1. Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and explain its importance.

The most significant development is on getting engaged in digital transformation, mainly considering industry 4.0 and development of intelligent tires to increase customer experience when using tires.

2. What do you see as main obstacles to the development of the tire manufacturing industry in the coming years?

Main obstacles are in the necessity to move to industry 4.0 and general digitalisation process with the necessary speed that market is moving into this direction. Tire industry is currently facing tight economic situation that requires a tight control of investment and relatively short ROI.

3. Which technologies will play the biggest role in shaping the ‘tire factory of the future’, and why?

Technology that can provide useful connectivity between the different batch processes included in tire production process that should use large data base on each process that currently used only for the existing process step.

4. What major changes do you expect to see in tire manufacture and supply over the next few years?

Increase collaboration with more openness between tire industry and suppliers as well as increase data base sharing. Difficult for traditionally conservative and closed industry.