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Magnum D’Or Resources’ Truck Tires Passed Trials

2/5/2010

Company says SRI Custom Compound tires passed 2,500 kilometer validation trials.


Magnum D'Or Resources Inc., with U.S. headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has announced that its SRI Custom Compound truck tires have successfully passed the 2,500 kilometer validation trials at the Rubber Research Institute in Malaysia.

 

The company says the purpose of the trials was to establish that it is possible to include substantive recycled content in production OEM (original equipment manufacturers) and replacement tires without compromising performance and safety. The results of the tests suggest that the company's SRI Next Generation Custom Compounds may be able to provide manufacturers recycled tires that operate just as efficiently as virgin rubber tires.

 

The 2,500 kilometer test is the first of several tests upon which the company's tires will be analyzed, and the duration of the tests will increase until the tires are tested on a 30,000 kilometer test, representing the average operating life of a light truck tire. Magnum says the initial results suggest that there are limited differences between the company's SRI Compound Tires and tires that are produced with original virgin rubber.

 

The company intends to repeat this protocol testing several times over the course of the next year to establish the performance levels of the Magnum SRI Compound in different variants of compounds, tire types and applications.