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 ...

Retreading has been part of the commercial tire industry for decades, yet for some fleets, hesitation still remains.

The disposal of tires represents a significant burden on the environment, so companies like Marangoni developed methods to recycle and reuse old tires. Watch how retreading machines make old tires ...

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 ...

Part of the reason for the suspicion is the myth that all “alligators” – blown tire parts on highways – come from retreads. In reality, up to 75 percent of them are new tires or tires in their first ...

According to Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions, retreads are not only the lowest price option in most cases, but also the lowest cost option for fleets over time, especially with today's longer ...

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. Ad Loading... Most fleets could get a ...

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 ...

As automakers roll out bigger and bigger pickup trucks, many ranchers are getting frustrated with the growing price tag of the tires that support them. Enter retread tires, which manufacturers say can ...

Low-cost truck tire imports, particularly those from China, have cut into domestic new-tire sales over the past five years. But they’ve had an even more dramatic effect on the U.S. retread tire ...

ROVERTO, Italy—Marangoni has developed a new retread tire for a demanding application in the mining sector, the Italian company announced Nov. 4. The MTXL retread was developed in response to an ...

After fuel and labor costs, tires remain a fleet's biggest expense. To help fleets get the longest life not only out of their new tires, but out of their retreads as well, tire manufacturers are now ...