The Colombian Association of Tire Retreaders and Related Industries – ANRE recently carried out a training session on retreading for the Colombian National Police.
Tyre Retreading Catching the Eye of the Colombian Police
According to Hernando Diez Vargas, Executive President of ANRE, on May 19 the association conducted a training session for 60 police officers from the Road Safety School of the city of Madrid, a municipality in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The training was held at the premises of Colombian retreader Servireencauche Medellín S.A.S. and involved a plant tour as well as technical training on tyres and retreading regulations.
According to Diez Vargas, the training session involved a complete presentation that included the history of the Association; a general description of the tyre retreading process; tyre typology; the description of a tyre; labelling requirements; tyre retreading regulations; statistics from the tyre retreading sector; economic benefits of our industry; and finally the environmental benefits of tyre retreading in the context of how our industry is a great example of circular economy.
