The One-Stop Shop for Tire Industry Turnkey Solutions

Black Donuts is an engineering company and a global turnkey provider for the tire industry. The company delivers a complete “one-stop shop” solution covering tire design, material innovation (Nemus Materials™), and smart tire factory development. Black Donuts supports tire manufacturing from the initial concept to full-scale production. This includes tire design, rubber compound and material development, factory engineering, and production ramp-up. By integrating the entire value chain, Black Donuts reduces project risk, shortens development time, and enables efficient tire production for manufacturers worldwide.

What does it mean to be a one-stop shop?

At the recent Tire Technology Expo in Hannover, Black Donuts took center stage to discuss the future of the industry. In an exclusive video interview with Tire Technology International, CEO Kai Hauvala and Nemus business unit CTO Antti Laukkanen shared insights into our unique “one-stop shop” approach.

For Black Donuts, being a one-stop shop means delivering a complete, turnkey solution; from the first concept to full production. Instead of working with many different suppliers, clients can rely on a single engineering partner to manage the entire project. This reduces complexity, improves communication, and lowers risk. We support our clients at every stage:

Smart Factories (Greenfield and Brownfield)
From new factory development to optimizing existing plants, we ensure efficient and scalable production. Using digital factory simulation, clients can visualize capacity and identify bottlenecks before investing in physical infrastructure.

Tire Design & FEA
Black Donuts develops high-performance tires using advanced simulation and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). This ensures optimized performance before physical prototypes are built.

InTire Labs (Material Research & Testing Center)
InTire Labs is our dedicated material research and testing center, providing comprehensive material services. We offer rubber compound development, chemical analysis, and physical testing, allowing manufacturers to validate new formulas before moving to full-scale production.

Nemus (Bio-Based Reinforcement Premix)
Nemus is a Bio-Based Reinforcement Premix for tire compounds, representing a major step toward reducing reliance on fossil-based materials. As a drop-in ready material, Nemus allows manufacturers to adopt sustainable solutions immediately; without changing their existing machinery, factory layouts, or production workflows.

Reducing Risk and Accelerating Time-to-Market

By combining design, materials, and factory engineering under one roof, Black Donuts enables:

Faster project execution
Lower technical and commercial risk
Better alignment between design and production
Predictable production results

Black Donuts is one of the few companies globally that can design, simulate, build, and validate both tire products and manufacturing facilities within a single framework. As Kai and Antti explain in the video, our goal is to reduce risk and speed up development for our partners worldwide. By combining these services, we help the industry transition to a smarter, more sustainable future.

Watch the full interview (click on the image below) with CEO Kai Hauvala and Nemus business unit CTO Antti Laukkanen to learn more about the vision behind Black Donuts.