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Marangoni Expands Production at Madison
Last year Marangoni invested around $7.5 million at its North American facility in Madison, Tennessee. This was part of a development programme to meet increasing demand for its products in the North American market.
This year Marangoni is now able to meet the market with a new product category of performance retreads for the fleet market. The 2011 investment allowed the company to increase
production capacity of its Ringtread spliceless retread technology by some 30 per cent. Now, that increased production also will be utilised for three products in Marangoni’s new performance-specific tread category: the Energeco, the RDG 100 and the Marangoni Ring One line for wide-base tyres. “Everybody else has application- specific retreads and these are for performance improvements,” explains Bill Sweatman,
Marangoni’s CEO and president, North America Retreading Systems. “I wanted to differentiate this line. When you’re looking for specific performance like fuel economy, application doesn’t really matter — it could be on a truck, bus or OTR. But what is the performance you’re trying to achieve? In this case we think we’ve achieved fuel economy equal to the best
mileage treads, as well as low rolling resistance.”
Energeco
Energeco is a combination of Ringtread technology and premium low rolling resistance tread rubber compounding to achieve good fuel economy with high mileage. This means that Energeco stays in service longer, delivering total life cost savings. “We have been able to achieve an 8 per cent fuel saving and up to 10 per cent improvement in
mileage compared to some existing Ringtread products, and as much as 30 per cent more mileage versus conventional flat precure treads,” said Sweatman. The Marangoni Energeco line includes the RDA-E, a solid shoulder drive tread with 23/32- inch tread depth delivering very long miles. The RTA-E is a 12/32-inch deep trailer tread with ver y low rolling resistance and resistance to irregular wear. RDG 100
The RDG 100 was designed to increase traction and shorten stopping distance while delivering long reliable mileage. A Marangoni original Ringtread open shoulder tread design with interlocking, siped tread blocks and premium performance compounding delivers both high mileage and strong traction. Marangoni said users of the RDG 100 report they are getting the same long mileage they expect for Marangoni Ringtreads while getting increased traction and shorter stopping distances.
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