Vaculug using eucalyptus-derived lignin as a protective agent
Vaculug is using lignin as a protective agent in its compounds. The company described the integration of the sustainable material into its production process as an “innovative approach” that “marks a significant milestone in the quest for eco-friendly solutions in the tyre industry”.
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SBTi confirms Kraiburg Austria’s goals
Stefan Mayrhofer, managing director of Kraiburg Austria, is convinced that environmental protection and sustainability awareness are “topics that we owe to future generations.” This is the reason the retreading specialists strives to act in an environmentally responsible manner, its receipt of the EMAS certificate three years ago serving as evidence of these efforts.
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Vipal Rubber attends Yokohama franchise’s national conference in Australia
Vipal Rubber is participating in the Tyres & More National Conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The tyre retreading supplier is presenting its growth trajectory over the last 50 years, reaching its current global scale, and its product portfolio. The host is Yokohamas retreading and repairs franchise in Australia, which has an extensive network of distributors in the retread tyres and services segment. Tyres & More’s network of distributors work in close collaboration with retreaders to sell retreaded tyres.
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Vaculug launches sustainablethinking.earth website
Vaculug has a launched a new website, “designed to revolutionize the online tyre shopping experience”. The new website is designed to provide “a comprehensive resource for tyre information and purchases”.
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Coalition against unfair tyre imports requests tariff review
Ahead of the expiry of anti-dumping tariffs on China-produced truck tyres imported into the European Union, on 20 October the European Commission reported receiving a request to review these. The European industry observers our sister title Neue Refeinzeitung (NRZ) spoke to expect a preliminary decision at the beginning of the review. Meanwhile, Chinese market sources told Tyrepress China that the tyre makers at the centre of the case have generally responded “calmly”, having become accustomed to “trade barriers” from Europe. Whatever the current market reaction is, the investigation will be concluded “within 12 months and in any event no later than 15 months from the date of…publication” (20 October 2023), according to the Commission.
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Marangoni: Our retread would have had the same rolling resistance as a new tyre
Marangoni tested its own retreaded tyre following the procedure described in the ECE117 regulation applicable to new tyres, aware that this test did not represent a Type Approval for a retreaded tyre, but only for benchmarking purposes, the company recently affirmed.
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Galgo promotes retreading at the OSBMA annual workshop
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation promoted retreading at the annual OSBMA (Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association) workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on 3 October 2023.
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Renault – we are proud to be first OEM with Leonard retreads
As reported on Monday, the Renault Group will distribute Leonard retreaded car tyres in France via the 4,900 points of distribution in its brand network. We reached out to Groupe Renault to find out more, and Christopher Le Coq, the company’s strategic partnerships & business development manager, told us a little about the line-up Renault will offer.
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Renault to distribute Leonard retreaded car tyres
Half a year after producing the first car tyres under the Leonard brand name, Black Star has already entered into several agreements regarding the range’s distribution in France. The retreader, which is 60 per cent owned by automotive aftermarket group Mobivia, is now bringing the first vehicle manufacturer on board.
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Galgo celebrates 25 years in the US and Canada
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation celebrated 25 years in the US & Canada at a recent meeting at their corporate office in Dallas, Texas. Galgo began producing rubber products in August 1952 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Putting tyre service at the centre: Bridgestone North region commercial director on truck tyres, webfleet and Hotread
18 months ago, David Almazan joined the Bridgestone North Region as commercial business unit director. During that time the commercial vehicle sector in general as well as the UK fleet business proved their resilience and creativity and the market has experienced a number of shifts. Tyres & Accessories caught up with Almazan at the company’s relatively recently refurbished Warwickshire headquarters in order to find out more about how the leading tyremaker’s commercial vehicle strategy is evolving.
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30 million retreads and counting: Michelin celebrates 100 years of tyre re-manufacturing
Michelin started retreading tyres back in 1923. In the years that followed, the process was refined and demand grew, with the Michelin Remix process (REmould, MIchelin, and X the designation for the French tyremaker’s radials) born in the 1960s. Demand for retreads continued to increase, leading to the expansion of production at the Stoke-on-Trent plant in 1968. Since then, around 30 million worn tyres have been remanufactured at the Michelin plants in Stoke-on-Trent, UK and Homburg, Germany. With around 10 million of those retreads manufactured at the Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent operation, Tyres & Accessories went to see the latest developments at the largest retreading facility in the UK and arguably one the most modern retreading facilities in Europe.
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Galgo adds 5 designs to ‘Extreme’ range of winter treads
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation has added five new designs that have been “lab-tested down to 80° below”. The Extreme line now includes: LDD (Long Distance Drive) 24/32, DLM (Drive Lug Medium) 18/32, PB (Power Block) 26/32, SD (Snow Drive) 25/32, MPO (Multi Positional) 22.5/32 for a total of 18 designs that have been lab tested down to 80° below.
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Vaculug becomes first retreader to raise sustainability linked financing
Vaculug has raised financing from Queens Road Capital in what the company describes as a world-first Sustainability Linked Financing Package (SLFP) for any retreading company. Vaculug will use these proceeds to fund its significant expansion and growth.
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Import glut ripples across European truck tyre market
The ups and downs of European retreading continued last year. According to current figures from the European Tire & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA), the association members retreaded and marketed a total of 4.298 million truck tyres in Europe (excluding Turkey) in 2022. This corresponds to a decline of at least 6.2 per cent compared to the previous year, but is still 4.9 per cent above the figures for the previous year. However, since the new tyre business of the ETRMA members was largely stable (down 0.5 per cent), the importance of retreaded truck tyres fell again significantly compared to the new tyre market and was only 37.2 per cent at the end of last year. The associations figures also show something else very clearly: the EU tariff effect, which had reduced imports of truck tyres (by non-ETRMA members) for a number of years, has now completely fizzled out.
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