Italian Tyre Supplier Bullish on Retread Sales

With the continued development of new designs, Marangoni says it is focused on providing top quality retreads, thus consolidating its Blackline rings line, the ultra-performance range of its exclusive Ringtread system.

Two years after its introduction to the market and with a 30% share of all Ringtread rings sold, the company says the Blackline is showing good growth figures.

Blackline is Marangoni’s response to the evolution the market has undergone in recent years, where fleets in particular have been demanding retreaded tyres, with reliable performance, improved durability and rolling resistance which is comparable or superior to quality new tyres in order to guarantee much needed savings.

The current market is paying increasing attention to reliability, operating costs, downtime, fuel consumption, and tyre costs. For these reasons, top quality retreads, that are reliable and efficient, able to maximize the value of retreadable casings, or a serious alternative to new quality tyres at an affordable price are favoured.

The ambitious objectives of the Marangoni Group’s Advanced Research Division during the development of the Blackline range of products, was to achieve at least a 15% increased mileage, a 10% reduction in rolling resistance, a 3% reduction in consumption, as well as a 10% increase in adhesion and, for the on-off road tread, a 20% increase in mechanical wear-resistance. Marangoni says these goals were actually exceeded through the use of new materials, increased natural rubber content, a new generation carbon black perfectly incorporated in the compound through a revolutionary mixing process, and a new generation of moulds. “The superior quality of the Blackline product, expands the utilisation of Retreads into high performance areas, on extreme low-aspect ratio tyres, or tyres in heavy duty applications, where use of standard Retreads had never even been considered, before Blackline Rings became available,” said the Rovereto-based company.

Currently the Blackline range consists of 13 tread patterns, with two new ones to be added shortly: the RTL FE trailer, and the RDL FE drive, intended for long continental routes and both characterized by excellent rolling resistance and durability.