Brazil’s Borrachas Vipal ships its products to nearly 90 countries around the world and last year achieved US$120 million worth of export sales; around 30 per cent of the company’s production volume is exported, with pre-cured treads representing 40 per cent of this figure. All up, Vipal is responsible for 80 per cent of Brazil’s pre-cured tread exports. It therefore comes as little surprise that the company has recently been twice honoured in its homeland for export activities.