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The Michelin Retread Process

When it comes to retreading tires, the Michelin retread process stands out as a trusted and dependable solution. Our process is meticulously designed to deliver reliable retreads that cater specifically to your unique application needs. We understand the importance of maximizing your tire assets, and that’s why we take great care in every step of the retreading process. From selecting the right materials to employing advanced techniques, we ensure that each retread meets the highest standards of quality and performance. With Michelin retreads, you can have the confidence and peace of mind knowing that your tires are revitalized to their full potential, providing optimal performance and extending their lifespan. Trust in the Michelin retread process to unlock the true value of your tire investment.

The Technology

Michelin’s innovative retread process creates retreads you can trust to save money and keep your trucks on the road. Utilising Michelin’s new-tyre design technology, proven tread designs and new-tyre manufacturing standards, the Michelin retread process delivers reliable retreads, designed for your application to help you maximise your tyre assets. The MICHELIN® Retread Technologies process produces high-quality retreads that are consistent, audited and, of course, backed by a robust warranty.

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  • Maximise your assets – Retreading extends the life cycle of your tyre assets which reduces costs¹
  • Premium quality casing – Casings are retreadable multiple times
  • Michelin and Recamic Retreads – Manufactured using Michelin new tyre patterns and tread compounds
  • Low cost per kilometre – MICHELIN® tread quality helps provide more kilometres per dollar

Superior Quality

  • Michelin Proprietary Technology In Both New Tyres And Retreads – Dual-compound treads, matrix siping technology and fuel-efficient compounds are just a few examples of features used in both MICHELIN new and retread tyres
  • Michelin Manufacturing Excellence – Our retread facility uses the Michelin Quality Management System to ensure retreads are manufactured to a very high and consistent quality.
  • Consistent, Nationwide Retread Warranty Comparable to a New Tyre – All of our retreads are backed by the Tyreline Retread Warranty.

Environmentally Friendly

  • No aromatic oils – The right choice for the environment
  • Conserves oil² – Retreading saves 57 litres of oil per tyre²
  • Reduces landfill volume² – Retreading saves thousands of casings from being dumped into landfills each year²
  • Supports sustainability – Recycling and reusing are critical to the future of sustainable transport²

The Best Way Forward

Michelin is convinced that retreading is the best way forward for goods transportation.

Guy Heywood – commercial director, UK and Ireland; Claire Dorland Clauzel – executive vice president, brands and external relations; and Antoine Pinneau – senior vice president, R&D present the reasons for choosing to retread to the Wall Street Journal.

Why Consider Retreads For Your Fleet?

Michelin’s innovative retread process creates retreads you can trust to save money and keep your trucks on the road.

The environmental benefits of retreading are substantial.

Compared to an entry-level tyre that cannot retread, for example, a retreaded tyre makes it possible to save 24% CO2 emissions and 70% natural resource extraction due to the fact that the steel casing is reused! A retreaded tyre also means less waste to recycle. At equivalent use, a retreaded tyre generates 4.3 times more jobs than a tyre that cannot be retreaded, since, in addition to the actual retreading operations, associated maintenance and logistics services are also provided (collection, inspection, maintenance, and distribution). Lastly, a tyre that lasts two and sometimes even more than three times longer and costs 40% less per kilometre than a new tyre enables customers to make significant savings.

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The Circular Economy

 

Retreading and Sustainability

Retreading is the cornerstone to our circular economy strategy in the transport sector.

It increases the life of a truck tyre three-fold and has indisputable benefits: a very low cost per kilometre, saves raw materials, supports local industries involved in maintenance operations and more.

Despite these many advantages, retreading must compete with low-end tyres which represent a lower investment at purchase.

Sustainably optimising resources

The boom in the demand for road mobility raises undeniable environmental and human issues: congestion, pollution, natural resource preservation, etc. Michelin is convinced that we should not go against the development of mobility but instead mitigate its social and environmental impacts. It is for this reason that Michelin are developing techniques such as retreading in order to market products which, from their design until the end of their life cycle, use fewer resources while delivering better performance.

What does retreading involve?

Retreading involves giving a lease of new life to a worn tyre in order to minimise the use of raw materials without compromising safety. Once truck and aircraft tyres come to the end of their life cycle, their casing structure is retained and their tread – the part of the tyre in contact with the ground – is replaced.

A truck tyre designed for retreading can be retreaded at least twice which means it can be used to cover many more kilometres during its life cycle!

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