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COUNTRY
REPORT - UGANDA
high there are many problems. Even when the government becomes strict about overloading, and people start preventing the overloading of vehicles, they would prefer retreaded tyres because they are more pro-
Maruti Tyre Retreads currently has a staff strength of 20 employees in scenario of the pandemic as they are unable to work every day in the company. We perform activities like tyre repairing, tyre retreading as well as retreading with used rubber in Uganda.”
Investment Authority license, Uganda National Bureau of Standards a trading license issued by the government. The company’s pre-cured retreading plant has a capacity of 700 tyres a month with an average production output of 4,800 units per annum.
productivity received through it are poor compared the to precure. That is why the new market is using the cold process because it gives better quality than mould cure. The cost of production is lower in the hot pro- cess, but it gives less mileage in the tyres produced. We use treads from companies like MRF Tread, Vamshi Rubber, Indag Rubber and Narmada Rubber,” he added.
Maruti Tyre Retreads has about 100 clients in the retread sector, and - nies and getting orders from them through our marketing people.” Ra- in industries like steel manufacturing, cement, and drink manufacturing.
pick up and drop offs which we offer complimentarily. Big companies
demand to pay with credit rather than cash or cheque immediately, which can take some time. We provide them with a standard quality of
In addition to retreading, Maruti Tyre Retreads also distributes and supply its products to retail partners or private users across Uganda wherever agreed in Kampala. We directly supply to both retail partners - portantly, we provide ‘used rubber retreaded tyres’ in the local market,” he concluded.
In the years to come, Raviya is looking forward to increasing his com- pany’s potential with two things in mind – to kickstart OTR tyre retrea- ding and to set up a tyre manufacturing plant in Uganda.
