Broadening range, broadening appeal
Truck tyre retreading and the new truck tyre market upon which it depends have developed in terms of sophistication over the years. At the same time increased amounts of low-cost products have put pressure on the opposite end of the market. Recent years have seen Michelin address this with investment at the top and now additional product lines at the bottom. Tyres & Accessories met with new Michelin UK head Guy Heywood, who was promoted from his role as sales director for the company’s commercial vehicle tyre sales in the UK and Ireland earlier this year, in order to find out more.
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Continued growth for Goodyear Dunlop’s Wittlich retreading operation
Manufacturers that aim to offer a comprehensive and competitive commercial vehicle fleet portfolio can’t get by without retreading (typically mould cure retreading performed in large, centralised facilities), nor can they reduce fleet transport costs and meet customer expectations without partnering with the tyre trade and drawing upon the extensive range of services these specialists offer. In the five years since opening a truck tyre retreading facility alongside its new truck tyre plant in Wittlich, Germany, Goodyear Dunlop has made greater inroads into the local fleet business market.
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Retreader Reifen Apel achieves continuity through focus on quality
There’s a lot of talk within the tyre market at the moment – particularly in the retreading business – about tyres imported from the Far East, tyres that sometimes cost barely half as much as a new, European-made truck tyre and therefore make life very hard for many retreaders. But even though the market weakness that follows these imports is a point of concern for all involved, the problems that arrive along with these budget tyres don’t affect everyone equally.
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Marangoni and Auto & Truck Tyres install latest technology at Wadeville Plant
Just a few months after the partnership between the Marangoni Group and Leader Rubber Co. S.A., a leading South African retreading materials supplier, began with the intention of supporting Marangoni’s African market development, Auto & Truck Tyres (A&TT), the biggest retreader in the region, has completely upgraded its plant in Wadeville, Johannesburg. This large A&TT […]
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Bridgestone celebrates 10th anniversary of Bulldog acquisition
10 years after Bridgestone bought Bulldog, the retreading market is a different place. A decade ago passenger car retreading was still going on (albeit some way from its peak). At the same Chinese tyres were present, but in nowhere near the current quantities – and in some cases they were being sold at the same or higher prices they are now. On top of this many more retreading operations were running than there are today.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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