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TREADS
VL130 ECO - Vipal’s New Tread Design Verified
by Smartway
weight contributes to elevating the tyre’s retreadability index. The grooves were designed to minimise the retention of stones and other objects. Recommended for use on free axles of vehicles in the long haul freight segment, they include rounded shoulders that ensure a reduction in the effects of lateral dragging. Basically, there is a combination of characteristics that ensures the VL130 ECO has the highest quality standard for a tyre retread product.
Vipal reiterates its commitment to quality and sustainability in transport, by becoming a company with verified technologies by SmartWay Transport programme. This is the first time ever that a programme of this type regulates retreading.
“With the development of the VL130 ECO, Vipal has become a
pioneer in South America by verifying a product according to SmartWay criteria to be used in the North American market, the largest in the world in the segment”, explains Plinio de Luca, Commercial and Marketing Director for Vipal. “This is not simply a new tread design, rather it is a launch that attests to the pioneering spirit, technology, quality and commitment of Vipal in terms of environmental responsibility”, he said. Furthermore, the VL130 ECO fully complies with European market requirements, focused on issues such as Fuel Consumption Efficiency, Adherence to Wet Surfaces and Noise Levels. Ever y tyre sold in Europe carries a label with data stating these factors.
Align technology with environmental preservation: This is the concept that Vipal has been ceaselessly striving for over its 40
consumption, it is the first Vipal line with verified technologies by the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), in the
AIRP Claims Crisis Hits Mobility
The Italian Association of Retreaders (AIRP) has carried out a study on mobility.– the Observation on Sustainable Mobility. The economic crisis, between 2007 and 2012 saw the number of trips made by Italians on the average weekday drop from 123.5 million to 96.5 million, a decrease of 21.9 per cent.
In urban areas the drop was from 76 million to 58.6 million, a decrease of 22.9 per cent. Rural movements dropped by
20.2 per cent from 47.5 million to 37.9 million.
The report noted that despite the drop in mobility the car remained the dominant method of transport with the urban reduction being 1.3 per cent, and the rural reduction just 0.8 per cent.
The reduction in mobility reflects the impact of the economic crisis, and also impacts upon trade for retreaders and new tyre retailers alike.
years of operations, employing all of the expertise of a company active on the roads of the world. Now, Vipal is taking another step in this direction. The leader in Latin America and one of the most important global manufacturers of products for retreading tyres, it is launching the VL130 ECO. Besides its design and compound specially developed to foster greater savings in fuel
SmartWay
which encourages transport companies to use products that save fuel and provide reductions in the emission of gases into the atmosphere.
This is really a product that saves fuel and respects the environment even within the strictest standards. Its low rolling resistance generates less heat, ensuring less casing fatigue. Being a lighter tread, its
Transport Partnership,
Michelin Adds Trailer Tyre and Companion Retread to X One Wide-Base Range
in US
Along with celebrating its two-millionth X One wide-base single truck tyre, Michelin Americas Truck Tires rolled out its new X One Line Energy T linehaul trailer tyre and the accompanying X One Line Energy T Pre- Mold retread at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
“Since the introduction of the X One, Michelin has led in the wide-base single