OREANDA-NEWS. May 21, 2013. Tire Manufacturers of TATNEFT have delivered a 250 thousandth SSC KAMA tire for the assembly of new vehicles of the Russian largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles: JSC "KAMAZ".

The Tatarstan giant automaker switched to a new generation of tires produced by the OOO "Nizhnekamsk SSC Tire Factory", due to increased loads on the vehicles because of the increase of their tonnage and the ton per kilometer costs, as well as the need for compliance with environmental requirements.

New metal-cord design tires have began arriving to the KAMAZ conveyor since 2011, gradually replacing combined tires. 25 percent of all the KAMAZ vehicles assembled by the major auto maker have been equipped with Kama Series N tires since mid-2012.

The new tires have a number of advantages including environmental friendliness and cost effectiveness. The tests carried out by the Scientific and Technical Center of JSC "KAMAZ", showed that application of SSC tires allows reducing fuel consumption by 10 - 15 percent. The steel cord used in the tire carcass and breaker makes the tire durable, which allows increasing the vehicle capacity by 8 percent, and its speed performance up to 120 -140 km/h.

Special service centers have been opened in Russia, the CIS and far abroad to handle servicing of the SSC tires produced by the tire complex of TATNEFT, where treading/retreading operations are carried out (the SSC tire allows for the tire retreading to the required state standards and technical specifications of depth), as well as collection of tires, which require recapping before the end of the warranty period.

The Tire&Service network is a franchising one. The tire service centers have also been opened on the basis of TATNEFT's filling stations for the purpose of providing a full range of tire fitting services for the new generation tires.