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Firestone’s ambition for farming
Firestone brings value.
Farming is a difficult activity and each farm is unique. Farmers need partners they can rely on. Does that sound familiar? Firestone has been a trustworthy partner to farmers since Harvey Firestone manufactured the first pneumatic tractor wheels.
As farming practices evolve, we evolve our existing products and develop new product ranges.
When MAXI TRACTION 65 was launched, it had a new design and new features which go well beyond the Dual Angle lugs which give it its exceptional traction power.
The lifespan-extending characteristics included in the Maxi Traction have also been included in the Performer range since mid-2017. Since then, hundreds of farmers and test benches have confirmed the notion of “EXTRA” in terms of performance and we have now added this to the product name which has become Performer EXTRA.
All the Performer tyres manufactured since April 2017 have the new EXTRA rubber compound which extends their lifespan by 20%, whether or not EXTRA is written on the sidewall.
We continue to develop and evolve our Firestone products:
- We will bring greater durability, improved performance and higher load capacity to harvesting tyres and tractor tyres over the coming years.
- And we will develop new tyres: high capacity trailer tyres and tyres for handling operations for example.
To keep pace with the evolutions of the world of agriculture, we work in close partnership with our clients to provide the best tyres for today and tomorrow. With Firestone, “You never farm alone”*.
*You never work alone
# 02
Welcome to Puente San Miguel, Firestone Agricultural Radial tyres plant
Customer satisfaction is our first priority. That's why we decide to introduce the new compound as soon as possible in Performer Extra line-up.
Discover Peformer Extra production quality standard
In the mixing area, our first step in all the process. We put together all the ingredients together with the rubber in order to obtain the right compound.
20% more wear resistance
We are now in the laboratory, the place in which we confirm that the material physical properties are in line with your expectations.
High qualified team drive compound tests
The tyre uniformity performance depends on the application of the material, that's why the skillness of our operators must be assured.
Great know-how and safe gestures
The main curing parameters are three: temperature, time and pressure.
- When we talk about temperature, we have always 200 degrees.
- In terms of pressure, we are using 20kg per square centimeter for pression.
- And finally, the average for a curing time is one hour and half.
Currently we modifying our molds to include EXTRA marking. In any case, even if you have no yet tyres with no EXTRA marking, don't worry, because be sure that all tyres has Extra compound.
Extra compound inside all range
The last stage in the manufacturing process is final inspection. Here we confirm and guarante the quality of our product to obtain the customer satisfaction.
Process leads customer satisfaction
