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Yokohama Consolidates Retread Operations
Total Tyre Care programme: The strength of Total Tyre Care – and Bridgestone’s Truck Point network – aims to maximize the life and usage of Bridgestone products, carrying out audits, reports and tyre care husbandry. Bridgestone’s Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), a sensor-operated system providing real-time pressure data for increased safety, is an extension of this service. Bandag franchise: In addition to Bridgestone’s own manufacturing facility in Bourne, the network of successful Bandag franchisees it inherited when the global purchase of the Bandag retreading business took place in 2007 has made a significant impact. It has not only increased the production capacity and sales of the
company’s retreads, but it has also increased the quantity of casing sources.
A European network. Bridgestone UK has already spread its cutting- edge casing management expertise to the Danish market with the installation of its unique casing management system at the Tobol plant. This has improved casing operations within the Danish market and has resulted in an exchange of casings between these two nations that further helps Bridgestone serve its customers.
This expertise is now being spread across many other European countries and will – as this year progresses – result in further improvements in casing management.
With the demand for retread tyres in Japan increasing by as much as 103 per cent in 2012 according to Japan’s National Retread Tyre Council, Yokohama has anticipated an ongoing increase in demand and in order to meet the dynamic market has brought together its retreading operations.
Yokohama Tyre Retread Co. Brings together the operations of Yokohama East Tyre Retread Co and Sanyo Retread Co..
The new company is to be headed up by Atao Kishi, the former head of Yokohama’s commercial tyre development division. Yokohama Tire
Retread Co. Will be based at the former Sanyo Retread head office in Onomichi City, Hiroshima: The company has plants in Hiroshima, Nagoya, Satama and Hokkaido.
Both companies have a history going back to the early 1970s and specialise in truck and bus retreading. Each of the plants has been ISO 14001 certified since April 2006. Yokohama, having brought a new focus to its retread operations will be looking at developing the corporate efficiency and improving environmental operations at the plants.
(Source: Topof.ru)
Bridgestone Launches Total Tyre Care in the UK
Conti Introduces New Tyre Products In North America
Far from attempting to reinvent the wheel, Bridgestone’s underlying message at this year’s CV Show will be a remarkably simple one...
“For prolonged tyre life and considerable savings, look no further than Bridgestone and our Bandag
stay ahead of a changing environment. We need to stay competitive and maintain our differentiation for end users. This requires the continuous improvement of all of our Alliance partners.”
Terry Salter added: “Our overall aim is to provide the
best possible value for money for fleet operators. Our retreading offering is an integral part of this aim.” Bridgestone’s retreading provision falls under the company’s Total Tyre Life service, which aims to
maximize tyre life, thereby reducing tyre cost/km over the entire lifecycle, through the supply of Bridgestone premium new tyres and Bandag retreads.
Both Terry and Ross strongly believe that the brand is genuinely stealing a march on its competitors in this area in fleet savings, thanks to the following assets:
Total Tyre Life: Bridgestone’s truck tyres have retreading technology built-into the original tyre design. To realise this potential, Bridgestone’s approach to market includes not only the sale of new and retreaded tyres but also a unique and comprehensive casing collection service.
This service aims to collect the removed tyres within an average of three days of notification and then track those casings throughout the retreading process, ensuring that maximum value is realised from this key asset.
Continental Tire the Americas introduced new tyre products in December, including the HTL1 wide
(Heavy Trailer Long Haul) are often used in liquid and dry bulk hauling applications where weight is a concern, or by fleets seeking to take advantage of weight savings for greater fuel efficiency by reducing the number of wheel and rim assemblies. Continental’s HTL1 ContiTread matches the tread pattern of the new tyre and features 13/32-inch tread depth as well as a fuel efficient rib pattern.
Continental Tire the Americas’ Commercial Vehicle Tire group also announced it received low rolling resistance retread technology verification for the HDR2 Eco Plus under the EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership.
The HDR2 Eco Plus features 30/32- inch tread depth and an open shoulder design. The tyre is available in sizes 11R22.5 and 295/75R22.5.
franchise network,” said retread development manager Terry Salter. Under the umbrella of Bridgestone’s ‘Total Tyre Care’ provision, fleets can expect massive savings in their tyre maintenance budgets, as Bandag embarks on its biggest investment programme in a generation.
Bandag’s Alliance Excellence investment programme is responsible for the huge investment in 2014, where Bandag franchise partners benefit from state-of-the-art shearography machinery, bespoke training programmes and an overall increase in retreading capacity across the UK and Ireland.
Bridgestone’s retread and Bandag franchise manager Ross Medlyn said: “The Alliance Excellence Programme not only drives excellence but it also rewards excellence as well. The ‘reward element’ is driving investment in equipment and other resources, including training.
“As the market evolves, we need to
single truck tyre as a ContiTread retread. In 400 millimetre tread width, the HTL1 can be retreaded
for fleets who operate wide single drive or
trailer tyres in sizes 445/50R22.5 and 455/55R22.5.
Wide single truck
tyres like the
Continental HTL1
Continental’s HD1
is available as a ster
or drive tyre and can
be retreaded as a drive
or trailer tyre with a corresponding Contitread retread
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