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positions itself as an employer of choice for the manufacturing workforce of the future, which includes programmers and other engineering functions.
“Our changeover process to move from producing one retread pattern to producing a different one is completely driven by
programming,” explained Barnes. “Where other plants, from other manufacturers, may have to go through a manual process, we’re able to create an automatic one, driven by digital expertise. This shortens our changeover time significantly. It also requires a different skill set in the operators.”
Marangoni Opens New Ringtread Facility in Florida
Marangoni Tread North America Inc. has announced that PRIDE Enterprises in Avon Park, Florida
is now a member of the Marangoni Ringtread network. Robert Dague, Industry Manager- Retread Tire said, “PRIDE Enterprises added the Marangoni Ringtread system because it is a premium quality, double contoured, Splice-Less,
American made precured
tread that will provide
our customers with a
different and better
retread experience.”
PRIDE Enterprises
operates a state-
of-the-art
commercial tyre
retread plant with
a capacity of over
60,000 retreads a
year. The company
services fleets
throughout Florida
both direct, and
through a strategic
network of Associate Dealers. Production is performed under a
highly regulated process and utilises an extensive quality management system certified to
the ISO 9001:2018 standard. Clif Armstrong, President of Marangoni Tread N.A., commented; “Marangoni Tread North America is pleased to welcome PRIDE Enterprises to our Ringtread network. PRIDE has a great reputation of servicing its customers with the highest standard of quality. PRIDE is a great addition to the
Marangoni Ringtread family of retreaders, which values better and different high-performance products, true value-added partnerships and business independence.”
allow us to respond more quickly to our customers’ needs, minimising downtime and keeping their businesses moving.” McCarthy Tire currently operates more than 50 service locations and seven Bandag retread manufacturing facilities spanning from Georgia to New York.
“This transaction is an important step in Bridgestone’s ongoing effort to evolve our commercial tire distribution strategies to better meet the needs of fleet customers,” said Scott Damon,
president, Commercial Group, U.S. and Canada, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations. “Partnering with McCarthy Tire will strengthen our distribution network along the East Coast and drive further growth for Bridgestone products and fleet solutions.”
McCarthy Tire and the GCR stores included in the sale will conduct business separately until the transaction closes.
TRM Focuses on Automation as the Next Step of the Retreading Business
McCarthy Tire to Acquire GCR Locations from Bridgestone
McCarthy Tire Service and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC have reached an agreement for McCarthy Tire to purchase 13 GCR Tires & Service (GCR) stores and three GCR retread plants from Bridgestone. The transaction is expected to
close in mid-August.
“We are excited to expand our service network in the Carolinas and Virginia,” said John D. McCarthy, Jr., president, McCarthy Tire Service. “The addition of 13 stores and three retread manufacturing plants will
10 Retreading Business
TRM (Tire Retreading Machinery) has announced that three months after the supply of its first production cell module, the company has now completed a whole design- review of the Premium Retreading process, delivering the latest robotised module of its production cell. The modules have been designed to fully automated the production process for Premium Retreading Material up to 500 mm of the tread width.
Two robots will manage the process steps of the whole cell granting a qualitative constancy of production, removing
manual activities that do not add value and elevating the operator role to a supervisory level.
The whole cell will be operating in the US market from the second half of 2019, in order to cover the increasing demand in
the North American market for this segment of products.
TRM is based in the province of Trento (Italy) and is specialised in the design and manufacturing of machines and production lines for the retreading of passenger, truck, OTR and aircraft tyres.