Rifer Gomme Joins Bandag to Cover Eastern Italy

Rifer Gomme, based in Fermo, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, as recently joined Bandag to provide enhanced retreading services to its large customer base in the Marche region and beyond. According to an official statement publishing the news, Rifer Gomme is one of the largest tyre retreaders in central Italy. It is a family company owned and run by Lucio Cudini, with his two sons handling the company’s sales and marketing activities, and his daughter looking after the administrative side of the business.

Rifer Gomme sells new tyres – Bridgestone and other major brands – and retreads for a wide range of vehicles: light and heavy trucks, as well as passenger cars. After working with a different retreading system for a while, the Cudini family took the decision to switch to Bandag.

“We operate mainly with end-user fleets,” explains Lucio Cudini, “and we firmly believe that Bandag has the right tools to support this fleet business. When we were deciding whether to make the move from our old supplier, it was the sheer range of computerised and other components of the overall Bandag support package that made our minds up for us. They have been around since just after the war, so they certainly know what they are doing!”

Rifer Gomme’s location in the centre and east of Italy makes it a good partner for trucking companies and other fleets in the area looking to shave their overheads. With the price of fuelmore than ever a major operating consideration these days, achieving the lowest cost per kilometre (LCPK) is vital.