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Bridgestone Bulldog balancing demand for hot and cold retreads

Five years after Tyres & Accessories last toured Bridgestone’s retread manufacturing facility in Bourne, Lincolnshire, the development plans the firm envisioned then can now clearly be seen in action. Equipment upgrades, process enhancements and the evolution of the company’s corporate philosophy mean the company has been further [re]moulded – if you will – into the broader Bridgestone/Bandag pattern, while at the same time offering the production flexibility the local market requires.

26th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Leader Tread ready for growth

Some 2.3 million truck tyres are currently sold in South Africa each year, with the market fairly evenly divided between sales of new tyres and retreads. Competing in the retread market are numerous familiar global names such as Bridgestone Bandag, Michelin and Goodyear Dunlop, yet one of the longest established retreading sector firms is local player Leader Tread. The Johannesburg-based company has been in the business for almost half a century and in recent times awareness of its products has also increased outside of Africa. In February, Tyres & Accessories spoke to Leader Tread managing director Brett Sproson and gained an insight into a company that is active and growing in all areas of the retreading and retreading materials market.

23rd March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Bandag plant expansion attracts funding

Abilene, Texas officials have approved a measure that will provide money to aid the planned expansion of a Bridgestone Americas retread plant in the city, reports Tire Review. The Development Corporation of Abilene approved $315,300 for the Bridgestone Bandag plant, which will be paid over three years to expand facilities, creating 11 new full-time jobs. The plant employs 130 full-time workers.

28th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone inaugurates Taiwan Bandag plant

Bridgestone Taiwan has announced the establishment of its first Bandag retreading facility in the country. The new truck and bus radial retreading plant in the city of Taichung was officially opened on 15 February. According to an article published by the China Economic News Service the facility has been set up with an investment of NT$110 million (£2.3 million).

22nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Translogik receives iProbe order Bridgestone Brazil

Transense sales subsidiary Translogik Limited reports that it has received an order from Bridgestone Brazil iProbe commercial tyre inspection tool. According to the company, Bridgestone began work on integrating the iProbe into its systems in April (see announcement dated 21 April 2011). This work is now complete and, following a successful field trial and positive feedback from Bridgestone's customers, it is anticipated that further orders will follow as part of an on-going deployment programme by Bridgestone.

6th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone raises European retread material prices

Bridgestone Europe is to roll out a new round of price increases for retread materials across Europe during the first quarter of 2012. Starting on 1 March and varying from country to country, price increases will average 10 per cent for Bridgestone and Bandag pre-cure tread products and 8 per cent for Bandag cushion gum products.

13th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone retread material prices to rise

During the first quarter of 2012 Bridgestone Europe will roll out a new round of price increases for retread materials across the region it serves. Starting from 1 March and varying from country to country, price increases will average ten per cent for Bridgestone and Bandag Pre Cured Tread products and eight per cent for Bandag Cushion Gum products.

9th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Two senior Bridgestone appointments announced

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) has announced two key appointments, both of which take effect immediately. Saul Solomon, previously president of BATO’s US & Canada Commercial Tire Sales division, has been named president of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Latin American Tire Division (BATO LA). Solomon succeeds Humberto Gomez, who announced his retirement from BATO LA last July. Ken Weaver, formerly chief financial officer of Bridgestone Americas, has succeeded Solomon as president of US & Canada Commercial Tire Sales at BATO.

20th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Remoulding the UAE: Recessionary factors put pressure on suppliers and retreaders

International News, Retreading

Those living in the seven emirates that make up the UAE – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain – are certainly no strangers to high temperatures. While the mercury rose to 47 degrees Celcius and above this summer, pressures caused by the global economic crisis, which triggered a local property collapse in its wake, have also put the heat on the domestic new tyre and retreading markets. Tyres & Accessories recently visited to the country’s largest Emirate by population (Dubai) to learn more about the local and regional retreading and new tyre markets.

14th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Reifen Müller expands its mould cure retreading operation

Companies wishing to survive as retreaders these days either need to find a profitable niche where few competitors exist and margins are high or they must have the absolute will to follow current market trends and the ability to invest. A factor particularly responsible for changing the market is the growing demand for premium retreads by professionally managed fleets – the new tyre industry is a driver of this change. Therefore small and medium-sized retreading firms must make an effort to retain sufficient business. A real-life example of a company that is thriving despite the market changes is Bavaria, Germany based Reifen Müller.

30th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New Infinity dealer partner programme

Recently RH Claydon decided that a new sales and distribution strategy should be adopted in the UK and Northern Ireland. markets and as such, the “Infinity Dealer Partner Programme” has been launched. According to group business development and purchasing manager, John Parker, the Infinity Dealer Partner Programme is a “new and exciting marketing concept for RH Claydon that offers many benefits to both the tyre distributor/service provider and end user in the light and heavy Truck tyre market.”

27th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to raise North America commercial tyre prices

Price increases averaging 11 per cent are to be implemented on a number of Bridgestone company products in the US and Canada. The new prices take effect August 1 and apply to Bridgestone and Firestone brand truck and bus tyres, Bandag brand retreads and retreading materials, and Bridgestone, Firestone and Continuum OTR tyre products and retread rubber.

4th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Growing domestic, exports sales drive positive 2010 for Brisa

Last year saw an upturn in global tyre markets following the slump of 2008 and 2009, and in presenting the 2010 annual report for Turkish tyre maker Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Tire Manufacturing and Trading, chairperson Güler Sabanci said “Brisa reacted to this positive turn as efficiently as it reacted to the sudden deterioration that was previously caused by the harsh effects of the global financial turmoil; and managed the increase of demand in a brilliant fashion.”

12th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone streamlines North American commercial tyre business

The formation of a new group to handle Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations’ commercial tyre business has led to the elimination of some 30 jobs within the organisation. Bridgestone Americas reports the job reductions are effective immediately; the creation of the Bridgestone Commercial Solutions Group to handle the company’s Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions and Off Road Tire, US & Canada Tire Sales divisions has rendered these positions superfluous.

6th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Arla extends Bridgestone tyre contract into UK market

Arla Foods, Scandinavia’s largest dairy producer, recently signed a renewed tyre management agreement with Bridgestone covering its fleets in Denmark and Sweden, and, for the first time, the agreement has been extended to include the United Kingdom. The three-year agreement, which came into effect on April 1, 2011, is based on a cost-per-kilometre package that applied to around 2,000 Arla milk tankers and dairy distribution trucks in the three countries. Bridgestone service is delivered according to its ‘Total Fleet Management’ approach, intended to help fleet operators raise vehicle productivity by optimising tyre performance over the whole tyre lifecycle.

6th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors