Encore – A New Michelin Service For Fleets

Michelin has introduced a new initiative in the UK, aimed at supplying a single source, total tyre life package for fleet customers. Called Encore, the new service introduces a retreading facility for Remix tyres and the possibility of retreading new tyres from competitors. The retreads will be branded Encore and will only be available for fleet customers and not on retail sale.

Further details are available in November’s TYRES & ACCESSORIES. The company has made ‘substantial’ investments at Stoke-on-Trent, including a new, independent retreading facility, in an attempt to woo fleet business. Encore will only be available to those customers who buy Michelin tyres as new, as the whole aim of the scheme is to increase sales of new Michelin tyres.

For fleet customers, product alone is no longer enough, as they are demanding more in the way of services and tyre management. Encore gives Michelin a greater measure of control and enables the company to offer a ‘new to scrap’ tyre management service..