David Stevens, Managing Director of TRIB was one of the key speakers at The Retreading Conference that was organised at TyreXpo Asia 2024 in Bangkok.
Watch the Latest Speech from the Retreading Conference
Watch David Steven’s presentation entitled North American Retreading Markets now.
Chapters:
00:00 Titles and introduction
00:44 TRIB’s mission and history
01:25 History and Information on the US Retreading Market
05:15 TRIB survey findings 09:05 Factors impacting US Retread Market
12:49 Misconceptions about Retreading still exist
17:50 Retreading is the original green industry
19:50 TRIB launch sustainability calculator
20:50 Kal Tire’s Maple Programme
21:43 Sustainability becoming more significant for fleets
22:50 Future of Retreading from a US perspective
29:51 Conclusions and questions
31:21 Why is the US retread market performing particularly well in comparison to Europe when the factors affecting the industry are largely the same?
33:06 Can independent suppliers gain a foothold in the US market despite the strength of independent manufacturers?
35:07 Why is the retread market reaching saturation, yet the overall tyre market is growing?
36:37 Can we improve the retread ratio of low cost imported tyres?
38:05 How dependent is the US market’s strong performance on the domination of large manufacturers?
40:04 What are the reasons for saturation in the US retreading market? Is there additional capacity for retreading?
41:49 US Anti-dumping duties
42:38 How do you show to fleets the benefits of retreading compared to a new tyre?
