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Continental Tire the Americas has announced opening a new Retread Solutions Development Centre in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The company hopes this centre will help it take the next steps towards closing the gap between itself and the three leading new tyre manufacturers (Bridgestone, Goodyear, and Michelin), who dominate the retreading sector in North America.
The company says the new Development Centre’s primary role is to focus on retread process improvements and technology develo- pment and to bring innovation and up-to-date retread processes to Continental’s Retread Solutions Partners and the fleets they serve. The integration of equipment and processes, including ma- chine automation, will be a key area of focus, as will the develop- ment of casing tracking systems using RFID technology to allow
the automatic tracking of casings through the production process.
The new facility will also help strengthen Continental Retread So- lutions Partnerships through virtual and augmented training.
“This centre gives us a unique opportunity to continue to make advancements in the retreading part of our business,” commented