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Marangoni Becoming a “Global Player“ in Brazil

Although Italian firm Marangoni celebrated its 50th anniversary in the new Millennium, the year 2000 primarily represented a significant milestone on its path towards becoming a global operator. Today, ten years later, the Marangoni Group is, aside from Bandag and the new tyre manufacturers’ retreading activities, the industry’s sole genuine “global player”. The company has not only successfully established itself in Europe and North America, it is now slowly gaining a foothold in China. However in the last decade it is the operation in Brazil that has, above all, become the backbone of its global industrial presence.

18th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Reports 50% Increase in BIG Tyre Sales

Bandvulc has reported that its BIG range (retreaded tyres for quarry and heavy application) expanded sharply in 2009, despite difficult recessionary times. According to Bandvulc, the company saw sales in this market increase by over 50 per cent. Bandvulc representatives commented that this because “customers are still looking for value for money and tangible longevity, not short term benefits.”

17th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

European Metal Recycling Chooses Bandvulc and Fulda

European Metal Recycling Ltd (EMR), a global leader in recycled metal products and environmental services, has selected Bandvulc and Fulda tyres as policy fitment for its southern UK based fleet operations. Adam Wilkes, Transport Manager for EMR‘s Southern Region commented: “We have run extensive tests and trials with a variety of tyre brands at a selection of our operating centres and found the Bandvulc package to be the most cost effective solution for our business both in regards to up front costs and final PPK rates. We believe in simplicity so chose not to run casing banks or value management of assets. The Bandvulc offer was straightforward and uncomplicated and hence, more attractive”.

16th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler: Kazakhstan Retreading Plant Now Fully Operational

International News, Retreading

In 2008 Dortmund, Germany-based Rösler Group finalized a deal with one of the world’s largest copper mining companies, Kazakhmys to install a turnkey retreading facility for Kazakhmys’ underground and open pit operations in Kazakhstan. 18 months later Rösler and Kazakhmys have announced that that they have completed construction of the new retreading facility in Zhezkazgan, near Kazakhmys’ operations. The plant has reportedly been in full production since December last year, retreading tyres in 25 inch to 33.00R51 sizes, with the option for 57-inch products. In order to secure quality, Rösler keeps a team of three retreading specialists based in Kazakhstan on a continuous basis to supervise production.Tyres retreaded in the Zhezkazgan facility are now in operation in copper mines.

16th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

B&J Rocket Appointment

Erhart Maegerlein has been appointed as General Manager of B&J Rocket Sales AG based in Baar/Switzerland, effective March 1st. Maegerlein looks back on many years of trade experience; he successfully represented the company in Hong Kong for 28 years. As of now he will be strengthening the Switzerland based management in all concerns of the sales regions in Europe and Asia. In his new function Erhart Maegerlein reports directly to Andreas Müller, Managing Director of the B&J Rocket Group.

15th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Retreading Special March 2010

Magazine and online subcribers can now view the March 2010 issue of Tyres & Accessories/Neue Reifenzeitung's Retreading Special supplement. The latest edition of the increasingly popular retreading publication features exclusive articles on Maragoni's rise to prominence as a retreading global player; Michelin on converting customers to a four-life strategy; Vipal's ecological sensitivities; what the future holds for truck tyre retreading; Goodway's Chinese plant expantion; Malatesta's belief in retreads and Obo Banden's establishment in a new market niche. Click more to read the complete 32-page product.

10th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Lanxess Examining Options for Brazil Retreading Chemical Production

Some 18 million truck and bus tyres are said to be retreaded in North America each year and a further nine million in South America, and to meet growing demand for the raw materials used in retreading both within the region and worldwide, Lanxess’s Performance Butadiene Rubbers (PBR) business unit is “considering the possibility” of manufacturing ESBR-BMB (emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber black masterbatch) in Brazil in the future. Options for doing so at its Triunfo or Caxias production sites are currently being examined.

10th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Outlines Steps Taken to ‘Green’ its Tyres

Bridgestone Europe’s updated environmental report is a document the company says sets out its “commitment to high environmental standards and the latest steps to achieve them.” This third edition of the ‘Environmental Commitment and Performance’ brochure continues the focus on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of tyre environmental impact from cradle to grave that has been a feature of the publication since its initial launch in 2006, and this year’s report also includes additional information on Bridgestone’s ‘Ecopia’ tyre range.

4th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Thai Bridgestone Bandag Centre Ready for ‘Significant Growth’ in Asia

Upon announcing the opening of the latest Bridgestone Bandag Retread Center in Thailand, Bridgestone stated it anticipates the significant growth of its retreading business in Asia, and in preparation for this expansion it will begin construction of a retread materials plant in Thailand this November. The Bandag centre officially opened by Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd. on February 25 is located at the company’s Nong Khae factory site and will, the Japanese manufacturer reports, contribute to the development of the company’s retread and solutions business in three ways; namely, through the retreading of tyres according to the Bandag process, which began on February 1; by accelerating the retread and solutions business’s development; and by conducting training for Bridgestone Bandag shop technicians employed in company owned and franchise locations. This training will include the production of retreads using the Bandag process and instruction in Bridgestone Bandag retread and solutions business method.

25th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Wolverhampton Returns to Normal Production Levels

Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK has reinstated the “Guaranteed Working Week” at its Bushbury, Wolverhampton tyre retreading and compounding plant. The company reportedly met with Unions and employee representatives in the few days and says the decision will result in all full-time employees being guaranteed a full 42 hour week with immediate effect.

Goodyear Wolverhampton changed shift patterns and moved to reduced hours, dropping the Guaranteed Working Week in December 2008, during the early stages of the economic downturn. At the time this was said to be in response to severely reduced demand for car and truck tyres.

24th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Announces Guaranteed Casing Allowance on New 01 Series Tyres

Pirelli has announced that, for a limited period, it will offer selected fleets a guaranteed casing allowance. The move is designed to demonstrate that Pirelli’s end-user partners can rely on the company’s truck tyres being guaranteed against any manufacturing defects from cradle to grave and then onto a second retreaded life. According to the company, “Pirelli’s confidence in the sheer quality of its new R01 Regional product lines and the ST01 Trailer fitment will ultimately be translated into extremely high retread casing acceptability and then prolonged second lives.”

23rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin’s Stoke Remix Plant Gets £3.9 million in Funding

Michelin Tyre PLC’s Stoke-on-Trent Remix retreading manufacturing site has accepted £3.9 million towards modernisation from the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The company plans to use this money to upgrade its facilities in order to be able to retread its latest generation Michelin Durable Technologies truck and bus tyres. According to company representatives this development takes the company “a step closer to securing £20 million worth of investment over a five-year period”, safeguarding the long-term future of the Stoke industrial site. The company is now said to be working with the Department for Business Innovation and the regional Government agencies “to develop and sustain the manufacturing skills base in the North Staffordshire region.”

23rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Invests £300,000 in ‘World Class’ Production Process

Perhaps in an effort to practice what it preaches, Bandvulc recently demonstrated some examples of innovation in in-house design and engineering. As a result, the company has now changed the way it handles over 18,000 truck tyre casings per month and has named this new process Avalon (a reference to the company’s King Arthur-themed production process).

As with the Avalon of King Arthur, where the magical sword Excalibur was forged, company representatives are keeping the Avalon of Bandvulc something of a mystery. However, according to the company, the fact that it was designed, manufactured and installed using internal expertise means the £300,000 investment has gone a lot further than it would have done if outside consultants and engineers were used.

22nd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

What Does Future Hold for Truck Tyre Retreading?

Retreading, UK News

2009 may have been a difficult year for the tyre business in general, but the new truck tyre sector faired particularly badly. And as a knock-on effect of the reduced number of miles driven by fleets in the slowing economy, retread product was also hit (for example some figures suggest UK retread output was down 20 per cent this time last year). However, this improved during the course of the year and with retreading companies securing an increasing share of fleet business, Devon-based Bandvulc tyres is looking forward to a bright future in the international logistics business.

In a period of expansion that has impressed even the truck and bus market’s leading new tyre manufacturers, in recent years Bandvulc has grown to an influential position in certain segments, particularly to supermarket fleet tyre supply. Along the way the company has developed a reputation for environmental consciousness and recently took on an expanded new tyre distribution role in order to extend the service it can offer its growing fleet customer base. Speaking to Tyres & Accessories, company director and co-founder Richard O’Connell defines three important dimensions for those in the retreading business to consider: environmental, technical and political.

22nd February 2010/by Chris

Vacu-Lug Signs Royal Mail Tyre Contract

Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited has been awarded a contract to supply all the retreads for Royal Mail Group Ltd’s trailer fleet. The agreement, which runs for two years with an option to extend for a further two years, will see Vacu-Lug Duramold retreads fitted on a rolling basis as replacements for all worn or damaged 385/65 R22.5 tyres on the Royal Mail Group's 22.5 inch trailer fleet.

According to a statement detailing the news, environmental concerns were an important factor behind Royal Mail Group's decision to opt for Vacu-Lug Duramold Tyres. As an organisation committed to reducing its environmental impact, Royal Mail Group said it recognises the need to work with suppliers which also regard the environment as a key consideration through out the lifecycle of its product.

19th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors