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ceremony, which was held at the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, saw 100 companies being
specialising in rubber processing, and tyre retreading machinery. It was a great double celebration as
Rema Tip Top and Italmatic Cooperate in UK
Retreading equipment, rasp blades and retreading accessories are now available to UK based retreaders through Rema Tip Top UK Ltd. This is due to the fact that John Bowes, the long-standing Italmatic representative in the UK has now joined Rema Tip Top as Sales Development Manager Retread Division.
The move will allow Rema Tip Top more access to the retread sector in
the UK, thanks to Bowes’ experience and long list of contacts in the retread market and it is hoped to result in the increased sales of Tip Top repair materials in the UK, including the UK-manufactured MTC range of repair materials.
The co-operation with Bowes will also allow Rema Tip Top access to Spain Rubber’s range of products for the Industrial Division.
Mrs Susan Wong, Executive Director, receives Emerging Business Excellence Award
Fiji Bandag Expands
Bandag is a global brand and even in the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean the Bandag brand has placed its marker. Fiji Bandag is part of PA Lal Coachwork, a Fijian operation that is looking to expand and develop by adding new tyres, batteries and other accessories to its range. However, at the heart of the operation are two Bandag franchises.
"Fiji Bandag has been in the tyre recycling business of retreading with two franchise - one in Suva and another in Labasa.” Said Managing Director, Richard Lal. "The Suva franchise had been running for 35 years in 2011 and the Labasa franchise celebrates 30 years this year.
"We have met and maintained the high standards that are set by the franchiser and have set the pace as Fiji's market leader."
Despite Fiji Bandag venturing into new tyres, batteries and fully
serviced centres, he said, retreading was still the heart of their business. He said they were expanding exports to other Pacific Island nations and hoped to be the principle supplier of buses and coaches to the Pacific.
The company's policy, according to Lal, was aligned to the Fijian government's policy of buying "Fijian-made" and keeping our own people upskilled and employed. This, he said, would enable the company to contribute to Fiji's gross domestic product and development.
"Our buses and coaches are certified as 'Fijian-made' products and at the 2013 Vodafone and Westpac Prime Minister's exporter of the year awards, PA Lal Coachwork was presented the “Import Substitution” award. "This was ver y encouraging," Richard Lal said.
awarded under 10 different categories,
Being awarded in two categories was a fantastic achievement for the Acten Group, which has companies
the awards not only recognised the outstanding performance of the company but also the hard work of its staff.
Marangoni Meccanica Innovates in Hot Cure Truck Tyre Retreading
The hot cure truck tyre retreading segment is facing a positive development in several markets due to the growing presence of new truck tyre manufacturers both with their own production plants as well as with their outsourced programmes. Besides being more similar to the process used to produce new truck tyres, hot cure retreading technology has gained a new momentum over the last few years thanks to
the innovative tyre building process developed by Marangoni Meccanica and deriving from its Alpha strip winding.
for sidewall application, and the bigger version Black Dragon 120 (formerly known as Alpha Twin Dual Black Swan), featuring a 120mm extruder for the tread and two sidewall extruders.
The two versions allow TRM to respond to the needs of all customers, from the medium sized retreader focused on passenger/light truck retreading, to the largest truck tyre retreading plants where a high
Acten Group Wins Two Sin
Chew Business Excellence
Awards
Malaysian, Seremban-based Acten Group was awarded two prestigious Sin Chew Business Excellence Awards on 8th October, 2013, marking an important milestone for the group. The awards were won by two subsidiary companies - Acten Tire Technology Sdn Bhd took the Young/Emerging Business Excellence Award and Acten Engineering Sdn Bhd was the winner of the Product and Service Quality Excellence Award - during the inaugural Sin Chew Business Excellence Awards ceremony.
The Sin Chew Business Excellence Awards event was jointly organised by Sin Chew Daily and MCIL Multimedia Sdn Bhd to recognise the performance of Malaysian
enterprises. The selection for the excellence awards was based on nominations with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) being the major targets. The non-SMEs corporate sector was included by invitation as the secondar y target. The awards reflected the highest accolades for SMEs that had achieved excellence in all key business management disciplines that form the strategic parts of organisational growth and sustainability. It also serves as a testimony and recognition of the SMEs’ business excellence and distinction in a changing environment while striving for greater success locally and globally. The Sin Chew Excellent Awards
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confirmed, in 2013, the success of this technology with its top level building machines called “Black Dragon”. The Black Dragon, claimed to be the best machine available on the market for bead to bead application, is available in two versions: the Black Dragon 90, featuring a rotating twin turret serving a 90mm extruder for tread application and a vertical extruder
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TRM’s Black Dragon 120, formerly known as the Marangoni Alpha twin strip builder
productivity machine such as the Black Dragon 120 is required. Taking into consideration the two current versions and the previous version without sidewall applicator, it is fair to say that almost all top European hot retreading plants rely on this machine for their activity, and the interest shown by the customers for this machine points to a positive 2014 as well.