Galgo promotes retreading at the OSBMA annual workshop
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation promoted retreading at the annual OSBMA (Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association) workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on 3 October 2023.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation promoted retreading at the annual OSBMA (Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association) workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on 3 October 2023.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation celebrated 25 years in the US & Canada at a recent meeting at their corporate office in Dallas, Texas. Galgo began producing rubber products in August 1952 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation has added five new designs that have been “lab-tested down to 80° below”. The Extreme line now includes: LDD (Long Distance Drive) 24/32, DLM (Drive Lug Medium) 18/32, PB (Power Block) 26/32, SD (Snow Drive) 25/32, MPO (Multi Positional) 22.5/32 for a total of 18 designs that have been lab tested down to 80° below.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation exhibited at TAPT (Tennessee Association of Pupil Transportation) conference on 6 June 2023, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation (Galgo) exhibited at the TMC’s 2023 Transportation Technology Exhibition in Orlando, Florida between 27 February and 1 March 2023.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation attended the 2023 OTR Tire Conference in Tucson, Arizona between 22 and 25 February. “We were excited to attend the meeting functions and exhibit at this year’s event. The conference was exciting, and the relaxed atmosphere allowed us to spend quality time with our customers”, said Ron Elliott marketing manager, Pre-Q Galgo Corporation, adding:
It is 70 years since Galgo took its first steps towards becoming a leading supplier to the tyre retreading industry. The company began producing and marketing shoe soles in August 1952 in Mexico City but soon expanded its portfolio to include rubber flooring and mats, gaskets, tubes, flaps, and, of course, retreading products.
In the USA, Heintschel Truck Tire Center has joined the Pre-Q Galgo network of independent retreaders. According to the company, the firm’s retread factory averages a seven-day turnaround and also offers OTR repair, foam fill, and wheel refurbishing.
Pennsylvania, USA-based Steve Shannon Tire is now a member of the Pre-Q Galgo network of independent retreaders.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation has published details of its extension of the company’s Extreme tread line that includes the addition of 12 designs that were lab-tested down to 80 below and received Three-Peak Mountain Snow Flake (3PMSF) certification.
Retreading material supplier Galgo has confirmed that its DGR (Drive Galgo Regional) tread design is now part of the GALGOMR 3PMSF (Three Peak Mountain Snow Flake) accredited product line. As a result, Galgo offers a total of 21 certified 3PMSF treads to its customers as part of the GALGOMR range.
Galgo has announced that Rimay has become part of its worldwide network of independent dealers. The new state-of-the-art 10,000 sqft Rimay retread plant is strategically located in the Central Business Park in Mérida Yucatán, Mexico.
Pre-Q Galgo Corporation has hired Ron Elliott to be its marketing manager in North America. In his role, Elliot will be responsible for leading the marketing direction of the long-term growth strategy for the Pre-Q Galgo brand throughout the United States and Canada.
On the other side of the Atlantic Galgo and Cooper Tires have partnered to “increase productivity, meet customer needs and provide cost savings, by collaborating to align product warranties on new tyres”.
This month we face the latest Brexit deadline. The deadline Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would rather “die in a ditch” than overshoot. However, as we go to press no-one knows if we will Brexit on this date; and if we do, what kind of Brexit it will be. We reported how automotive manufacturers and their suppliers have made their feelings known en masse here, but the broader truth is that the details of the subject remain a great unknown. So, let’s look to the future and how more businesses what to make their future an ecologically sustainable one.
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