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Vipal partners TransJHL
Vipal Rubber has agreed a partnership deal with carrier TransJHL Transportes e Logística, based in the Portuguese city of Mangualde. According to the company, this deal allows Vipal to secure logistics gains for its products in Portugal and Spain, and as a consequence, the customers in the area will benefit from this partnership due to faster service.
Continue ReadingOliver Rubber launches PD Drive retread
Oliver Rubber Co. has launched the Oliver PD Drive, a SmartWay-verified drive-position retread for regional applications. “The PD Drive provides a winning combination of low rolling resistance, tread life and traction in this new Oliver product,” said Philip Boarts, Oliver’s product category manager. “It delivers bottom-line fuel economy and mileage.”
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Let it rain – Bandag retreading facility more than doubles rainwater storage capacity
Bridgestone Australia’s Bandag Manufacturing retreading operation has completed the first part of a project that will enable its Wacol plant in Brisbane to harvest and store more than one million litres of rainwater. Bandag added 13 new rainwater tanks to its existing harvesting capabilities at the end of August, enabling the business to collect and store an extra 610,000 litres of water. Stage two will be completed in the coming months and will take Bandag’s total rainwater storage capacity to 1,100,000 litres.
Continue ReadingKraiburg updates pattern programme to include K701 “winter specialist”
Kraiburg Austria has updated its pattern programme to include the K701 winter specialist and the results are now available. The 2015/2016 issue is laid out in the usual way in that the patterns are listed in ascending number order. The division into groups depending on applications does not feature in the print version but customers who are interested in this version can still download it from the Internet.
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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres tells UK business minister of export sales growth plans
Business minister Anna Soubry visited Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ Birmingham plant to hear how the manufacturer’s further investment plans will help it expand its product range and increase international sales. The world’s only specialist manufacturer and retreader of aircraft tyres was one of four companies in the West Midlands that the minister visited during a fact-finding day in the region.
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Vipal: VRT3 tread offers 8% better mileage
Vipal Erope reports that its VRT3 tread has demonstrated 8 per cent better mileage when tested against similar competitor treads. To make its point, Vipal used the streets of Puglianello, Italy to host a battery of tests in what the company describes as the first performance comparison in Europe. Such a claim must refer to the comparative testing of pre-cure retread material brands, as there have been numerous comparison tests between new tyres.
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T&A interviews Continental commercial vehicle tyre director, Arthur Gregg
With large numbers of low-cost truck tyres, the development of retreading – not to mention legislative pressures and technological advances – hot topics in the truck tyre sector, Tyres & Accessories interviewed Continental Tyres’ sales and marketing director, Commercial, Arthur Gregg in order to get the well-known German tyre manufacturer’s inside perspective.
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SmartWay approval for second Vipal ‘ECO’ tread
Vipal Rubber says it invests in technology and in the development of products that save money while minimising their environmental impact, and the latest Vipal release to arise from this focus is the VT170 ECO. The retreading materials producer reports that this freight haulage tread was recently verified by the SmartWay Transport programme in the USA. To date the Latin American market leader is the only retreading products manufacturer in South America to achieve this validation.
Continue ReadingGoodyear releases new UniCircle retread
Goodyear has released announced the release of the company’s G186 MSA (mixed-service, all-position) UniCircle retread, which features spliceless UniCircle Technology. The G186 MSA UniCircle boasts three zig-zag circumferential grooves for extra all-season traction, a long-wearing compound for increased tread life, and other features.
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Vipal gives “reusing raw materials” presentation at Rubber Conference 2015
Vipal representatives gave a presentation on reusing raw materials, especially considering the technology used by the company in this respect during the recent International Rubber Conference 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Continue ReadingHarvey Brodsky amongst TIA board nominations
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has released names of candidates for US association’s 2015 Board of Directors election. The TIA membership will vote in open elections to place four individuals onto the TIA Board for three-year terms. nominees for TIAs Board of Directors are:
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Economies of scale – VMI aims to make retreading pay with new Retrax programme
Retreaders in the developed European and North American markets often perform a balancing act – production levels must be high enough to ensure acceptable profits, but at the same time logistics need to remain manageable. The greater the distance between a retreader and its customer base, the more demanding and expensive the delivery of casings and finished tyres becomes. And while retreaders in non-mature markets face other issues, these must also be kept in check in order for retreading to be worthwhile. VMI, a market leader in the development, manufacture and supply of production machinery for the tyre and retreading industries, wants to tip the balance in favour of retreaders both here and around the world. This summer it is introducing a new product programme that may just do that.
Continue ReadingTRIB’s Stevens to speak at Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo
The Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) shares that its managing director, David Stevens, will once again be a featured speaker at the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo. This year’s event, which takes place in Panama City between 16 and 18 July, will be the fourth year in a row that Stevens has attended the show in this capacity.
Continue ReadingPolymer Recyclers trialling retread compound containing 35% rubber crumb
Tamworth-based Polymer Recyclers Ltd (PRL) is putting together a case for a retread compound with recycled tyre crumb as a major ingredient. The company says it is currently retreading and trialling retread compound containing 35 per cent rubber crumb. It calculates that this method could yield a material saving of 25 per cent.
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Cheap Chinese tyres put pressure on retreading
With more low-cost Asian-produced imports entering key European markets than ever, many within the retreading and wider truck tyre industry are anxious to address what they see as a growing concern. For them there are several problems with the continuing influx of Chinese tyres, but two points are particularly key: the increasing cost difference and increased quality disparities seen in the market. Both undermine the retread market and even its long-term future. As far as retreaders are concerned, the problem is that good quality and environmentally sound retreads are being priced out of the market by cheap first-life truck tyres bought as “disposable” items at virtually cost-price levels. All this raises questions that impact the whole market: How bad is the situation now? How has it got to this stage? What is the impact on new truck tyres and retreads alike? Tyres & Accessories recently met with representatives of the Retread Manufacturers Association (RMA) as well as leading retread and new tyre manufacturers in order to find out more.
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