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SOUTH AMERICA
Unique’s plant in Sao Leopoldo
Unique Looks to Expand as Supplier of Private Branded Retread Products
Unique General Director Manoel Piragibe (right) with Marketing and Business Manager Felipe Hoppe in the warehouse at Unique’s manufacturing facility in Sao Leopoldo.
Unique Rubber Technologies, the Brazilian manufacturer of retread products and compounds, has announced that it is aiming to achieve
significant growth in the Brazilian domestic market as well as overseas growth on specific projects. This was revealed during a recent
interview with Unique Rubber’s General Director Manoel Piragibe held at the company’s head office in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil.
Although Unique has kept a fairly low profile on the global retreading market, the company is actually the second largest manufacturer of retread products and compounds in South America, employing 400 people in a 240,000 sq m
facility with a capacity of 6,600 tonnes of compound per month, 3,200 of precured tread and 2,000 of camelback. The reason for the relatively low profile is that Unique’s strategy is to manufacture tailor-made private branded treads for a variety of well-known clients within the retreading industry. In addition, the company produces compound for several key new tyre manufacturers in