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Retreading Special: Recycling

As the saying goes: “retreading is recycling.” And as such retreading its known as the more environmentally friendly side of tyre production. However, whether you sell retreads or new tyres all casings eventually reach the end of their lives. That’s where the growing tyre collection and reprocessing business comes in.

The August issue of Tyres & Accessories will feature the ways retreaders, and other members of the tyre industry, can safely and efficiently dispose of their used tyres in its ‘Retreading Special: Recycling’ supplement. In this special report T&A will speak to influential companies, take a look at the latest technologies and summarise the developments in this part of tyre business. Look out for the ‘Retreading Special: Recycling’ supplement in the August issue of T&A.

11th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Kargro Buys a Second CM Tyre Shredder

Product News

Columbus McKinnon is proud to announce the sale of a second CM Single Speed Tyre Shredder into the European marketplace. The machine has been purchased by Lintire, a division of The Kargro Group, which is located in Montfoort, Holland.

14th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

New Bandag dealership opens in Ussuriysk

Product News

The Vladivostok-based Vostokshintorg group of companies recently opened the very first Bandag Dealership in this distant part of Russia, a virgin market for retreaded tyres.

Although Russia is often thought of as a European country, it also has Asian roots. The Russian Far East, more than 9,000 km to the east of Moscow, extends from Siberia to the Pacific. The city of Vladivostok, on the Pacific coast, is less than 100 km from the Chinese border, and only the Sea of Japan separates it from the main Japanese island of Honshu. Oil, gas, fishing, mining, forestry and four major ports combine with foreign economic ties to make the region one of the most dynamic in Russia.

14th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Could Nitrogen Offer Retreading Benefits?

Product News

In this column SA Treads editor, Liana Shaw, explains why nitrogen inflation could offer little-known benefits to retreaders.

It is probably no secret by now that I am a fan of nitrogen in tyres. I have spoken with too many fleet operators who swear by the cost-saving benefits of running on nitrogen, not to be a believer. I have also been using nitrogen in my own car tyres for over a year and enjoy not having to check tyre pressures every time I fill up. Unlike the inconvenience of running on air, which tends to escape from tyres at a rapid rate, the composition of nitrogen gas – which is characterized by larger molecules – substantially reduces the rate of emission. Then take the heat factor, long acknowledged as a tyre’s biggest enemy. Being an inert gas, tyres inflated with nitrogen run cooler, thereby prolonging tyre life. So far, so good. But could nitrogen’s properties and unique features extend further so as to be able to render valuable assistance to the retreader? The experts seem to think so.

6th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Extends X One Guarantee

Product News

Michelin is extending the X One Total Satisfaction Guarantee into 2005, US magazine e-trucker has reported. The guarantee will be available to X One tyre customers in the US that purchase at least four replacement assemblies. According to the report, the guarantee will cover the first 10 sets of X One tyres purchased. As part of its guarantee, Michelin will buy back X One casings and will cover 75 per cent of the cost of the wheels if the owner isn’t pleased with the tyre’s performance at the end of its original tread life. Michelin recently added a new production line at its Spartanburg, South Carolina, factory partly to increase its capacity to produce X One tyres.

16th February 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Balancing the Bias Against Retreads

Product News

Bandag has released a new wide-single trailer tyre range. The BTE2 is based on a polyvalent tread that the company claims surpasses the performance of its predecessor, the Bandag BZAW(E).

27th October 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby Tyres: Re-focusing For The Future

Product News, UK News

Kirkby Tyres is a major wholesaler in the agricultural sector and is increasingly turning towards that market to develop its business. Kirkby Tyres has been around for a long time, almost 50 years in fact. In that time the business has seen many changes but through all the changes it remains in the hands of the Rosenthal family, with Gordon Rosenthal, grandson of the founder “Joe Rose” at the helm.The company started as a casings collector and dealer, before developing into wholesaling. When the wholesaling of new tyres outgrew the casing side, the company made the decision to concentrate on new tyre distribution. Gordon Rosenthal took over from his father, Leslie Rosenthal, as Managing Director in 1980. Gordon is now Chairman, with Dave Dorrity joining the company in 1999 as Managing Director.Kirkby Tyres operates with three depots to cover the British Isles. The head office is at Liverpool and there is a depot in Perth, Scotland which offers a very similar stock profile to that in Liverpool, though the demand for high performance and premium car tyres is stronger north of the border. Ireland is covered from Dublin by Kirkby Tyres (Ireland) Ltd and in addition to the full range offered in the UK is the Irish agent for Ohtsu/Falken, and is the sole distributor of Wolfrace and Smiths alloy wheels in Ireland. The Group has a turnover in excess of 16 million pounds and employs 61 staff. It is worth noting that the breakdown of the business puts the agricultural sector at 45 per cent of the Group’s turnover, truck at 35 per cent, and car and earthmover at five per cent each.

9th January 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Retread Market: The Current State Of Play

Product News

T&A looks at the recent history of retreading, the threats and the opportunities. According to RAPRA, the number of tyres generated in the UK that would be suitable for retreading is around 15 per cent of car tyres and 50-70 per cent of truck tyres. However, it is reported that only nine per cent of car tyres are retreaded and as few as 24 per cent of truck tyres. It should be noted that many customer own tyre contracts include retreaded tyres which do not get included in this figure and these may amount to as many as 35% of the total retread truck tyre volume in the UK.In 1994 an estimated 14 per cent of the UK car tyre replacement market was taken by the retread sector. This dropped to 12 per cent by 1998 (something around 16 million tyres) and collapsed to eight per cent in 1999 and is continuing to fall. This is a far cry from the 20 per cent market share held in the 1970s and 1980s (when, ironically, the quality was perhaps not quite so good as it is today). Figures for the tonnage retreaded show an increase between 1999 and 2000 from 76,000 tonnes to 77,000 tonnes.Truck retreading is not a particular problem, though there are shortages of casings in some sizes, particularly older more popular retread sizes. The truck tyre market is looking at the cost per kilometre, and retreading lowers the cost per kilometre and makes tyre use much more cost effective. The truck operator sees retreads as a tool to lower running costs.

28th November 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

US Tyre Fire Extinguished

Product News

The tyre fire in Roanoke, Virginia, which has been burning for 25 days, has finally been extinguished. The blaze began when a brush fire ignited an estimated four million tyres, the result of forty years’ collection of casings to supply a recycling/retreading venture that never got started. An official estimated that only 3,500 tyres remain and that the clean-up operation should last only weeks. This compares to the clean-up after Virginia’s worst-ever tyre fire, which is still on-going nearly two decades after the fire.

17th April 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Disease Threat From Used Tyres

Product News

The UK, according to the Guardian, is at threat from mosquitoes imported in used tyre casings. In the past year an Asian breed of mosquito has been found breeding in Brittany, thought to have been imported with used tyre casings. Other species have been found in France, Belgium, Italy and Albania. These insects may not only spread malaria, but dengue fever, yellow fever, equine encephalitis and West Mile virus. There are calls to set up a register of tyre importers and to monitor for mosquitoes at their depots.

28th March 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental HSR1

Product News

Continental took the next step in developing their truck tyre strategy for the future when the company launched the HSR1 a regional traffic, steering axle truck tyre. The HSR1 development follows on from an ongoing market research campaign linked to technological development. This has identified the need for varying qualities in the tyres used for regional and long distance haulage – the HSR1 addresses those needs. The HSR1, as a steering axle tire, has been developed to offer two large gains in performance, the first in lower noise levels, the next in an increase treadwear performance, offering extended lifespan of the original tread by up to 40 per cent. Examples on show at the launch suggested that it could be possible to extend mileage by as much as 52 per cent over current expected performance of the HSR. The new generation of truck tyres also includes the HDR, a regional drive axle tyre, and the HTR trailer tyre. The HSR1 is part of a larger picture, in a move to offer a complete package to the haulier which not only offers better tyre performance, but greater economy though increased loads and potentially greater carrying capacity over an extended period. In an understanding of the importance of good quality casings to the retreader, especially given Continental’s co-operation with Bandag, Continental has incorporated its patented tread groove into the HSR1 which helps prevent stones from becoming lodged in the tread, thus preserving the casing for potential retreading. However, there is much more involved in the launch of the HSR1 than just another tyre. The HSR1 launch has been used to highlight Continental’s expectations for the future. We consider the impact of the latest technology on the future developments in Continental’s truck tyre division.

18th March 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

TARRC Seminar

Product News

The Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC) has been deeply involved for the past two years in an EU-funded CRAFT project, the aim of which is to achieve better assessment of new tyre casing integrity in order to increase the number of tyres retreaded in Europe. TARRC hosted a seminar to discuss the impact of existing and proposed regulations on retreaders and some findings from the CRAFT project. The reason for the CRAFT project was based on a concern by retreaders that the quality of some new tyre casings was decreasing, with the danger that the industry could be deprived of its basic raw material. Principal research objectives included the development of new tests in order to predict the retreadability of new tyres, the establishment of a best practice drum test and a league table of tyre brands, rated according to their retreadability. The project will be finished this year. In investigating retreadability, TARRC tested a number of tyres in accordance with Regulation 54, the standard against which new tyres are tested. Under this standard, tyres are drum tested for 47 hours. The results were extremely surprising and indicate that either Regulation 54 is deeply flawed, or that the tyre industry has a problem. Testing 295/80 R22.5 M-rated tyres, the results showed a failure rate among new tyres of 20.8%. The new tyre manufacturers usually carry out their own tests and their failure rates are nothing like this figure, which begs the question why is there such a disparity between manufacturers’ results and the findings from TARRC? Under the new retreading Regulation 109, tyres are chosen and tested at random by an outside agency. Is there any independent validation of the in-house testing of new tyres? A proposal was made that new tyre manufacturers and retreaders cooperate in a programme of cross-testing new tyres in order to try and solve this apparent anomaly. Whether or not this will happen remains to be seen.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Recycled Reef Row

Product News

A man-made reef constructed from 1,500 used tyres, on the seabed off Newport Beach, California is subject to an ongoing courtroom battle. The pioneering reef is a private experiment to develop seabed agriculture, and the developer plans to extend the experiment, using 1,000 more tyre casings as an anchor for the reef. The California Coastal Commission though is fighting the experiment, saying that it is ineffective, unscientific and environmentally unfriendly, in that it debases a natural environment to create a new, unnatural environment without consideration for the effects of the development.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Receivership For Colway and Motorway

Product News

KPMG has been appointed as official receiver for Colway Tyres and Motorway tyres. Production at both firms has ceased and the assets of the firms are to be sold. Total output from the retreading operations amounted to some 1,000,000 tyres in the preceding year. The demise of the retreading operation will indubitably have an effect on the UK retread market, and potentially on the waste tyre problem.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

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