N. American retread sales top $2 billion.The Tire Retread re·tread tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads 1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. 2. Information Bureau said approximately 30.9 million retreaded tires were sold in the U.S. and Canada in 1998, with sales totaling more than $2 billion. Other highlights from their figures: * 3.1 million retreaded passenger car tires; * 7.6 million retreaded light truck fires; * 19.4 million retreaded medium and heavy truck tires; * 800,000 other retreaded tires (aircraft, off-the-road vehicles, industrial/ lift trucks, motorcycles, farm equipment, specialty, etc.); * 640 million pounds of tread rubber was used by the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. retread tire industry in 1998; * in 1998, the total replacement medium truck tire market was 33.9 million tires, of which 19.4 million were retreads. The TRIB TRIB Tributary TRIB Tire Retread Information Bureau Trib Chicago Tribune Newspaper TRIB Transfer Rate of Information Bits (ANSI formula for calculating throughput) TRIB Transmission Rate of Information Bits figures, which do not include Mexico, show there are approximately 1,415 retreading plants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . A large percentage are owned and operated by independent small businesses. |
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