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Remusa Acquires First Vipal Machine in Europe
Spanish retreader, Recauchutados Muralla SA (Remusa) has acquired Vipal's first machine on the European continent, a VOC 760 Extruder, which has already been installed at the retreader's
equipment is the best available in Europe. We are sure that it will bring us savings, more agility and excellent results for our products,” he added.
The General Manager of Vipal Europe, Frederico
Schmidt, is confident that the machine will be the first of many in Europe. “We are very happy the first sale was made to Remusa, a special partner who has identified with Vipal. With this investment, the client will enhance his productivity and quality, which today is a requirement in a highly competitive market like Europe”, he said. “In addition, they will achieve significant time reductions and raw materials savings, in
line with what all companies seek: production optimisation with a high-quality standard.”
In addition to the machine now in situ at Remusa, other equipment produced by Vipal has already been supplied to retreading plants in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, the United States and New Zealand.
changed the way I approached it.”
Silvercap was founded in 2014 and is a constituent part of the ADR Group, which controls a number of diverse businesses with interests in hydroelectric power, commerce and trading and other areas. The Group is a significant importer of new tyres and rubber equipment as well as being an exporter of rubber. The Group’s company, Road Parts, is
plant for motorcycle Sijo, which has an initial capacity of 25,000 tyres per month as well as a state-of-the art retread factory, which produces 5,000 tyres per month for both local and export markets. Casings are imported from Asia, Japan and Europe. The Libertad site also incorporates the CTAP – Angela Pellegrini Paludo, which is the Group’s R&D Centre and also houses a training centre for both
headquarters, located in Ávila, Spain.
Enrique Jimenez Sanchez from Remusa explained the decision- making process, whilst also expressing satisfaction with the acquisition of the machine. “We believe it is the right time to expand our production capacity,” he commented. “We evaluated and confirmed that this
Silvercap Looks to Boost International Profile
responsible for the marketing of the Silvercap brand, and operates through three distribution centres in Brazil, with plans for a fourth warehouse in Sao Paulo. In Terms of manufacturing, the Group has operated offtake agreements with manufacturers in Brazil, Malaysia and China, but crucially operates a factor y its own, located in Libertad, Uruguay, which lies ca. 40 km from Montevideo Airport.
This plant, explains Paludo, is split into three sections. The first is a complete plant for retreading materials, producing precure tread rubber, camelback, cushion gum, rope rubber and envelopes. The is backed up with a new tyre
customers and employees.
The Silvercap brand, explains Paludo, was conceived as a tribute to his hometown of Nova Prata, which means “New Silver” in Portuguese. Of course, Silvercap is a brand name which sounds good in any language and the brand name and now been registered in more than 60 countries worldwide. “We have a leader’s DNA”, says Paludo, using a phrase he utilises more than once in the interview, and the aim now is for the Silvercap brand to be represented
ever ywhere in the world.”
Silvercap, the fast-growing Brazilian tread rubber manufacturer, is looking to implement a global expansion strategy including South America, Central America, Africa and Europe. This was revealed in an exclusive interview carried out recently with Joao Carlos Paludo, the CEO of the ADR Group, the holding company which owns the Silvercap brand.
“We are looking to expand in all South American countries with the exception of Venezuela, which of course is due to the economic situation in that country,” said Paludo. “We are continuing to support the market
in Argentina and are also looking to several Central American markets. Beyond that, we have held good talks with potential customers in the Middle East, various European countries including Spain and in Mexico.” Paludo will be well known to many in the global retreading industry as a former President and CEO of the Vipal Group. As a son of Vicencio Paludo, Vipal’s founder, he talks eloquently about the values that his parents instilled in him and the legacy that they left within the industry. Paludo’s new business is clearly a tribute to them. “I never really left the industry,” he says, “I just
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