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sizeably larger than our facilities at this point in time. Therefore, if de- mand surges we will be able to react appropriately and grow.”
The products produced by Deauto are enabled by three separate tread manufacturers: Maxrubber, Eversafe and Sun Rubber with the majority of the production being Eversafe.
Apart from the retreads, Deauto has ventured into selling new TBR tyres, which they import. A natural question would be to wonder if there are plans to provide a complete service. Choon Seng soon gave us some insight into the retreader’s plans.
provide an outdoor breakdown service, which we plan to launch in Janu- ary to cover Peninsula Malaysia whilst outsourcing to external providers in other parts of the country.
- ployees that are driving light-trucks at any one time to deliver the service.”
As the name Deauto Recycle & Retread Industry suggests, the com- - tions of 3,000 to 4,000 pieces of domestic tyres. This produces ap- proximately 200 tonnes of recycled rubber.
Choon Seng laid out the recycling operation for us, “our recycling plant was operational at exactly the same time as the retread plant. We re- cycle somewhere in the region of 3,000 to 4,000 pieces per month. The process leaves us with about 70% rubber and 30% steel from each tyre.
“The steel is normally sold to local manufacturers and the rubber to a variety of clients as we produce rubber crumb in a few sizes. 1-5mm, 16-20mm and 20-40mm.”
As talk moved to investments Choon Seng was keen to point out that Deauto were not looking to invest in state-of-the-art improvements.
for a number of reasons. Firstly, we are very happy with the current machinery and tools at our disposal, but also additional in a market that is so heavily impacted by Chinese tyres, we really don’t think it would be a prudent option.”
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