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earthmover tyre retreading factory in Ghana and West Africa, Kal Tire continues to invest in its retreading process. Technicians inspect every tyre thoroughly to ensure suitability for the retread process. Tyres are then buffed to the original casing and any damage is carefully repaired and filled. Tyres are then rebuilt with a robust natural and synthetic rubber compound mix, available in two different products: Kal Tire’s 'remould' range has the appearance and integrity of new tyres and are cured in specialist presses, while the 'Smooth & Groove' product can be configured in a range of different tread patterns to suit specific applications.
The goal moving forward, says Flint, is that Kal Tire is always hoping for growth and investment to achieve more environmental needs. “We see retreading helping to fulfill our quest for an environmental solution which is helping in reducing the burden of the number of tyres our numerous customers need to buy. We’re looking to grow the activity of tyre retreading and repairing
across the whole of West Africa.”
Recently, Kal Tire announced that its OTR tyre recycling facility in Antofagasta, the heart of Chile’s mining industry, is nearing full start-up.
Flint says that in
Ghana and across
West Africa as a
whole, they are
currently
constrained by the
absence of
governmental
implementation of
circular economy
principles and
legislation covering
the management of
end-of-life (ELTs)
tyres. “We need the
West African
governments to
work on their
legislation to force
something to be
done with ELTs,” he
says. “In Chile,
there have been laws to find a solution to any tyre products that come into Chile, and that has enabled us to give our customers in Chile a solution to the ELT problem.
“In West Africa, they are not there yet, so they need a legislation change. It’s something that we have been discussing with regional governments because we have
Kal Tire is also in talks with some of the mines in Ghana that use its retreads to roll out the company’s Maple Program, which enables it to quantify the carbon savings based on the
the ability to help with the solution. It needs more parties involved and a big push on the environmental side to move forward,” he told Retreading Business.
number of retreads the customer uses instead of buying new tyres.
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