In the early 1990s, the American Retreaders Association, which preceded ITRA, believed that hands-on training led by an experienced instructor was the best way to teach what was then a much more ...

Retread America, a supplier of retreads to the intermodal and commercial tire industries, has opened an Oliver Rubber retread plant close to its North American headquarters in Florence, Ky. The new ...

ROCK HILL, S.C.—Continental has been in the retreading business in its home European market for decades. But it's only been active in the U.S. retreading sector since 2011, and the firm's Continental ...

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian retreader Renova SAC is expanding its capacity to retread large OTR tires with the installation of a second tire-building unit at its plant in Lima capable of handling tires up ...

I love this time of the year, spring. Here in Michigan the temperatures are warming, daffodils and crocuses are popping up, trees are budding, and birds are chirping like crazy. But April is a special ...

Bridgestone Americas is on pace to achieve its highest ever year-over-year growth in its Bandag tire retreading business with a 9% increase over 2021, the company recently announced. With the growth ...

Wide-base tires aren’t cheap. Not that duals are cheaper, but in a single wide-base tire you have an investment approaching the cost of a pair of standard tires. Most fleets could get a good trailer ...

LULING, Texas—Elgi Rubber Co. L.L.C. has purchased American Manufacturing & Equipment Inc., better known in the tire and retreading industry as Cincinnati Retread Systems. AME/Cincinnati Retread ...

Based on what I’ve seen over the past decade, the whole green movement is just getting started. One of the popular new buzzwords is sustainable, which basically means the resource in question is not ...

If you've purchased a larger earthmover, or have had to replace the rubber on existing units, you've likely encountered some difficulty in getting the tires you need. There's still a tire shortage, ...