News

The Brazilian Association of Human Resources (ABRH-RS) has announced the winners of the Top Human Being Award 2022 (Top Ser Humano), and Unique Rubber, one of the main players in Brazil and the Americas in the tyre retreading industry, based in São Leopoldo (RS) , has been awarded the prize in the Organization category.

Vaculug is celebrating major growth in the off-the-road tyre sector with a new sales manager appointment and several contract wins with key clients in the waste and construction sectors.

According to a report in the Henderson (N.C.) Daily Despatch, the state of North Carolina has approved a $450,000 building reuse grant to subsidise the renovation of Bridgestone-Bandag’s tread rubber plant in Oxford, NC.

The Brazilian state of Santa Catarina is the location of the latest member of Tipler’s dealer network.

Readers of Retreading Business will be well aware that Michelin has long held a reputation as being a supporter of the retreading process as a key factor in enabling commercial vehicle fleets to optimise the return on their tyre investments. During the recent IAA for Transportation exhibition in Hannover, we were able to talk to Philipp Ostbomk, who is the Vice President Sales, B2B for Michelin Europe North about the company’s current approach to the retreading market.

The latest issue of the digital version of Retreading Business is now available for viewing and download, and as always, we have a varied selection of stories and interviews from countries as diverse as Latvia, India, Costa Rica, Egypt and Uganda.

Haarjeev Kandhari, Chairman at UK-based retreader Vaculug, discusses who should bear the biggest burden when it comes to instigating green initiatives.

The Comerio Ercole Group via its industrial partnership with COMERC International has become a shareholder in the Italian company SASMAC International srl, the owner of the well-known Saspol brand of precured tread presses. The news was announced on October 24, 2022 at the K2022 Exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Pre-Q Galgo Corporation exhibited at the annual OSBMA (Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association) workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on October 18th, 2022. OSBMA works to improve, promote and develop the professional status of school bus mechanics throughout the state of Ohio.

Latin America’s leading tyre and auto parts exhibition, the Latin Tyre & Auto Parts Expo is returning next year to Panama on June 14-16, 2023