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Retreaded Tyres are Safe, Acten’s Customers Say
From left: Oliver Lim, Jason Low of Acten Group, Lim Kean Way of Binaform Sdn Bhd, Susan Wong, Jackson Aw, Alan Lee, Steven Aw of Acten Group, Mah Kin Hock of Kin Hock Tangkak Sdn Bhd, Wong Ah Yee of Chan Soon Transport Sdn Bhd & Hing Lee Battery Sdn Bhd, and Mr &Mrs E.T. Lim of BZ Logistics Sdn Bhd
Aretreaded tyre is nothing new. It has come a long - troduced in the early 20th cen- tury. Although retreading has proven its worth to the entire transportation industry, there has always been controversy on how safe retread tyres are, with the argument in favour of brand new tyres. An assump- tion was made that all the tyre debris found on highways were from the retreads. Thus, while some have fully support- ed retreaded tyres, others are hesitant to try them.
Despite the technological advances in the retreading process and the proven qual- ity of retreaded tyres in recent years, most people know very little about it. The recent com- ments made by the Malaysian Ministry of Works stating that up to 10,000 road accidents are caused by retreaded tyres in the country stirred up a con- troversy in the market. Based
on the comments, a daily av- erage of about 30 accidents was due to burst retreaded tyres. Thus, the use of re- treaded tyes was seen as the main cause of most accidents on the road.
In response to these com- ments, some key customers of Acten Tire Technology Sdn Bhd gathered at the company’s headquarters in Seremban to share their views and experi- ence on using retreaded tyres.
According to Wong Ah Yee of Chan Soon Transport and Trading Sdn Bhd, the compa- ny has been using retreaded tyres from Acten Tire Technol- ogy since 2009. Wong said the company came to know about Acten and its products through the Negeri Sembilan Tyre Dealers & Retread Asso- ciation (NSTDRA).
“We started as a sand and stone transporter in 1981, but
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