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Goodyear Adding Sales and Service Departments at Select Retread Plants
Customers utilising Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Center retread plants in three locations will now have access to on-site sales and service departments, the company has announced. The retread plants are in Bremen, Georgia; Vernon and Walnut, California.
“Those locations now offer new Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly brand truck tyres, including Goodyear’s new Fuel Max LHD G505D and Fuel Max LHS super- fuel efficient long haul tyres, said Paul Wanstreet, president of Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Centers.
Part of the nationwide Goodyear
Commercial Tire & Service Network, the locations also offer Goodyear-Fleet HQ 24/7 Emergency Roadside Service.
Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Center retread plants offer Goodyear’s full line of retread products, including those that contain Goodyear’s spliceless UniCircle Technology, which helps enhance tread wear and traction. “These newly opened sales and service departments make it even easier for fleets to access premium Goodyear truck tyres and services to help lower their operating costs,” said Wanstreet.
Freda Pratt-Boyer addresses the BIPAVER General Assembly whilst David Stevens of TRIB looks on
Canadian Green Arc Tire
Wins Draft Permit For
the industry as a whole,” said TIA President Freda Pratt-Boyer.
The purpose of the symposium will be to discuss key international issues affecting the retreading industry such as taxes, regulations, restrictions, and noise control,
safety standards on truck tyre retreads, new tyre issues that affect retreads and passenger retreading The event is being co-sponsored by the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB).
Raben Tire to Double Volumes from May
With the US economy showing signs of recovery and fuel prices going down, the retreading industry is also starting reacting positively. The impact has started reflecting on the improving volumes of retreaders. “Business is going fine these days,” admitted Joe Robison, System Manager, Raben Tire & Auto Services,
improving volumes, Robison added, “We have improved the volumes by 10 per cent from last year.” The retreader is also planning to work double shifts from May. “The peak season starts from May and we will double the production,” he said. The company has two 25 tyre autoclaves.
Raben Tire serves the market
whose Louisville based retread plant is currently making 150 tyres per day.
The Goodyear franchisee, which opened in 2002, consumes 70,000 pounds of rubber in a month. On
within a 300 mile radius, with its pick-up trucks visiting clients throughout the year, picking up and delivering tyres. The company has big clients in Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia etc.
Raben Tire & Auto Services
Retread Plant
Green Arc Tire has moved a step closer to production by gaining a draft Environmental Compliance Approval permit. CEO of Green Arc Tire, Mike DiCenzo said, ““The draft permit confirms that Green Arc has met the highest standards as set out by the ministry.We are delighted that our operation is moving forward, allowing us to create hundreds of new jobs in the town and region.”
Green Arc aims to employ 340 people in what would be the largest tyre retreading plant in North
America, 40 of those positions would be reserved for Canadian Forces veterans.
The draft sets out the requirements for dust and emissions from the factor y and also limits tyre storage at the plant. Essentially, outlining the owner’s environmental responsibilities. When these are met the plant will be issued with a full Environmental Compliance Approval permit that finalises the conditions under which the plant will operate.
TIA Promote Global Retread Symposium
Representatives from the Tire Industry Association were present at the recent BIPAVER General Assembly in Bologna to promote TIA’s Global Retread Symposium slated for Wednesday, November 4,
2015, from 3pm – 5pm during the Global Tire Expo in Las Vegas.
“Our goal is to gather retread associations from around the world to discuss issues that cross international boundaries and impact
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