An artist s rendering of the Nokian Test Center in Spain.
SANTA CRUZ DE LA ZARZA, Spain It won t be long until Nokian Tyres P.L.C. has its own facility to test all-season tires.
The Nokia, Finland-based tire maker held a virtual event on Feb. 18 to update stakeholders on the progress of its 740-acre test facility in Santa Cruz Zarza, located about 40 miles south of Madrid.
The crown jewel of the facility, an investment of $73 million, is a 4.5 mile high-speed oval track that provides testing at speeds up to 190 miles per hour. That will be one of 10 test tracks at the complex.
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SANTA CRUZ DE LA ZARZA, Spain It won t be long until Nokian Tyres P.L.C. has its own facility to test all-season tires.
The Nokia, Finland-based tire maker held a virtual event on Feb. 18 to update stakeholders on the progress of its 740-acre test facility in Santa Cruz Zarza, located about 40 miles south of Madrid.
The crown jewel of the facility, an investment of $73 million, is a 4.5 mile high-speed oval track that provides testing at speeds up to 190 miles per hour. That will be one of 10 test tracks at the complex.
Nokian has two of its own winter testing facilities near its global headquarters in its home country of Finland one in Nokia and the second in Ivalo, Finland, north of the Artic Circle. At both tracks, Nokia tests its portfolio of winter and all-weather tires.
Nokian One, New All-Season Tire, Claimed to Last 80,000 Miles
The Finnish tiremaker is offering North Americans a passenger-car tire made specifically for them. Nokian
Finnish tiremaker Nokian rolled out a new all-season passenger-car tire called the One that s specifically designed for North America, following up on the One HT introduced for SUVs and light trucks last year.
The tire has an 80,000-mile tread life expectancy and will come in sizes from 14 to 20 inches.
A selling point will be its free Pothole Protection warranty, which promises to replace tires damaged beyond repair by potholes.
Nokian the Finnish winter-tire purveyor is ramping up production of its newest tire, the Nokian One, which will be produced at its new plant in Tennessee as well as in Europe. The One is the first Nokian all-season tire developed specifically for the North American market. A tire that can better handle hazardous road situations while having a tread life expectancy of 80,000 miles is a