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NEWS
City & Guilds Success for Vacu-Lug
Grantham based retreader Vacu-Lug has been entering candidates for the RMA’s City & Guilds examinations for Part 1 Retread Workshop Practice for many years and has reported considerable success for the ten candidates it entered in this
year’s examination, in particular for Jason Humphries, who not only achieved a Distinction pass, but was awarded the highest mark throughout the UK.
There were also two Credit passes awarded to Dave Alsop and Elaine
Dable.
The City and Guilds Part 1 Retread Workshop Practice qualification consists of two mock examinations prior to the final examination. The undertaking of the qualification allows employees within the industry to further increase their knowledge of retreading and gain added skills which can be utilised within their day-to-day practices.
The programme of study is made up of twelve sections including construction, marking and legislation and the stages of the retread process through to rubber technology.
Mr. Luigi Pedrini, owner of Rovimpex Novaledo illustrates the advantages of the RINGTREAD retreading system to Comandante Ramiro Valdés, Vice President of the Government of Cuba.
IRSG Appoint New Secretary-General
Government of Cuba and former Minister of the Interior.
During the event, visitors and experts demonstrated great interest both in the Marangoni Group stand and during the tyre retreading conference promoted by GEIQ (Grupo Empresarial de la Industria Química), attended by the most relevant players in the sector. Giovanni De Bei, Marangoni Marketing Manager stated that "a wave of optimism and excitement is now inviting us to participate in a market that we have known for years and which is experiencing an important opening". He noted further that "Cuba's interest in development and technology can provide important business opportunities. Participating at the Cuba Industria Fair, we wanted to signal our willingness and ability to offer quality solutions, thanks to the
experience and professionalism of our partner, Rovimpex Novaledo". Ferruccio Morellato, Marangoni's longtime agent, who is well- acquainted with Cuban industry and Rovimpex says "I believe that the future development of retreading in Cuba will give satisfaction to both industry and the transport sector, because what has been implemented to date has provided excellent results, also for the professionalism of all the employees of the retreading chain".
The Cuba Industria Fair is a very important opportunity to take the pulse of the development of the nation and its market after the conclusion of the US long embargo. Cuba can now look toward a future of growth, both quantitatively and qualitatively, with increased optimism.
The International Rubber Study Group has announced that the organisation’s incoming Secretary-
General, Salvatore Pinizzotto will officially take up his post on 1 January 2017 at the end of the tenure of Dr Stephen Evans. Pinizzotto has vast experience in the commodities market having worked for three decades in the metals and non-ferrous metals industry. His career has a strong international dimension with expertise in market research and analysis of environmental and economic trends on a regional and global basis. He has a degree in Economics and a Master in Business Administration.
Mary Tang Celebrates Twenty Years with Tyreman
Our Malaysian correspondent Mary Tang Boon Kean, who is also the editor of our Malaysian sister magazine The Tyreman, is celebrating twenty years as editor of the Malaysian magazine. David
Wilson, the Publisher of both magazines was in Kuala Lumpur recently for the Asian Retread Conference and took out time to present Mary with a token of appreciation for her long service.
Marangoni Makes Headway in Cuban Retread Market
For some time the world has awaited the positive effects of the thaw between Cuba and the United States, and finally the agreements signed in 2015 are beginning to bear fruit. In the wake of renewed enthusiasm, the Marangoni Group has returned from participating in its first Cuban Industry Exhibition, held from the 20th to the 24th June 2016 in collaboration with Rovimpex Novaledo, who have been a key partner for Marangoni in this particular market over the years. Until now Marangoni’s activities in
Cuba have been limited to the marketing of precured tread strips. However, the company’s participation at the GEIQ Conference at PABEXPO in Havana presented the ideal opportunity to present the RINGTREAD System to the Cuban market.
During the exhibition the technology was presented to the Cuban industry in general, and in particular to the management of Poligom, Rovimpex’s long-time customer for retreading products, and Comandante Ramiro Valdés, Vice President of the
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