A new era begins at Kingpin Tyres, the Shropshire tyre retreading firm has finally decided to call a day on its retreading operations and focus on recycling.
Kingpin Tyres Focus on Recycling
After 45 years in Wem, competition from budget tyres and the high price of raw materials has driven the company to rethink its direction. It has been collecting tyres as part of its retread operation, and for some time has been shredding those tyres it could not retread. So, the development of Kingpin Tyres into a full tyre recycling operation is an easy step for the firm.
Factory manager Mark Cartwrigh...
Kingpin Tyres Focus on Recycling
After 45 years in Wem, competition from budget tyres and the high price of raw materials has driven the company to rethink its direction. It has been collecting tyres as part of its retread operation, and for some time has been shredding those tyres it could not retread. So, the development of Kingpin Tyres into a full tyre recycling operation is an easy step for the firm.
Factory manager Mark Cartwrigh...
