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Denisson Parizotto, Machine Assembly Mechanic; Gilson Zanotto, Automation Analyst at Vipal Machinery; and Tiago Campanharo, Vipal Commercial Technician in Australia. Vipal staff also took advantage of the time to carry out the necessary training to operate the equipment and to clear any doubts from both customers. Vipal’s branch commercial Manager, Adalberto Fernandez, explained that the line of machines is an intelligent and effective answer for retreaders
that are looking for productivity and quality in their retreading process. “We are proud to communicate that in New Zealand today our partners are producing their retreads with Vipal equipment. This was undoubtedly an important step, not only for Power Retreads and Tyre Retreaders, but also for retread tyre users in the country. This proves once again that the company demonstrates its ability to meet and overcome the most challenging demands,” he said.
tackling climate change.
Circular strategies for resource recover y, comments AIRP, represent a fundamental economic model for many sectors, including transport. Today, for example, there are many companies that focus on the recovery of waste and the regeneration of vehicle materials at the end of their life cycle (batteries, waste oil, plastics, etc.). A particularly virtuous case, then, is represented by the supply chain for retreaded tyres. The tyre industry, thanks to retreading, has, in fact, been carrying out a pioneering role in paving the way for a virtuous and sustainable circular economy model. This is because quality tyres are
made to be retreaded and therefore to be used several times, thanks to the reuse of the load bearing structures of the tyres still intact at the end of their life cycle. The practice of retreading tyres is therefore essential to save raw materials, oil and energy compared to the production of new tyres and allows a reduction in the number of ELTs, slowing down the flow of waste tyres through the disposal system. For these reasons retreading can be seen as a highly strategic model within the framework of production systems today and above all in the future.
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TECH Europe Appoints Italmatic as Italian Distributor
TECH Europe has announced the appointment of Italmatic as their distributor for the Italian market. As a result, Italmatic will now be able to offer the complete line of TECH tyre repair materials and wheel service solutions, including everything from motorbike to OTR repairs, along with TECH’s range of essential chemicals and tools to ensure a safe and high quality repair.
As with all TECH official distributors, Italmatic and their customers will benefit from TECH’s extensive training courses which include both
theoretical and practical courses on the latest tire repair techniques.
TECH Europe’s VP of Sales & Training, Walter van Loon, commented; “At TECH, we pride ourselves on the close relationships we have built with our distributors throughout EMEA and in Italmatic, we know we have found the ideal partner to deliver our leading products in Italy. The TECH team are excited to work closely with Italmatic and look forward to meeting, training, and listening to their local customer base to support our valued partnership.”
ITRS Opens Representation in Chile
Circular Economy: According to AIRP, Only 8.6% of Raw Materials are Recycled
Canadian tyre repair specialists ITRS have announced the establishment of a permanent representation in Chile and the possible development of a Chilean subsidiary to be added to their Latin American roster; Jonathon Orellana is to lead the Chilean and surrounding countries’ market development as ITRS’s new technical advisor.
”After meetings with key players in the Chilean mining industry this past winter, we decided that to best meet our customers’ needs we needed local and permanent representation” said Gilles Wauthy, president of ITRS regarding the new position. “Jonathon came to us highly recommended by the Bailac Group, where he worked for 12 years as a tyre repair technician, repairing tyres all over Latin American from Mexico to the Chilean Patagonia, and he has seen at first hand the economic and overall benefits of tyre repair. If all goes well, we should be opening up a subsidiary in Chile by end of this year,” he added.
ITRS, headquartered in Terrebonne Quebec, has developed in the past 13 years to become a world leader in cable replacement technology as
well as a prominent supplier of tyre repair products and training certifications in tyre repair from truck to OTR tyres for the mining, agricultural and industrial sectors. ITRS has been expanding into the Latin Markets since 2012 and now has agencies in Mexico and Ecuador as well as a subsidiary in Costa Rica. With the addition of the Chilean operation, ITRS is now able to cover distribution to the whole of Latin America.
More than 100 billion tons of raw materials are consumed worldwide every year (minerals, fossil fuels, metals and biomass). Of this huge quantity released into the global economy, only 8.6% is reused efficiently through forms of recover y and recycling. The remaining 91.4% of these resources do not find a second life, thus being destined for disposal. There is therefore still an important gap between the linear model of resource use (based on the extraction-production-consumption- waste chain) and the circular one (that is based on the recovery of the resources used). This data, which is the most up-to-date available and refers to 2017, emerges from the 2020 edition of the Circularity Gap Report, prepared by the International Research Centre for
the Circular Economy. This is highlighted by the Observator y on Sustainable Mobility by AIRP (Italian Retreaders Association).
The report emphasises how our planet is being increasingly subjected to the massive exploitation of its natural resources, resulting in supply difficulties of the same. This exploitation generates significant economic costs and also has a significant impact on climate, since about 50% of world greenhouse gas emissions arise from the extraction and processing of raw materials. For these reasons the authors of the report are asking governments to promote a circular economy model that maximises the use of existing resources, with the aim of reducing dependence on new raw materials, decreasing waste and
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