptional image quality, superior adaptability, and easy implementation. In automotive testing this means the flexibility and durability needed to collect more data during each run. Whether being used in on or off-board systems Vision Research delivers the images needed for crash, material, and safety testing. 4K & 4 Mpx cameras produce fine details at wide angles and the C&N Series cameras are compact and rugged to allow data gathering in hard-to-reach locations.
ZF Test Systems develops, produces and retrofits test systems for on- and off-road mobility. As specialists for validation and development test facilities, we improve the quality of driveline, active chassis, tires and wheels as well as brakes and thus contribute to enhanced safety and comfort for the driver.
Hankook Tire manufactures globally innovative, award-winning radial tyres of proven superior quality for passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, RVs, trucks, and buses as well as motorsports (circuit racing/street circuits/rallies).
Aspiring to bring consumers the utmost excellence in product quality, technological excellence and driving satisfaction, Hankook Tire continuously invests in research and development maintaining five R&D centres and eight production facilities around the world.
Aspiring to bring consumers the utmost excellence in product quality, technological excellence and driving satisfaction, Hankook Tire continuously invests in research and development maintaining five R&D centres and eight production facilities around the world.
Moog Industrial Group, provides high performance testing systems to the automotive and the aerospace markets including leading automotive manufacturers, global automotive racing teams, testing labs and aerospace manufacturers.
HORIBA MIRA is a global provider of automotive engineering, research and test services, with nearly 80 years of experience in developing some of the world’s most iconic vehicles.
Working in collaboration with vehicle manufacturers and suppliers worldwide, we provide innovative vehicle engineering, test and development consultancy ranging from technology development and individual product tests through to full-vehicle design, development and build programmes.
Working in collaboration with vehicle manufacturers and suppliers worldwide, we provide innovative vehicle engineering, test and development consultancy ranging from technology development and individual product tests through to full-vehicle design, development and build programmes.
In the northern part of Sweden, next to the Arctic Circle, Arctic Falls offers tough conditions for testing of vehicles, components and tyres.
Link Group, Inc. (LINK), parent to Link Engineering Company, Link Industries and Tescor, consists of businesses that offer customized solutions, with a focus on delivering high value to each of their customers. Offerings consist of the design and manufacture of customized, high precision test, research, simulation, quality control and thermal solution equipment; comprehensive test services; and in the case of Link Industries, customized, high precision cutting tools.
TechnoAlpin has been setting the technical standards in snowmaking for 30 years. High investments in research and development have made the company, with its headquarters in Bolzano (ITA), the world market leader for snowmaking technologies. Over 2,200 customers in more than 50 countries place their trust in the know-how and reliability of TechnoAlpin snow-making systems.
However, the technically sophisticated solutions do not only benefit ski resorts, but are also increasingly being used for industrial testing, especially in the automotive sector.
However, the technically sophisticated solutions do not only benefit ski resorts, but are also increasingly being used for industrial testing, especially in the automotive sector.