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in special sizes. Because of anti-dumping, retreading has become sustainable in Europe again. We believe that for the next few years the European market will now be stable, with the next market review coming in 2022. This gives us some opportunities in the meantime,” he added.
Precure OTR retreading is another area which the company is looking at closely. With radial OTR tyres becoming more popular, Cheah believes precured
OTR retreading will become more acceptable in the future. Eversafe can produce OTR precure treads up to 25 inches.
“We now have a big capacity at our Ipoh plant,” he continued, “so we are now also looking to diversify into some technical rubber compounds. In this area we are open for collaboration and open to opportunities.
“The purpose of this event was to give product,” he concluded. “What we are trying to show is that our product is comparable to the European standard
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