Retread giant Bandag’s recent announcement to reduce the headcount of its U.S. workforce by 15% and freeze pension plans for U.S. and Canadian workers reflects the new competitiveness of the retread ...

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 ...

LONDON, Feb. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Credence Research Inc. announces the release of its latest study on the Global Retread Tires Market, which was valued at USD 9,600.00 million in 2018, reached USD ...

Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Center has opened sales and service departments at retread plants in three high-traffic areas in an effort to better service fleets. Ad Loading... The expanded ...

Retreading gives a second or even third life to a casing, increasing the payback on the initial investment. Retreaded tires take it on the chin every day. Complaints range from alligators on the ...

Michelin introduced its TreadVision retread platform and Smart Predictive Tire monitoring system at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s 2026 meeting in Nashville. The technologies aim to cut fleet ...

Michelin X One Line Energy D2 Pre-Mold, Michelin’s lowest rolling resistance heavy truck drive retread to date, is designed for the long haul market across the U.S. to optimize fuel efficiency. “The ...

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 ...

“It‘s pretty simple when you lay the facts out about retreads to fleets: they‘ll save them a lot of dad-gum money.” -Robert “Bobby” Ford, assistant center manager, Goodyear Truck Care Center, Dallas ...

The idea that a retread is far inferior to a new tire is a bit like Bigfoot – some people don’t believe in it, some do, and don’t confuse those true believers with the facts because their minds are ...