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EDITORIAL

It seems that nowadays this magazine is reporting more and more on the role of retreading as a prime example of best practice in terms of the most sustainable use of our resources, which of course is a good thing. This industry has been waiting for years to be taken seriously with regards to its green credentials.
And with cost pressures increasing across the board from raw mate- rials to freight costs and from compliance costs to workers’ salaries, there is a growing realisation that opportunities once again exist for retreaders to expand their business, whether the are located in Spain like Herca or at the opposite end of Europe in Latvia like Baltread, both featured in this issue.
How ironic then, that at just such a time when retreading has the opportunity to grow due to its sustainable credentials, that it stands to be hampered by its status as a heavy energy user due to the im- pact of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and Europe’s high level of de- pendency on Russian gas.
Our report on energy costs among retreaders in Baltic States shows increases ranging from double to four times what was being paid a year ago. With similar reports from around Europe, and with gover- nment support being uncertain, the potential is for a severe impact on the retreading sector. The only silver lining is that new tyre manu- facturing can be even more costly in terms of energy consumption.
Aleksandrs Cerkovnuks, managing director of the Riga-based retrea- ding company Baltread, has estimated that his energy costs jumped 2 to 3 times to €10 per retreaded tyre over the past year. However, as the overall market situation in his country remains largely positive, price of retreads.
The challenge for retreaders across the continent will be managing news on how retreaders are dealing with this new challenge with in- terest.
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