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TYREXPO INDIA
Tread Maker Shifts Focus to New Tyre Business
Gemeni Ships 15-Tyre Autoclave to Bahrain
With volumes and margins coming down in the tread rubber and retreading business, some producers are looking for newer ideas in new segments that help sustain their existing operations. “We entered into precure tread manufacturing in 2001 but it has become difficult to survive solely in tread rubber business these days. Therefore, we forayed into bias-ply tyre manufacturing of truck and farm tyres,” said Jatin Kandhari, GM Marketing, Braza Tyres.
The company has the capacity to manufacture 200 tonnes of tread rubber but is making
He further emphasised, “We are not moving out of the tread rubber business, we will keep it alive as we started our business with tread making. Over the years, however, we have diversified our rubber business,” he added.
Braza tread is largely sold in the open market and is being supplied all over the countr y, but mainly in the Northern states of India like Jammu and K ashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The plant is located at Pointa Sahib in Himachal Pradesh. Competition, however, has also spread to new tyre manufacturing also, and it is not proving easy for a small
Gemeni Machine Works Pvt Ltd has been active in the Middle Eastern markets for many years. Despite the slowdown in the Middle East, retreading plants in the region are continuing to upgrade or buying new
its vertical tyre envelope expander in January 2016 and was showcasing the product at the show.
“It is effective for retreading plants with process monorail. We have sold two units since its
Viginish Makash, Director, Gemeni Machine Works Pvt Ltd.
only around 160-170 tonnes each month. “We are still better placed with fairly high production considering our capacity, but the margins have reduced in the tread business due to the presence of Chinese tyres, therefore,
first forayed into tube production in 2006 and production in 2012,” he
The plant also produces kinds of patches, curing bags, envelopes, solutions etc.
company to sustain its position with its own brand. He agreed, “Even the new tyre business has become highly competitive, especially after the entry of cheaper tyre imports. Therefore, we are making only bias-ply tyres, which are cheaper, while bigger brands are focusing more on radial production, leaving space for us,” he said.
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machinery from India, says the Coimbatore based company. “We have shipped a 15 tyre electric chamber plant with process monorail to Bahrain. The plant is expected to be commissioned within two months,” informed Viginish Makash, Director, Gemeni Machine Works Pvt Ltd at Tyrexpo India recently.
The company has supplied the chamber to Sayed Khadam Al Durazi & Sons Group.
Gemeni is a regular exhibitor at the Tyrexpo India edition in Chennai and was participating at the inaugural Delhi show to tap into the North Indian market also. “We have recently launched an array of retreading equipment including a Rimming Station, a Vertical Tyre Envelope Expander, a skiving station and a 12 segment expandable hub,” explained Viginish.
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launch,” he claimed. The company has also sold 3 skiving stations in motorised height adjustable size and one rimming station since launch this year. “Our focus is on the simplification of the whole retreading process in the plant,” said Viginish.
Jatin Kandhari, GM Marketing, Braza Tyres