Pirelli shares how it designs tires in the midst of a pandemic

MILAN — When the coronavirus pandemic forced Italian tiremaker Pirelli to temporarily shut its factories in March, R&D chief Pierangelo Misani needed a rapid rethink. With a new range of products due to be launched by early next year at the latest, Misani scrambled technicians and IT teams to get more research and development shifted online so locked down engineers could test materials and tires virtually.