DORAL, Fla. — A quartet of leading U.S. retreaders upgraded their manufacturing facilities recently with the purchase of automated buffers and other equipment from Brazilian retread systems supplier ...

Retreading tires is not new. The process dates back more than 100 years. In 1912, Martin Oliver developed and patented a tire retreading method: pre-cured treads. Today, 89% of fleets with 500 or more ...

This year marked my 37th in the tire industry. I started at age 15, stacking tires when I wasn’t cleaning whitewalls at our family tire dealership. By the time I was 18, I was running road service ...

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 ...

This story appears in the Feb. 3 print edition of Transport Topics. Wide-base tires, new and retreaded, are providing an extended-mileage benefit for dry-van carrier Bear Trucking Inc., according to a ...

I recently spent several days alone with my mother who lives two states away in Pennsylvania. She's 94 years old, still sharp as a tack and able to get around—albeit slower than she used to. Mom and I ...

Choosing the right retread for a specific truck application has gotten a lot simpler for fleets. For one thing, with Bridgestone's acquisition of Bandag last year, three of the industry's major tire ...

Michelin Americas Truck Tires has added a drive tire retread for regional and emerging “super-regional” applications. Michelin Americas Truck Tires has added a drive tire retread for regional and ...

Bandag set new records in 2022, with a 9% increase in North American retread tire sales totaling more than 7 million retreads. The company also invested US$60 million into its Abilene, Texas retread ...

The carcass of a construction equipment tire is built tough to withstand immense loads and harsh off-road use, so they can still have value after the tread has worn out. It’s a situation that should ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Two congressional Democrats from northeast Ohio want to incentivize consumers to purchase retreads as a way to encourage buying American made tires and promote jobs at retreading ...

Walter J. Dealtrey blends in with the office staff at Service Tire Truck Center Inc. In shirtsleeves one morning last week, he was sitting at a desk next to his corporate secretary, Lois Duell, among ...