A Brief History of Iranian Retreading

Most readers will understand that eliciting information about the retreading industry in a country such as Iran is, at best problematical. However, the tyre retreading industry is a global trade and trade breaks down barriers wherever they arise, and for whatever reason. Retreading Business is has long made a point of shedding light on the retreading sector around the world. This is one of the first short glimpses into the retreading sector in Iran.

Rather curiously, this short article gives us a clearer picture of this enigmatic country's industry than we have of that in many much more open states. The first rereading was done with the assistance of British retreading company, Vacu-lug. Later, for reasons that we are all too familiar with, B.F.Goodrich in Iran was taken over by an Iranian tyre group and the name was changed to Kian Tire.

Naturally the tyre retreader, under B.F.Goodrich, was taken over by the same group . They named this retreader NIKADJ. General Tire Iran also established one tyre retreading plant which later was taken over by a private group and named : Tarmim Tire. These two retreaders are still active.

In 1993, ten hot cure retreading systems were bought from Cima Impianti by an Iranian Company and sold to ten individual newly established retreading companies. Each package contained 11 curing presses, one manual buffer, one automatic buffer, inspection and testing machines, two Orbitread Extruders and other necessary equipment. The tyre retreading companies involved in this deal are:-

• Ken Tire Industrial Complex, located in Tabriz (Ken Tire has got two Cima packages)
• Sirjan Tire Retreading, located in Kerman
• Nikadj Tire Retreading, located in Tehran
• Semnan Tire Retreading, located in Semnan
• Kavire e Yazd Tire Retreading, located in Meybod
• Sepid Adj Tire Retreading, located in Shiraz
• Ammar e Yaser Tire Retreading, located in Garmsar
• Tak Tire Retreading, located in Tabriz
• Orumia Tire Retreading, located in Orumie

Later in 1995 another ten packages were bought from Bandag by another Iranian company for precured retreading systems. Each package was complete with an autoclave with capacity of 22 truck tyres. In the precured system the following companies are active:

• Qazvin Tire Retreading (ex. Iran Bandag) with three Bandag lines
• Ken Tire Industrial Complex with one Bandag line
• Iran Retreading with two Bandag lines
• Pars Sabalan with one Bandag line plus one complete Marangoni Ring Tread system
• Hegmatine Tire Retreading with one Bandag line
• Mashad Retreading with one Bandag line

The most active retreader in hot retreading is Ken Tire Industrial Complex with 24 Cima curing press and the most active retreader in pre-cured retreading system is Qazvin Tire Retreading Company ( ex. Iran Bandag ).

Issue 2008/4