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Argentine President Cristina Kirchner recently opened an 11 million Peso retread facility on behalf of Argentinean retreader, Bancor.
Vipal Heads Race to 2015 INMETRO Standard
Vipal, the Brazilian leader in tyre retreading, also claims to be ahead of the competition when it comes to environmental responsibility, anticipating trends and compliance with future regulations. This time is related to the INMETRO Decree 544 of October 25, 2012. The ordinance requires tyre manufacturers not to use "high aromatic oils" with components that pose risks to the environment in rubber compounds.
Vipal is a pioneer in Brazil in abolishing these oils in its production lines, believing that this issue is also the responsibility of the retreading segment. Used in the
production of rubber, aromatic oils serve to plasticise, adjust viscosity and offer other characteristics that determine the final materials’ properties. A rubber composite for tyres can contain up to 20 per cent of aromatic oils.
"Because it has in its DNA the issue of environmental and social responsibility, all current Vipal brand products are already in line with the requirements for the new tyre INMETRO regulation, which takes effect in 2015. Vipal already manufactures 100 per cent of its products in accordance with the new INMETRO ordinance," says Marketing Manager, Eduardo Sacco.
Just some of the candidates at the Tipler Training Centre
Demonstrating the quality of the Bancor retread to local clients and politicians
Bancor Invests More Than $11 Million in Olavarria
province of Cordoba, where it has a warehouse with two manufacturing units: one for the production of materials for truck retreading and another to rebuild OTR tyres.
The company claims to recap 250 OTR tyres per month and 5,000
truck and bus tyres. It also produces 600 tonnes of rubber. It covers about 15 per cent of the local market of materials for reconstruction and just under 10 per cent of the retreading sector.
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner recently opened an 11 million Peso retread facility on behalf of Argentinean retreader, Bancor. The investment in the plant and machinery will generate 50 new jobs and a 24 per cent increase in production capacity. The new plant in Olavarria is a step towards a more advanced retread market in Argentina.
"The tyre industr y has expanded with the growth of the automotive industry and the government is following a firm policy of import substitution, increasing production and national participation," said a representative from the Ministr y of Industry. He further explained that "in 2012 there were around 12.4 million tyre units on the market, 36 per cent more than in 2002 "and that" the imported tyres, which supplied more than half of the domestic market (52 per cent) in 2008, come to have, in 2012, just a 24 per cent stake." The Minister stressed the
importance of this project as currently the market for retread materials is fed mainly by Brazilian companies (Vipal, Bridgestone and Marangoni). Directors noted that the firm is now negotiating the possibility of starting to export to customers in Brazil and Uruguay.
Bancor, which already has a production plant in Córdoba, which produces and markets reconstituted rubber and retreads, has opened this new facility to serve its customers in the logistics sector in Olavarria (ZALO).
The project will initially generate 50 new jobs in the first stage of the project, reaching 100 posts in Olavarria, and increase production capacity by 1,200 tyres per month (up 24 per cent). The company also offers alignment, balancing and other light mechanical services.
Bancor has also advised that it has a further 35 Million Peso in the pipeline for the installation of another retreading plant in the
Tipler Trained Over 3,200 Professionals in 2012
Thanks to its Tipler led classroom courses and distance learning about tyres and retreading for dealers and customers in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, the Tipler Training Center closed 2012 with a positive outcome: the training of over 3200 professionals working in 81 dealers throughout Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Their clients were trained over some 216 courses and others by way of the distance education portal www.cttonline.com.br. Among the skills developed were lessons about best practices in the process of tyre retreading and tyre management used in fleets. The agenda for the next meeting is now available on the website
www.tipler.com.br. The first classes of 2013 are scheduled for March. In 2013, courses will be held with content about the general characteristics of the tyre, its use, causes of wear, retreading, mileage cost, control types, comparative testing and industrial retreading process.
"This knowledge base is the result of nearly 40 years of experience of the company and incorporates what we now call the Tipler Value Package, which brings more performance, economy and profitability for dealers and end customers," explains commercial director, Richard Suarez.
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