Continental Tire the Americas, LLC’s Commercial Vehicle Tire group and Quality Tire Service LTD, an independent tire dealer in Saskatchewan, have announced a partnership with the opening of the first commercial tire retread facility in western Canada.
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Vipal Rubber’s partner, Power Retreads, has opened a new production plant in New Zealand.
Read More →Tire industry experts foresee another round of tire price increases during calendar-year 2012. In the past, national account tire manufacturers have done their best to shield the fleet industry from price increases by holding prices for a 12-month period. Nowadays, there is concern that national account vendors will no longer be able to continue to absorb these cost increases.
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SANTA ANA, CA – At the March 1 meeting of the NAFA Pacific Southwest Chapter, fleet managers and other attendees saw presentations about tires and got the chance to tour a tire retreading plant.
Read More →SANTA ANA, CA - Topics include tire construction and retreading, TPMS, tire number and letter meanings, and how to reduce costs and improve safety.
Read More →WASHINGTON – With tires the third highest cost of running any fleet, the savings offered by the use of retreads adds up to be very significant, according to the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau.
Read More →Continental's new ContiTread, a retread product manufactured by Marangoni with the same rubber compounding, tread designs and fuel-saving technologies as new Continental tires, will be available in the U.S. and Canada for fleet customers through current Continental and MTNA dealers.
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While tires are depreciating equipment, fleet managers can control how fast tire value drops. The best way is to write, communicate, and enforce a tire management and maintenance program.
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