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Ivo Recap Opens Biggest Retread Plant in Latin America
On August 28, Ivo Recap, from Group Ivo, with headquarters in Paraná, opened a new 20,000 square foot production unit in
applications. According to Adalberto Moreno, Ivo Recap’s director, “Today we are certain that we offer retreads with the
the city of Campina Grande do Sul, Brazil, which, with a capacity of 20,000 tyres per month, is claimed to be the largest retread plant in Latin America. The unit is part of the Vipal Authorised Network.
The official opening was attended by about 800 guests, presidents, directors and authorities, such as Group Ivo’s Ivo Moreno Ruy, Vipal president Arlindo Paludo, Union of Industries of Rubber Artifacts of the State of Paraná - Sindbor/FIEP’s president Josafat Kubrak, and others.
The new unit is claimed to offer the most diverse range of services available in the tyre retreading market, including tyres for cargo transport, agriculture, OTR, and industrial
best global standards, both in terms of equipment and processes.”
In his speech, Arlindo Paludo congratulated the directors and the partner company’s team. “Ivo Recap’s 62 year histor y of success is very similar to that of Vipal,” he said, referring, among other aspects, to the entrepreneurship of his father, Ivo Moreno Ruy, the pioneer of Ivo Recap.
Moreno confirms the importance of his company’s partnership with Vipal, without whom, he says, the project of a new unit with such dimensions and concept would not exist. “Vipal, as a company that is a global reference, had to be the one to support us given our long years of partnership,” he said.
Vipal ECO Tread Delivers Fuel Economy
Vipal has announced that in tests carried out with Brazilian haulage company Transport Roos, the company’s VRT2 ECO tread has proved itself to be more efficient than designs from other tread brands.
Within the transport sector, it is well known that fuel costs are among the largest expenses to fleets. When you can reduce this
tests were carried out on the suggestion of Vipal consultant Joel L. Antoniolli. "We retreaded the tyre and did the test in traction tyres, and reversed the fuel cost advantage in the second month," Roos says. "Now, I want to continue using only Vipal in retreading."
The result was so satisfactory that the company intends to conduct
Vipal’s VRT2 Eco tread
expense, it is a cause for celebration. For precisely this reason Vipal has provided the market with its line of ECO treads. Due to the range’s unique design and special rubber compound, ECO Vipal treads generate fuel savings to the carrier. This has happened with Transport Roos, from the city of Agudo in Rio Grande do Sul state, who compared the VRT2 ECO tread with other brands and achieved savings of 4 per cent compared to other designs and brands.
The owner of the company, Cristian Roos explains that the
further measurements with ECO treads from Vipal. "We now want to do the same procedure on steer tyres, and even before we do it, I know that we will have advantages," he says optimistically. Roos, with more than 17 years in the market, operates in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais carr ying mainly rice and steel coils.
The VRT2 ECO tread is ideal for long distance stretches on paved surfaces, and has a structure which preserves the integrity of tyre casings.
Tipler Total Warranty System Offers Security Differential to Fleets
Moreflex Presents New Clients
A product with superior performance, safety and profitability guaranteed by the manufacturer. This is what SGTT - Total System Warranty Tipler - offers hauliers who choose the Tipler Network to retread its tyres. With SGTT, the carrier has total casing cover until the third retreading on a large variety of brands of domestic and imported bias and radial tyres. "With this, the carrier can be assured of cover for the whole of the Tipler network, approved to operate within the programme," said Fabiano Fratta, Tipler Commercial
Manager. To ensure the highest standard of retreading, Tipler created its Manual for Tipler Retreading (MTR) several years ago and is constantly updating it. The manual describes best practices in the retreading process and gives guidelines for the whole of the Dealer Network. Companies retreading tyres within the warranty system follow the procedures set out in the MTR, thereby allowing the carrier to rely with certainty on the credibility of the Tipler brand throughout the dealer network.
Moreflex has announced the addition of five new partnerships with Brazilian retreaders. These are: Copese from Gurupi, State of Tocantins - Express Tyres from Salvador, Bahia State - Express Tyres from Aracaju, Sergipe State - Vitória Retreading from Conde, Paraíba State and Recap Tyres from Santo Angelo, Rio Grande do Sul State. According to Álvaro Pithon, from Vitória Retreading, which opened in
May this year, the main reason for choosing Moreflex is product excellence. "In my travel through the country, I had the opportunity to meet a number of retreaders, and they all spoke very well about the Moreflex Brand, including competitors. Another factor that led to my decision was the ease of logistics, since our factory is less than 2 km from the Moreflex plant in Paraiba. This is a major
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