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NSA Pneutec’s factory in Santana do Parnaiba
production, NSA Pneutec aims to achieve this via commercial actions, but admits that if the opportunity arises to acquire another retread facility, they would certainly consider that option. There are also
expanded over the years by acquiring other retread businesses. Today the company has two factories and four truck centres. Production is primarily pre-cure, although NSA Pneutec does make
NSA Pneutec’s 4G production line features the latest in buffing technology from Matteuzzi
tentative plans to build a new factory in another region. However, for the moment Claro is focusing on concentrating production at the company’s main factory.
NSA Pneutec is a traditional retreader, which has operated in the market since 1951, and which has
500 mould cure retreads per month at Santana do Parnaiba. The company, which became a Vipal dealer in 2001, covers the central area of Sao Paulo and an area within a 250km radius. It is ISO 9001 certified and manufactures according to the Inmetro standard.
Commenting on the recent acquisition of a Goodyear distributorship, Sidney Claro confirmed that the Idea was always to offer a complete package to the client. Indeed, NSA Pneutec originally had an agreement with FATE before following a multibrand strategy. “However, the Goodyear distributorship will bring in good additional business – not just with new tyres, but it will also help bring more business to the retreading department too. Goodyear is the biggest new tyre manufacturer in the market, and now we are co-
operating with them as well as the biggest retread materials supplier in the market in Vipal, we believe that makes a good combination.”
NSA Pneutec approaches the market with two separate product lines. The company’s premium line, which uses 4G retreading technology and features state of the art retreading technology including new buffers from Matteuzzi and a VMI-AZ extruder, aims at the premium sector of the market, whilst a second line offers a more price-competitive alternative.