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had such positive results in terms of harnessing retreading as we have with the Tipler bands."
Tipler Network is prepared to meet the most diverse demands of the
Vipal Hosts Students of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida College
transportation segment of Brazil and South America, with Concessionaires in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
repair of VMI’s advanced mechanical tyre building and shaping drums, which are in use in several tyre plants in South America.
The new facility also serves as a production-assembly location for VMI’s successful Retrax range of cushion gum extrusion and pre- cured tread application machines. The VMI Retrax program ‘made in
Brazil’ was introduced in South America in 2016, during the PneuShow Expo in São Paulo. This new generation VMI Retrax machinery replaced the previous well known VMI-‘AZ’ CTC program. The VMI Retrax machines are sold directly by VMI South America Ltda to customers in the region.
Siga Pneus Achieves 62% Growth in Tipler Network
Active for seven years in the Paraná retread market, Siga Pneus, located in Marialva / PR, has completed its first year in the Tipler Network and is celebrating the positive results of becoming a concessionaire. The balance of the company’s first year as a Tipler Dealer has shown a 62 per cent increase over the monthly volume of retreaded tyres compared to that produced before joining the network.
strength of the Tipler brand in the sector and the recognition of the high standard of product quality by the fleets enabled us to grow significantly in a short period of time. We are much more competitive working with Tipler in our region, "he says. The good results achieved in the first year in the Tipler Network have led to further growth: "We still want to increase the volume of retreads by around 25 per cent by next
The owner of Siga Pneus, Antônio Wirth, cites the main reasons for the company's success with Tipler: "The
year. We are looking for new fleets to meet and, in this way, we hope to sustain our growth "comments Wirth.
Vipal received a visit on June 22nd from students of the 2nd year of Teaching Medium of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida College, in Nova Prata (RS).
The 15 students were received early in the morning by Vanderlei Alban, Technical Instructor of Vipal, at the Vicencio Paludo Technical Center, where an institutional video of the company
was presented, highlighting its fundamentals, values, missions and services.
In a second session, Vanderlei guided the group through Laboratory I and Factory II, in order to show, in
practice, how the processes and phases of production and research work.
At the end of the day, before concluding the event, Vanderlei opened a discussion with the students so that they could question, opine and discuss the presented content.
VMI South America Opens New Brazilian Facility
VMI South America Ltda has celebrated the official opening of its new facility in Itatiaia, about half way between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with an open house event for both customers and suppliers. Managing Director Robson Souza de Araujo and his team now have approximately 1,350 m2 floor space at their disposal, comprising of a
workshop and office space, all required for VMI’s increasing activities in South America.
VMI South America Ltda is the service hub for all VMI equipment users in South America, with direct spare parts supply from own stock. The new VMI Itatiaia facility also includes a depot repair facility, dedicated to the maintenance and
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Bandag Launches Protread in South America
Protread, Bridgestone Bandag’s entry level precure tread brand, has now been launched in Brazil. Protread will sell at between 10 and 20 per cent lower than the conventional Bandag tread according to Brazil’s Transporte Press.
The Brazilian market expects that this will help Bandag retreaders
compete with the onslaught of cheaper Chinese tyres.
Bandag has been selling Protread in Europe and other markets since 2012, so this is a late entry into the market in South America.