The Retreadcast

Episode 51 of The Retreadcast features an in-depth interview with Lina Goodman, CEO of Tyre Stewardship Australia. Richard Wilson, Correspondent for Retreading Business, speaks with Lina about a wide array of topics crucial to the Australian retreading market. They cover her perspective on the alarming contraction of local processing plants, the environmental and economic data behind waste avoidan...

Episode 50 of The Retreadcast features an in-depth interview with Kent Allen, CEO, and Rob Smedema, VP of Sales at Robbins LLC. David Wilson, Publisher of Retreading Business, speaks with Kent and Rob about the dramatic changes at the company since its acquisition from Hexpol by private investment firm Karo Ventures 18 months ago. They cover their perspective on tackling deferred maintenance, the...

Episode 49 of The Retreadcast features a fascinating career retrospective with Richard O’Connell, the retired director and co-founder of Bandvulc. David Wilson, Publisher of Retreading Business, talks with Richard about his newly published memoirs, “Retreading My Life.”  They journey through the early days of founding Bandvulc in the 1970s using second-hand machinery, the company’s accidental but...

Episode 48 of The Retreadcast features an in-depth interview with Ben Rosenblum, Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Bridgestone Americas. David Wilson, Publisher of Retreading Business, speaks with Ben about the comprehensive new strategy to revitalise the Bandag brand in Europe. They discuss the challenging European market, the "three-legged stool" model (Fleet, D...

Episode 47 of The Retreadcast features an in-depth interview with Doug Conley, President of Shamrock Marketing Inc. David Wilson, Publisher of Retreading Business, speaks with Doug about a wide array of topics crucial to the US retreading market. They cover his perspective on the U.S. administration's approach to tariffs, the impact of political uncertainty on the retreading equipment sector,...

Episode 46 of The Retreadcast features an extended interview with the CEO of Marangoni, Vittorio Marangoni in the lead up to the 2025 Recircle Awards. In this interview Vittorio covers a lot of ground from how Asian tyre producers are driven by industrial policy aimed at dominating EU markets to the stalled implementation of labelling for Retreading to the enormous potential for tyre retreading wi...

Michael Hutt, the Editor of Retreading Business was on the ground at TyreXpo Asia to report from the exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands & Expo Centre. Today’s episode features short interviews with a few attendees from the show namely: Conson Sia, the CEO of Stamford Tyres, Guy Heywood, Vice President of Hankook Tire Europe and Lau Den Nee, the Sales Manager of Wegmann Automotive. The episode...

Episode 44 of the Retreadcast features an interview with Janne Ruhanen, the sales director at Nokian Tyres, discussing the 50th anniversary of the Nokian brand of retreading materials. The episode also includes a short segment on the Recircle Awards. In the interview, Janne and Michael talk about the history of the Nokian brand, its key strengths and latest innovations, the challenges and opportun...

The final episode of The Retreadcast for 2025 is here and it sees another on-site interview from our trip to Malaysia as we interview the Managing Director of First Unitex and the President of TRMAM Edmund Wong. During this conversation, Edmund dives deep on how retreaders in Malaysia can fight against the import of cheap, low-quality tyres by educating the fleets on the Total Cost of Ownership co...

Episode 42 of the Retreadcast sees a returning interviewee in the form of Kevin Gillin, the CEO Of Mega-Treads who sat down to talk to Editor Michael Hutt during their visit to Southeast Asia. In the interview Michael and Kevin talk about the Mega-Treads plans for establishing a base in Kuala Lumpur and for developing rubber products in adjacent markets, the price and quality of their rubber compa...

The latest episode of Retreadcast features a post-election update from TRIB Managing Director, David Stevens, who talks about the potential impact of the election result on the retreading sector, the latest update on the tariff situation regarding truck tyre imports from China and Thailand, and TRIBs plans for 2025. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Web...

The latest episode of Retreadcast features a special analysis of the Trade Remedies Authority’s transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on truck and bus tyres imported from China. First we interview James Reith, the TRA’s Tyre Case Lead Investigator, followed by comment and analysis fro Hankook’s Guy Heywood and Vaculug’s Jorge Crespo. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Su...

The latest episode of Retreadcast features an interview carried out by Retreading Business Editor Michael Hutt with Kevin Gillin, the CEO of newly launched tread rubber brand, Mega-Treads SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Website  RETREADING BUSINESS ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-2023-4 FACEBOOK ► https://www.facebook.com/RetreadingBusiness/ TWITTER ► https:...

Episode 38 of the Retreadcast was recorded on location in Cologne during The Tire Cologne with the CEO of Indag Rubber Ltd, Vijay Srinivas. David Wilson, the Publisher of Retreading Business interviewed Vijay on a wide range of topics such as Indag Rubber’s export plans, their brand and product development strategy and the state of the domestic retread market in India amongst other subject areas....

The latest episode of Retreadcast features an overview of our conference programme from TyreXpo Asia, where our four eminent speakers from different global regions were able to offer an interesting comparison of the state of the markets in North America, South America, Europe and South-East Asia. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Website  RETREADING BUS...

The South American market is one of the most vibrant in the world of retreading. At the recent TIA Off-Road Tire Conference in Las Vegas Retreading Business editor David Wilson talked to Daniel Rojas, the General Manager of Chilean Retereaders Association ARNEC and Co-ordinator of ALARNEU about the latest trends and challenges faced by South American retreaders. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-...

The latest episode of Retreadcast features three interviews from our visit to the TIA Off-Road Tire Conference in Las Vegas. In the spotlight talking about training, the Conference itself and automation in the retreading sectors are TIAs Head of Off-Road Tire Service, Matt White, TIA President Keith Jarman and Tesco-Italmatic’s Daniel Zeledon. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE...

In the latest episode of Retreading Business we interview the CEO of Vaculug, Haarjeev Kandhari about a wide variety of topics ranging from how to make the most of the retreading industry’s sustainability credentials to the work ethic of the British workforce. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Website  RETREADING BUSINESS ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-2023-4...

Join us in the latest edition of the Retreadcast as we introduce Retreading Business’s new editor, Michael Hutt and discuss the future prospects for the global retreading industry. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe  WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Website  RETREADING BUSINESS ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-2023-4 FACEBOOK ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Facebook  TWITTER ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Tw...

Alexei Nicolini, the CEO of Budini Inc is the latest protagonist in the Retreadcast as we reach Episode 32. Alexei was interview during Futurmotive, Expo & Talks from Bologna, Italy as he discussed with David Wilson their history in the tyre retreading sector, being early movers into the world of tyre management and their plans for the future. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/RB-Subscribe WEBSI...

Join us in Episode 31 of the Retreadcast as we dive into the exciting world of trade industry exhibitions. In this episode, we sit down with Ingo Riederberger from The Tire Cologne to get an exclusive sneak peek into their highly anticipated show in 2024. But that's not all! We also bring you a comprehensive summary of the remaining Recircle Awards categories and their nominees, highlighting...

Episode 30 of #TheRetreadcast is now live and it is a special episode looking at the #RecircleAwards trophy sponsors, Vipal Rubber. We go into detail with Vipal Rubber on their approach and commitment to sustainability, whilst the middle section of the podcast looks at the nominees in some of our key retreading categories for 2023. Watch the latest episode of The Retreadcast today! SUBSCRIBE ► htt...

In this episode of The Retreadcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing Christina Guth, the CEO of Azur Network. Recently, Azur Network won the prestigious Recircle Award for the Circular Economy Award category in the Recircle Awards David Wilson, the Publisher of Retreading Business caught up with Christina in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre to learn more about Azur Network's j...

Episode 28 of the Retreadcast sees us record LIVE on location at the Marina Bay Sands and Expo Centre in Singapore during TyreXpo Asia. Episode 28 sees us interview Chris Bloor, Executive Director, International Sales & Marketing at Giti Tire prior to giving his presentation in the trade fair's Retreading Conference. His presentation was titled "Global and Regional Dynamics in the Re...

Get ready for a jam-packed episode of The Retreadcast! In Episode 27, we sit down with Alwin Seow, the Event Director of Tyrexpo Asia, to hear all about the upcoming Tyrexpo Asia show and the exciting events taking place, including the launch of The Recircle Awards and The Tyre Retreading Conference. And that's not all! Our hosts, David and Richard, will also be giving us all the details on t...