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New Bandag Dealers In Egypt and Romania

Cairo-based Internile for Tyres Ltd and HL & H Prod Com SRL have joined Bandag’s retreader network, along with Internile Tyres, Egypt
Bucharest-based HL & H Prod Com SRL recently went into business operating as a joint venture between two experienced specialists from the Israeli tyre sector. Since then, the Bucharest public bus company Filaret has reportedly been full of praise for Bandag retreaded tyres. Filaret actually bought its retreads from Hatzav, the Israeli parent company of Bandag Dealer TGL (Aviation) Rubber Company, in Acre, Israel.

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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.

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Why Doesn’t the Government Ride on Retreads?

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Influential members of the retreading community pulled off a successful media coup when their request for more widespread public sector use of retreads was featured in the Daily Telegraph. In the broadsheet article entitled “Green tyres get Government brush-off” RMA director, David Wilson, and former and current presidents (C-Tyres’ Gary Oliver and Bandvulc’s Richard O’Connell) spoke of their wishes to see the government support the retreading business. Its not an unprecedented idea. US president George Bush and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi have both backed similar schemes in their countries. In the UK however, there has been no noticeable move towards enforcing the use retreads on the part of the public sector.

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New Bandag dealership opens in Ussuriysk

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.

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Could Nitrogen Offer Retreading Benefits?

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.

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Bandag Retreading Material Prices

(Akron/Tire Review) Bandag Inc is increasing prices on “most of its retreading materials” for North America, the company has announced. According to Bandag, all tread rubber products in the US will increase by a per-pound weighted average of 12 cents (US). In Canada, the increase will be 17 cents (Canada). Both increases take effect on 1 May. Bandag officials said that increasing raw material costs cannot be offset by increased efficiencies or productivity.

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1000 Attend Brahler Industries Open House

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Nearly a thousand industry professionals attended an open house and trade fair held here at the world headquarters of Brahler Industries on 5 and 6 May. The open house featured a tour of the new Innovative Tread Replacement (ITR) facility, which is said to be the most advanced retreading facility in North America. Visitors had an opportunity to meet with representatives of Brahler’s Truckers Supply, Gaither Tool Company and Brahler’s Industrial Retreading, all operating companies of Brahler Industries. The trade fair offered visitors a chance to meet with top representatives of key suppliers such as Continental General Tire, Yokohama Tire, Michelin Ag Tire, Tech International, Marangoni Tread, Mid-West Truckers Association and others.

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Manual Handling of Tyres Guide Launched

The NTDA Regional Meeting, held at the Brityrex International exhibition on 11 May, played host to the launch of a new Guide to the Manual Handling of Tyres, drawn up by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in consultation with industry bodies and trade associations.

The Guide was launched by Chris Flint, HM Principal Inspector, HSE and one of the Guide’s authors. It is, he said, aimed at employers whose businesses involve the collection or delivery of new or used tyres and is relevant to employers who manufacture, store, distribute, collect, deliver and retail tyres and to retreaders, road haulage companies and bus operators. It is limited to dealing with the risk of musculoskeletal disorders arising from the manual handling of tyres during collection and delivery and does not cover tyre handling during manufacture and retreading.

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New Tyre Recycling Report

Research and Markets Ltd (Dublin) has published a new report on the subject of tyre recycling. The report provides an overview of the tyre recycling business summarising current practices and the factors that have contributed to its growth. There are around 1 billion tyres produced each year across the globe. It is estimated that for every tyre sold another joins the waste stream. There are some simple options such as retreading or shipping to countries with less stringent tread requirements, but this does not solve the problem.

The new report focuses on the EU but cites US based research. The report’s author, Dr Schulman has incorporated statistics from the EU markets, which illustrate changes in the industry since the inception of the European Tyre Recycling Association a decade ago. The report can be ordered online at www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c16740 for 136 euros.

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Tyrexpo Asia Steps Up a Gear

Tyrexpo Asia 2005 has stepped up a gear following the organisers’ announcement that the show is now officially open for pre-registration on www.eci-international.com.

The exhibition currently has 100 exhibitors from over 45 different countries highlighting the international nature of the show. Exhibitor numbers and square metre take-up have exceeded all other previous Tyrexpo Asia events, the organisers report. Industry sectors represented include: new tyres, wheels, retreads and retreading equipment, fast fit and tyre repair equipment, tyre changers and balancing equipment, buffing and grinding equipment, disposal and recycling equipment and other tyre accessories. Tyrexpo Asia will run from the 13 to 15 September, Hall 2, Singapore Expo Centre.

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ITR’s Jacksonville Grand Opening

Innovative Tread Replacement Inc (ITR) will host a grand opening of its new location at Eastgate Industrial Park in Jackonsville, Illinois, on 6 and 7 May. Over 700 guests are expected to attend the event. The open house and plant tours will be the first public showing of the ITR’s retread process, recognised worldwide for reliability and efficiency in truck tyre tread replacement, according to the company.

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ArvinMeritor Joins TRIB

ArvinMeritor has become the latest member of the Tire Retread Information Bureau (TRIB). Based in Troy, Michigan, ArvinMeritor Commercial Vehicle Systems business unit serves the commercial truck and trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets. The company also produces the Meritor Tire Inflation System.

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WRAP to Hold Used Tyre Meeting

The Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) is to hold its first formal stakeholder meeting to consider work on the recycling of waste tyres next month. According to a letsrecycle.com report, the market development organisation is expected to use some of its £4 million funding from Defra’s Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW) programme to further work on tyres.

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Ten Great Myths – The Case for Passenger Tyre Retreading

The last issue of Tyres & Accessories carried an in-depth article analysing the future of passenger tyre retreading in Europe. Contrary to the current prevailing opinion, the RMA believes that the passenger retreading sector is far from dead. Indeed, the association believes the overall pessimistic view of the prospects for passenger retreading is based on the failure of the retreading industry to effectively explain the role and position that passenger retreads are capable of having as well as a misunderstanding of the kind of sales levels required by the retreading industry in order to create a viable business proposition for the UK’s remaining retreaders. This viewpoint, I believe, is perpetuated by 10 key misconceptions, which I have characterised here as “The Ten Great Myths of Passenger Tyre Retreading”.

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Putting the UK Market in the Picture

This year Trelleborg is 100 years young. The company’s name is fairly well recognised in the UK market but there is still room for improvement. Ask where the company comes from, what it’s up to on the UK market, or how Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS) fits into the picture and the response is often vague. However the manufacturer is addressing these brand awareness issues and is beginning to focus more and more on its agricultural division as well as marketing itself as a specialist in agricultural tyres. Tyres & Accessories spoke to Ian Gillespie, managing director of Trelleborg Wheel Systems UK, to discern its UK market approach.

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