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Significant Investment at Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland
EIB – Portuguese Precures
The establishment of Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland, which took place last September, was followed by a further step forward in the development of the German company’s expansion plans: the approval of the 2012 investment plan at the end of January providing for considerable capital spending on which the company will focus in the second half of the year.
Changes in the cold retreading
market and continuing efforts to achieve competitive advantages and greater benefits for customers have led the Marangoni Group to invest around € 2 million in the installation of a second Alpha Ring line, thus putting an end to the current economic uncertainty caused by market slowdown. With the Alpha Ring technology,
the entire ring moulding process is controlled by integrated software that manages every single phase: from extrusion of the raw rubber directly into the moulds, to building the finished ring, allowing a continuous cycle without operator intervention, thus optimising the quality of the finished product without increasing costs.
This brings many important advantages: savings in terms of resources used, space occupied and energy consumption, increased productivity, improved product quality and reduced environmental impact of the process.
Matthias Leppert, Managing Director of Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland, stated: “We started out by offering rings, then in 2004 the first Alpha Ring line was installed. This quickly reached saturation, hence the decision to invest in a second line. The second line will double ring production capacity - annual production will be around 4500 tonnes - and this will allow us to serve and develop, from our site here, all German speaking markets, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe”.
The investment will ensure the creation of an extremely modern plant, with potential for growth and the opportunity for the Hamburg site to play a key role in the Marangoni Group’s strategy in Europe.
EIB – Empresa Industrial de Borracha, SA started 2012, with the same ambition and dedication to its customers as it has throughout its 20 years of
customers can find a 3D simulator, where they can check the 3D pre cured tread patterns, information about types of application, by tyre size and
Matthias Leppert
existence.
With an enhanced product line, it now offers its customers a wide variety of choice. EIB has taken all its know-how, acquired over many years, to develop new products and increased its offer in the market for OTR pre-cured treads. The EIB OTR line has five different patterns, offering its customers the best raw materials and production technology, with proven quality at a highly competitive price.
Inside the EIB product range can be found rubber tread patterns to produce cold retreads and bead to bead, which are fully customizable; because they are based on a compound with a high heat resistance this gives the customer greater durability and longevity.
The remaining range of EIB precured treads includes a varied number of patterns. Also EIB has different types of treads, contour- treads, wing-treads and flat-treads which are available in standard and premium versions. The Premium version has a compound which was developed to give the company’s customers better results in mileage. It is a compound that is only to be used on long-haul trucks and buses, and in these conditions gives 30 per cent more mileage as shown in tests in the municipal services of two German cities, Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf. The standard version is more of an all-purpose compound that gives ver y good results in many different applications.
At the EIB website, www.eib.pt,
category (OTR, Flat, Wings and Contour).
Other auxiliar y materials follow the philosophy of the company and its quality standards.
EIB, makes available to its customers, through its ability to adapt to new challenges and needs, the possibility of custom development of products and after-sales service and technical assistance.
Marangoni’s new Alpha Ring production facility
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All products are subject to analysis in the laborator y, which ensures that the product that is produced today will be the same as in future production. Also the company's structure allows EIB to take quick decisions, avoiding bureaucracy and ver y long decision times.
To demonstrate the quality level of the company’s production, the doors are open to visit EIB’s production facility and laborator y in Portugal.