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Open House at MTNA’s Newest Ringtread Dealer
ContiLifeCycle dealer, Piedmont Truck Tires will be supplied with flat, precured ContiTread products, which will allow the dealer to produce retreads featuring the same pattern designs, rubber compounding and tread technology that are included in new Continental brand truck tyres, Continental said.
Piedmont has been selling new Continental tyres since late in 2010. It began producing the ContiLifeCycle tyres in July.
“We chose to extend our relationship with Continental because we believe in the quality of their products, and see they are moving aggressively to become an industry leader,” said Dan Rice, president of Piedmont Truck Tires. “Continental has proven to be a true partner and we are prepared to take the steps needed to support the growth of both businesses.”
“Our dealer partners in the ContiLifeCycle network service both national and regional fleet customers who want to extend the performance of their Continental truck tyres into the second, third or even fourth lifetime,” explained Paul Williams, Continental’s executive vice president for truck tyres in the Americas.
Piedmont’s will produce the retreads in a 155,000 sq. ft. facility. The company is also the first retreader to use Continental’s proprietary new manufacturing control software, CLC Soft.
CLC Soft provides an interface to manage the entire retread process, from tyre collection to delivery to the retreader’s enterprise, Continental explained. By running as a cloud-based solution, or locally stored on any web-enabled device, CLC Soft provides dealers with a wide range of flexibility.
Ron Elliott, Marketing and Communications Manager for Marangoni Tread North America was delighted to join Bob Majewski’s open house for his clients when he opened the latest
four super singles to be retreaded using the Ringtread system on the winner’s own casings.
The plant was filled with a variety of guests eager to learn about retreading using the Ringtread
Ribbon cutting at Wilson County Tire & Retreading
addition to the Ringtread network. Majewski, owner of Sumerel Tire Service in Newport, Kentucky, expanded his operation to Middle Tennessee this summer with the addition of this new state-of-the-art Marangoni retread facility.
Rick Majewksi, is the vice president of Wilson County Tire & Retreading and is an industry veteran with over 30 years of retreading, fleet and service knowledge.
The open house featured a plant tour, Spot the Retread contest and an Out of Service tyre demonstration. Guests were also provided lunch and could enter a drawing for the chance to win a set of eight commercial truck tyres or
system technology.
Visitors tested their knowledge and skills when they tried to spot the difference between a tyre that had been retreaded using the Ringtread system verses a new tyre. Contestants identified the Ringtread 70 per cent of the time as the new tyre.
Marangoni and Wilson County Tire associates guided guests on a step- by-step tour that explained the process of creating a retreaded tyre from delivery to finish using the Ringtread system. Each station provided additional video demonstrations along with explanations from guides.
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to Open First Retread Facility in America
British manufacturer Dunlop Aircraft Tyres announced that it is to establish its first retreading facility in the United States.
The company has said that it has identified a site in Mocksville for the company's first
U.S. retreading
facility and plans
to create at least
40 jobs within the
first two years of
operation,
according to
multiple reports.
According to a
Dunlop press
release, Dunlop
will establish an
operation in
Mocksville subject
to state funding to
support the
modernisation of a 108,480-square- foot vacant industrial building in Davie County.
“We plan to create at least 40 jobs within our first two years of operation and there is the prospect of more to follow as we expand our presence in the market,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ Chairman Ian Edmondson.
The company, the world’s only specialist aircraft tyre manufacturer and retreader, will use the base to boost its competitiveness across the Americas, particularly on popular narrow and wide-bodied jet airliners and military aircraft.
Until now, Dunlop has been successfully supported by
independent distribution and retreading partners in the Americas who distribute new tyres and retread the company’s tyre casings for regional turboprops and jets. Dunlop, based in Birmingham, UK,
Piedmont Truck Tires Joins ContiLifeCycle
Piedmont Truck Tires has started producing retreads as part of the ContiLifeCycle dealer network. The tyres will be produced in Graham,
North Carolina..
ContiLifeCycle is the umbrella for the retreading operations of Continental Tire the Americas. As a
already supports a number of US- based airlines. In particular, the company’s tyres are a popular choice for operators of regional jets and turboprops including the Bombardier Dash 8 series and Embraer E-Jets.
Major customers include Compass Airlines which operates 42 E-Jets for Delta Connection and Republic Airlines which operates more than 150 Dunlop equipped E-Jets on behalf of America Eagle, United Express and US Airways Express. Republic recently placed an order placed an order for a further 50 aircraft, which will take its total E- Jet fleet to 223 by 2017.
“This new retreading facility, which
ContiLifeCycle gives Piedmont a strong position in the fleet market
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