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MEXICO
ALARNEU Consolidates Latin American Co-Operation in Cancun
The ANDELLAC Expo Congresso in Cancun, Mexico in October saw the second meeting of ALARNEU, the newly formed Latin American trade body. ALARNEU is a federation of national trade associations representing the interests of the retreading industry in Latin America, and, as such, it is the Latin American equivalent of BIPAVER. The new federation, which consists of the national associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela, held its first meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil in early 2014. One of the key
reasons for setting up the body was to find a way to combat the challenge posed by the influx of cheap Chinese tyres into Latin American markets.
The objectives of the ALARNEU are to collaborate with the various national retread associations in Latin America in a show of solidarity to defend the interests of the retreading industry in the region,, to work together with the relevant authorities in technical and legislative areas and to promote best practice within the retreading industry. Executive President of the Association is Julio
The ALARNEU conference took place during ANDELLAC’s 41st Expo Congresso
Cesar Larocca of the Argentinian Association ARAN. Technical Director is Ruben Albarran of ANDELLAC.
One of the main purposes of the meeting was to allow the various directors of the national associations to make presentations about their own national markets.
First to make a presentation was David Stevens of TRIB, who was attending as a guest of ALARNEU and gave a view of trends in the US retread market. Stevens pointed out the gap between new tyres and retreads in the USA was closing. Between 2012 and 2013 the new truck tyre market in the USA fell from 16.0 million to 15.7 million units, whilst the retread market grew from 14.8 to 14.9 million tyres. Stevens also pointed out that the gap in pricing was also narrowing, with the average 11 R 22.5 tyre price over the same period falling from USD 479 to USD 448, whilst retread prices had reduced only marginally from USD 251 to USD 249. Despite this, the gross margin enjoyed by retreaders had actually dropped, largely due to the need for increased investments and increases in casing prices. Stevens did, however, draw attention to an increase in the number of fleets following a “total
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