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Eversafe: Lack of Quality Retreadable Casings Holds Back the South Ea
As one of South East Asia’s recognised leaders in the production of high quality products and solutions for the retreading sector, Eversafe Rubber Works were not introducing any new products or services at this year’s Singapore show. However, the company were showcasing their full range of products on their booth, which created a lot of interest from both established and potential customers.
During the show Eversafe’s Managing Director Cheah Siang Tee took the opportunity to talk with us and give his opinion on how the local retreading market is performing at the moment. Cheah was keen to believes the retreading sector has been in ‘bad shape’ for the past this period.
“The main reason for this unfortunate slump in our business is the on- cheap budget tyres and consequently are of such poor quality that they cannot be professionally retreaded,” he said. “Quite simply these tyres casings is just not up to the accepted standard that we insist on in the SEA market.”
impression that Chinese tyre were bad quality, but emphasised that it was just that the SEA retreading market worked at a certain stan- a shortage in acceptable casings throughout South East Asia. At the
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