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boost can increase the pace of market shift towards getting more organised, leading to better quality retreading solutions for fleets to reduce their operating costs and carbon footprint. With this policy initiative, India has shown leadership in recognising retreading and its role in a sustainable
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NEW INDIAN EPR LAW GIVES BOOST TO RETREADING
The new Extended Producer Responsibility for Waste Tyre Policy, published on July 23 by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has provided a massive boost for India’s retreading industry by including retreading as an integral part of the Policy, thereby recognising retreaders as an essential part of the waste tyre management system.
Of key importance is that retreaders in India will now be able to issue Retreading Certificates, through which tyre companies will be able to defer their EPR obligation by one year.
implementation,” commented Karun Sanghi, the Managing Director of Indian retreader Tyresoles and Chairman of TREA, the Indian Tyre Retreading great step forward for the retreading
The announcement is a notable achievement for the nascent trade association, which has been at the
forefront of the push to have retreading including in India’s new EPR law.
for the sector and one of the most virtuous examples in the world,” added Hemant Kaul, CEO of Marangoni India Indian Retreading Industry, this policy
Karun Sanghi
GALGO CELEBRATES ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY
its 70th anniversary throughout the month of August. The company, which has become a major international player in the tread rubber sector, began producing and marke- ting shoe soles in August 1952 in Mexico City, Mexico. Soon after, they expanded their product offering to inclu- de rubber flooring and mats, gaskets, tubes, flaps, and tyre retreading products.
our company and brands stand for quality, loyalty, trust,
our colleagues are not just employees but rather a part of an extended family where we all share in the beliefs and values that were the foundation that was laid down 70 years ago by our founder and my father, Jose Suarez Sr,” deCV.
well over 1200 associates. They have international dis- tribution centres in Mexico, the United States, Colombia, and Belgium, four branches, and their corporate office wi- thin Mexico.
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