STRO meeting Tyre retreading in Estonia 2004 Ants Astover

STRO meeting Introduction 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 Overview of Estonian tyre market in 2004 No official import and sales figures about pcs Estimated Estonian passenger car tyre market is ~ pcs per year Estimated Estonian truck tyre market is ~75000 pcs per year

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

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

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

STRO meeting Estonian passenger car tyre retreading in 2004 (3) 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 Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (1) 7 retreaders, all cold retreading: Balco AS Eurovia-M OÜ Janvemar AS Regum AS Rehvimeister AS Sepa Rehv AS Vevid AS

STRO meeting Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (2) Sold of retreaded truck tyres pcs Export of retreaded truck tyres 2245 pcs Estimated retreaded truck tyres of all sales is over 50%

STRO meeting Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (3) Truck tyre retreading turnover ~78 million eek (~5million 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.

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STRO meeting Estonian truck tyre retreading in 2004 (4) 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 Conclusion 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 E- certificate.

STRO meeting Thank You