Tyre retreading in Estonia 2004 Ants Astover STRO

Tyre retreading in Estonia 2004 Ants Astover STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 1

Introduction n n Estonian tyre retreading situation in 2004 Ants Astover Cairman of the board of Sepa Rehv Ltd Member of the board of Estonian Tyre Union 4 years of tyre retreading experience STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 2

Overview of Estonian tyre market in 2004 n n n No official import and sales figures about pcs Estimated Estonian passenger car tyre market is ~400000 pcs per year Estimated Estonian truck tyre market is ~75000 pcs per year STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 3

Overwiew of the Estonian retreading market in 2004 n n 7 truck tyre retreaders and 2 passenger car tyre retreaders Using a little questionary I got some essential information about year 2004 STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 4

Estonian passenger car tyre retreading in 2004 (1) n n n 2 retreaders : Master AS and Vallai AS produced ~104000 tyres Their export to (EU )~33000 tyres Estimated 18 % of locally retreaded tyres from passenger car tyres market ( total ~400000 pcs) STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 5

Estonian passenger car tyre retreading in 2004 (2) n n Both retreaders are E-108 sertificated Passenger car tyre retreading turnover ~34 million eek (2, 2 million eur) STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 6

Estonian passenger car tyre retreading in 2004 (3) n n n 85 % of retreaded passenger car tyres are with winter pattern 60% of winter tyres are with studs 85% of retreaded tyres are retreaded on buy in casings ( only 15 % of casings are from Estonia) STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 7

Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (1) n n n n 7 retreaders, all cold retreading: Balco AS Eurovia-M OÜ Janvemar AS Regum AS Rehvimeister AS Sepa Rehv AS Vevid AS STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 8

Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (2) n n n Sold of retreaded truck tyres 41429 pcs Export of retreaded truck tyres 2245 pcs Estimated retreaded truck tyres of all sales is over 50% STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 9

Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (3) n n Truck tyre retreading turnover ~78 million eek (~5 million eur) In November 2005 we have 8 truck tyre retreaders (new retreader is Rehviekspert AS) and 5 have allready E-109 sertificate, 2 will get this in 2005 and 1 in 2006. STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 10

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Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (4) n n Market was shared quite evenly by brands. One truck tyre retreader - Regum AS produces his own tread Production volumes differed from 1300 pcs per year to ~8000 pcs per year 74% of retreaded casings were from Estonia STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 12

Conclusion n Domestic passenger car tyre retreaders had a 18% share of Estonian market Local truck tyre retreading exceeded 50 % of Estonian market From 10 retreaders 7 have a Ecertificate. STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 13

Thank You STRO meeting 24. 11. 2005 14