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Marangoni Tread Granted EMAS Certification

Marangoni Tread SpA has announced that its manufacturing sites in Ferentino and Frosinone have been granted EMAS certification (certificate no. IT-000709). These production sites already possess ISO 9001:2000 quality certification and ISO 14001:2004 environmental certification.

EMAS stands for Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, and is a European standard that promotes the voluntary adoption of an environmental management system (EMS) that goes well beyond ISO 14001, as the participating organisations must guarantee a certain level of efficiency, transparency and credibility. The system in fact requires the results of the organisation’s environmental performance to be published externally. Voluntary enlisting in the EMAS register allows organisations to assess and improve their environmental performance, to provide appropriate information and create a relationship of trust with industry and the public.

29th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Ready to Move Forward

The Marangoni Village the Italian tyre and retreading systems manufacturer constructed at last year’s Essen show was about more than just combining exhibition space. As far as the company’s management is concerned, this move symbolised the first step in a “redefinition of the Marangoni’s corporate strategy.” In other words, the company is re-doubling its efforts to focus on the synergies available to a group that runs as a “highly networked system” rather than a number of autonomous entities.

Looking at the how the company has expanding internationally over the years, retreading has always been a key part of the group’s business. In fact the company’s domestic Italian market is the only territory in the world where less than half of group sales (40 per cent – see chart for more details) come from retreading related operations. With Western Europe accounting for 34 per cent of total group turnover the half of this figure that is retreading related remains central to the company’s operation.

29th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Establishes a New Partnership in Brazil

In late October Marangoni announced the largest acquisition of new business the company has made outside of Europe. Its Brazil subsidiary, Marangoni do Brazil, has reached an agreement with Release Pneu Point to convert all eight of the retreading plants operated by Pneu Point to the Ringtread system. This conversion will be complete by the end of 2007. Pneu Point is a fast growing group that is active in the area of new vehicle distribution and new and retreaded tyre services, and Marangoni believes the adoption of the Ringtread system will permit Pneu Point to accelerate the growth of its retreading division and will allow a better integration with all its other activities.

23rd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Chadha Rubber: Diversified Group

Chadha Rubber is a member of the Chadha group; a vast organisation with interests in foodstuffs, metals, paper, rubber, handicrafts distilling and wine and real estate. In all, the group employs some 10,000 people. Products of Chadha Rubber include butyl rubber tubes, flaps and curing bags and envelopes for retreading. The tube plant began manufacturing in 1989 and covers a wide range of tubes for vehicles from two wheelers to OTR machinery. Domestically, the company enjoys regular business with the Special Defence Aircraft tubes and is actively associated with the various State Transport Fleet owners and Indian tyre manufacturers. Exports form a healthy part of Chadha Rubber’s business, with sales made in over 40 different countries, said Mr Ajay Bhardwaj, General Manager, International Business.

22nd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Bringing the World to China

China at the start of the 21st century can claim to hold a position on the world stage enjoyed by Britain in the 19th – the People’s Republic is the undisputed ‘workshop of the world’, and its swelling output of manufactured products has seen the country grow to become the world’s fourth largest economy. Included in this swift expansion has been tyre industry production – recent figures indicate that China now produces some 330 million tyres annually. Of this amount 235 million are radial types, and two-thirds of these are destined for export. However, China has not merely grown as a production site for meeting the needs of global markets. The Chinese are quickly becoming a nation of consumers, and their appetite for vehicles is voracious. While only six Chinese out of every hundred own a car, research conducted by AC Nielsen indicates that China contains more people who aspire to own a car, but currently do not, than any other country. The outlook for tyre sales within China is thus good, and domestic demand is tipped to surpass export figures in about five years’ time. Whether buying or selling tyres, China is a country that provides many lucrative business opportunities.

21st November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Retread Technologies – 10 Years in North America

November 16 marked the tenth anniversary of Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) operating in North America. Since its beginning in 1997, MRT has grown to include 45 franchisees, with 77 retread locations across the US, Canada and Mexico, and during this time the retreader has opened a tread pressing plant in Covington, Georgia. The company doubled the capacity of this facility in 2005 and two years later built a second tread pressing plant in Querétaro, Mexico.

“The pace at which Michelin Retread Technologies has grown since its inception is a tremendous tribute to the quality and workmanship of our franchisees, as well as the value created by the innovative MRT process and products,” said Jean-Michel Guillon, chief operating officer, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “Being able to apply some of our new tyre technologies to the retread products certainly has brought significant value to the fleet customers.”

20th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Vipal Using Local Partners to Grow in Eastern Europe

Retreader Vipal has placed a focus upon expansion in Eastern Europe this year, and this growth has greatly aided by the company’s decision to work alongside local market partners. The company reports that in Poland it has this year worked with the company PPH TOR SP. ZOO, who it says has been one of its important partners in the retreader’s expansion in this market.

15th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin to Cut Some, Upgrade Other Operations at Stoke Facility

The Michelin factory at Stoke on Trent is to cease its calendaring operations, and investment in the plant over the next few years will be directed towards retreading operations. According to a Michelin spokeswoman, the production of calendered steelcord, which currently supplies the company’s factory in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, will end in March 2008. Approximately 40 jobs will be lost as a result; Michelin is seeking voluntary redundancies, and will attempt to place those who wish to remain with the tyremaker in other suitable roles. The remaining 1,300 jobs at the Stoke on Trent factory are secure, added Michelin, and the Ballymena plant will be supplied from other Michelin facilities.

The Stoke site seems likely, however, to benefit from an upgrade to its Remix retreading operations. Michelin reports that plans are afoot to invest in a “multi-million” pound programme that will provide the technology required to retread tyres incorporating Michelin Durable Technologies. Research into the proposal will be carried out next year and implementation of the upgrade will begin in 2009, with a 5-year timeframe slated for its completion.

13th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni System a ‘Reliable Alternative’ to Delocalisation

After working for over half a century in the tyre sector, the Marangoni group claims the distinction of being one of only a few players in the global tyre industry to be fully active across the spectrum of tyre industry sectors; from the production of new tyres to industrial-scale retreading, from the design to the development of machinery for the production of tyres, from the manufacturing of retreading systems to the distribution of the finished product to end users. These activities, currently carried out by a staff of over 1,800 in 10 production branches in Italy, Germany, North America and Brazil, led in 2006 to a consolidated turnover of 339.8 million euros, a 10 per cent increase compared with the previous year.

7th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Independent Thinking – Bridgestone UK’s retail strategy

Bridgestone UK’s general strategy of focusing on independent dealers is clear with 90 per cent of its sales going through this channel and only 10 per cent going through equities such as Kingsway, ATS Euromaster and HiQ. If anything the management sees its relationships with key independent dealers as even more important to truck tyre sales. Sales figures given at the Truck Point conference seem demonstrate this: 94 per cent of Bridgestone CV products are supplied through Truck Point dealers.

6th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian Reports Strong Q3 Sales Growth

Nokian Tyres has reported a 27.9 per cent increase in third quarter net sales, having earned a total of 236 million euros during the three-month period. This gives the company a year to date net sales increase of 25.2 per cent, up from 533.9 million to 668.9 million euros. Operating profit for the quarter was 51.6 million euros, a 39.5 per cent increase on the same period last year. For the nine months of 2007 operating profit is recorded as 140.8 million euros, a sizeable 64.5 per cent rise from last year’s January to September operating profit of 85.6 million euros. Quarterly net profit was 37.4 million euros, a 36 per cent increase on the July-September 2006 profit of 27.5 million euros, and net profit for the nine-month period stands at 107.5 million euros, 81.2 per cent higher than during the same period last year.

Nokian Tyres’ president and CEO Kim Gran commented “the third quarter, in line with the earlier part of the year, was a success for Nokian Tyres. Net sales grew in all profit centres, and the operating profit improved from the previous year both during the third quarter and the period January-September. Sales grew in all key markets, particularly in Russia.

2nd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Unveils Ring Modular System

A few months ago Marangoni, one of Europe’s leading retreading systems providers, finally received the patent for its latest ring building technology, the best part of a decade after this technology first went into development. With the patent in hand, the Italian company recently invited journalists to see its RMS (Ring Modular System) technology in action. For Marangoni RMS represents the latest evolution in tread ring and retreaded tyre building technology, utilising an advanced level of automation. As a result Marangoni claims that the new machinery saves space, and completes the process in 30 per cent less time, consequently saving money on heat and electricity.

2nd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

New Super Jumbo to Roll on Bridgestone Tyres

Bridgestone has reported that its aircraft radial tyres were those chosen for fitment to the first production model Airbus A380. The super sized airliner was delivered to Singapore Airlines and entered service on October 25, its maiden flight taking place on the Singapore to Sydney route. Subsequent A380 airliners shipped to global carriers will also come mounted with the tyres, which Bridgestone claims offer superb safety and fuel efficiency.

In order to accommodate takeoff and landing speeds of up to 370 km/h and takeoff gross weights of as much as 560 tons, Bridgestone manufactures aircraft tyres using what it calls its “Revolutionary Reinforced Radial” (RRR) design, a radial structure with high elastic modulus/strength cords. The construction of an RRR technology tyre includes an inner belt that minimises tyre expansion in the radial direction and an outer belt that resists external damage. By suppressing tread tension the RRR structure also reduces the possibility of damage from running over objects. Should the tyre be damaged, the structure minimises the possibility of tyre destruction through bursting or tread separation.

1st November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Retreaders Work on Their Contacts in Singapore

Tyrexpo Asia is not only a very interesting show for wholesalers, dealers and manufacturers of new tyres. In parallel with the increasing “Westernisation” of many markets in the region, suppliers of treads and tread rubber as well as equipment for the retreading business play an increasingly important role for Tyrexpo Asia, and this has not only been the case for this year’s show. Despite this, it has to be admitted that in previous years more companies from the retreading industry were present during the Singapore show, such as, for example, Goodway from Malaysia or Vipal from Brazil. So, this year’s exhibition appeared to lack some important market players. However, many others, including several companies from Europe and Northern America came or returned to exhibit at Tyrexpo Asia and thus benefited from it.

29th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kargro Group Takes Rumal to Asia

Asian tyre markets are perhaps not the easiest markets for a company focusing on the buying and selling of casings and used tyres. However, said Ko van der Heijden, director of the Dutch Kargro group, the Tyrexpo Asia show always has been and still is “a good show for us.” This is true in particular because the Kargro group has put much effort into the development of its subsidiary, Rubber Maalindustrie Limburg, known in short as Rumal. As a recycler of scrap tyres Rumal has been among the leading European tyre market players for two decades now, Mr van der Heijden said. In Rumal’s recycling facility in the Netherlands’ south about 35,000 tonnes of scrap tyres are processed every year and are shredded to become tyre granulates or rubber crumb. These recycled products are then employed as a new raw material for the production of flooring material or shoe soles. While to date Rumal has mostly served customers in Europe, according to the company’s director the Kargro group is now also trying to obtain a foothold in Asian tyre markets– Rumal is actively looking for new customers in Asia.

25th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors