Vipal targets North America for machinery sales growth
Vipal targets North America for machinery sales growth
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The VR01 Smart Uno and Duo buffers removes old tread from tire casings. The Duo version (pictured), which can handle two tires at once, can buff up to 35 tires an hour.
DORAL, Fla. Borrachas Vipal S/A, the Brazilian company known for supplying materials to the U.S. retread market, is making a push to gain a foothold in the North American retread equipment business as well.
While Vipal traditionally has been a supplier of precured tread rubber, rubber compounds, cushion gum, envelopes and cements the company claims an 11 percent share of the global market for such products the firm has expanded in recent years into the machinery side of the business.
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DORAL, Fla. Borrachas Vipal S/A, the Brazilian company known for supplying materials to the U.S. retread market, is making a push to gain a foothold in the North American retread equipment business as well.
While Vipal traditionally has been a supplier of precured tread rubber, rubber compounds, cushion gum, envelopes and cements the company claims an 11% share of the global market for such products the firm has expanded in recent years into the machinery side of the business.
Sister company Vipal Machinery is looking to make a larger impact on the U.S. and North American market and made sales last year despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.