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NEWS
The Retread Tire Association at Messe Essen
“We are delighted to announce that the Retread Tire Association (RTA) will be exhibiting at Messe Essen in June 2012,” said RTA’s Managing Director, Harvey Brodsky
“Since we have many members in Europe and other countries throughout the world, it will give us an opportunity to meet many of them face to face for the first time,
as well as to provide information to prospective new members about the many important membership benefits RTA offers to its members,” Brodsky added.
The RTA booth number is 4.0-128 in hall 4.0. and will feature copies of RTA news releases, newsletters, casing and supplier memos, and much more
14 Retreading Business
The Year of the Dragon
and off-the-road, especially mining and construction.
TRIB's Mr. Stevens explained how the retread tyre industry has significant
economic and environmental benefits to the nation, especially in regards to the 232 million gallons of oil it saved last year.
TRM is claiming significant success with sales of its Black Dragon tyre building machine, haveing already installed several units of the
passenger tyres per hour and features the simultaneous building of tread and sidewalls, offering ver y high productivity, with lower
personnel costs and material savings. Furthermore, the building process, if done following the suggested timing and with the proper compound, does not require the application of the solution.
Once a “bead to bead” profile and the ideal circumference for the mould are programmed, the Black Dragon scans the casing with a laser and automatically applies tread and sidewalls, compensating any variation of the casing. The result is a built tyre always with the same dimension.
Amongst other benefits are easy
and rapid installation, the possibility to use any type of compound now sold in the market and the presence of a temperature control unit with independent closed circuit cooled by direct injection that eliminates the need of chiller or external chilling water. There is working place for only one operator to be chosen between the sidewall or tread area, with totally automatic full tyre building. The machine offers thousands of programs to choose from that can also be linked together.
“Apart from helping to reduce production costs, these features enable Black Dragon, TRM’s best seller, to be environment friendly”, says Regolini. “Special models are available for any requirement, up to a tailored Black Dragon. And”, he adds, “since we are now in the year of the dragon...”
machine, with others on order.
Says Rolando Regolini, Sales Director of TRM: “TRM is a company that has been able to anticipate the needs of the sector in order to be always in the first place for ideas and experience. It is no coincidence that after celebrating our 30th anniversary, we can still be recognized around the world for our innovation and reliability. The Black Dragon is a jewel of the most innovative technology now present in the tyre retreading machinery business. The main retreading companies of the world (i.e. Italy, Europe, Russia, North America ) have already understood its potential”
The Black Dragon is claimed to be the only machine able to build tyres from 13” to 24,5” bead to bead with the hot retreading process. The machine has a capacity of up to 55
Branick Updates Web Presence
Branick Industries, the North Dakota based provider of tyre service and tyre inflation equipment, nitrogen systems and retread equipment, has completed a redesign of its website www.branick.com.
The site now features videos that cover a host of topics including Branick's history, products and training videos. The videos feature Branick’s President Brian Brasch and Sales Director Phil Gillombardo.
“You are going to find
product videos, product sell
sheets, manuals and much
more,” says Brasch. “Our
goal is to ensure that
whether you are a customer or a distributor, you are able to find information about us in one location.”
Along with videos, each product has a sell sheet available that includes a QR code, which links directly to the
product video.
“We wanted to make sure that those in the field are able view and show the product videos, which are always a great tool when describing a
TIA and TRIB Testify on Retreading Benefits to US International Trade Commission in Washington, DC
product to a customer,” said Brasch. The newly updated Branick website also has a complete field sales resource book available online to distributors. It includes complete Branick product information, which will be updated on a regular basis.
The Tire Industry Association(TIA), one of the leading global authorities on tyres, testified on February 28, 2012 with the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) in response to the United States International Trade Commission request to learn more about American remanufacturing.
"The US International Trade Commission requested TIA's assistance in educating them on the state of American remanufacturing, its industries and markets particularly as it related to the tyre industry retreading efforts" said Roy Littlefield, Executive Vice President of the Tire Industry Association.
Marvin Bozarth, TIA Senior Technical Consultant, along with David Stevens, TRIB Managing Director, spent several hours with the US Trade Commissioners. Amongst the other companies and organizations who spoke were Caterpillar Inc., John Deere Reman, Remanufacturing Industries Council, Automotive Parts Remanufactured Association, GE Healthcare Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
TIA's Mr. Bozarth spoke about the history and application of retread tyres, including its strategic importance in World War II through today's most current conflicts, their use by the airline industry, trucking
A to Z Tire Holds Edge Dealer Conference
Amarillo, Texas-based A to Z Tire, with some 154 dealers in its associate programme, held its first Edge Dealer Conference in Arlington, Texas, recently.
A to Z has been in the tyre business since 1926. It now has 10 wholesale distribution centres, 13 retail stores and two retread plants. In 2010, the company created an associate program for its top wholesale dealers. “The A to Z Tire Edge associate program has definitely been a success
and has grown to 154 dealers strong,” the company says.
A to Z Tire’s Edge Dealer Conference focused on relaying details of the Edge program, information from its suppliers, a debut of its new retail website, and camaraderie that included bull riding events and a country music show featuring singer Dierks Bentley.
“A to Z Tire looks forward to our Edge memberships multiplying and become even more rewarding,” the company adds.