Page 27 - RB-99-2021-4

ITALY
Corgom Says Tough Times are Not Over
price products offered on the market significantly reduced the production of retreads, forcing half of the retreaders in Italy to stop
technologies, all perfectly integrated with 4.0 systems," Scaringella said. The Corgom plant is currently passing through a modernisation
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought some uncertainty to the retreading industry in Italy, but the coming years are not expected to be easier, according to Vito Scaringella, owner of the Italian tyre retreader Corgom.
"The next few years will be a challenge for everyone because the rising prices for raw material would drive new tyre production down. In this context, a lack of casings in the market is expected. Therefore, only well-organised companies and those who will choose the right business
close to a motorway.
As explained by Corgom, the Covid- 19 pandemic has not brought major disruptions to the supply chain, even though the business had to face some difficulties.
"Our company also suffered the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we tried to react immediately, maintaining the same standards of services as before, both in the retreading and recycling segment. This has helped us to enhance customer loyalty, boosting production to the levels even higher
partners will be able to offer guarantees in all fields," the company said.
Corgom was founded in 1989 initially focused only on the retreading business. "In the following years, being sensitive to environmental issues, we carried out a business extension in order to focus on tyre collection, storage, and recycling at the end-of-life stage," Scaringella said. Corgom is located in the industrial area of Corato, Italy, on a high-speed road
than in the pre-coronavirus era," Scaringella added.
Up to 50% of tyre retreaders shut down their business in Italy during the previous several years due to an inflow of cheap Asian tyres. Things have got better in the past few years, thanks to the anti-dumping duties introduced by the European Commission.
"The truck tyre retreading market experienced a severe negative influence of new tyres from Asian markets, especially China. The low-
operation during the past decade". Scaringella said that the company managed to survive during the worst times of this crisis. Following the introduction of the anti- dumping duties, the company has seen the market situation gradually improve.
"These days, Corgom is the leading company in the Italian market, focused on both hot and cold cure. All our products are certified in accordance with the ECE 109 homologation regulations, which regulate the production process and ensure strict control over all the production phases," the company said.
"We focus and follow up the entire
process aimed at improving effectiveness, among other things. "Last year we carried out a revamping of the production plant which allowed us to increase the production capacity. A further revamping of the plant is expected in the coming months to adjust and improve the production cycle. We have also increased our presence in all the Italian territories with new sales agents and new vehicles used to improve logistics," Scaringella added.
Corgom nowadays uses leading suppliers of retreading material in the world market, including Vipal Rubber. "Vipal has always offered a wide choice of products and
Corgom recently launched a multi-year investment plan that provides for the technical and technological renewal of its entire retreading process involving the appointment of TRM as its technology supply partner. Vito Scaringella is on the right.
Italian market, supplying both public and private companies. We follow up the fleets directly through our commercial network. Our production is premium quality, as we only use top of the range quality materials such as VIPAL products and high-quality retreading
guarantees a high quality which, combined with the production quality of our company, allow us to offer on the market an excellent finished product that is in demand among our customers," Scaringella said.
Retreading Business 27