The director of the Union Nacional de Gomas (National Tires Group), Rolando Alfonso Sanchez, told ACN that the facilities will be located in the provinces of Mayabeque, Santiago de Cuba and Camaguey.

These plants will contribute to saving nearly 20 million dollars, and to lengthen the useful life of tires, so essential for transporting loads and passengers.

Alfonso noted that despite the advantages of having enough tires in good conditions, some enterprises make no good use of them and have to buy them in the international market at very high prices.

Cuba retreads only between 30 and 50% of tires with conditions to be reused, a very low figure for a tire importing country.

According to data offered by the Union de la Goma, 90,000 tires were retreaded last year, which saved the Cuban economy 13 million dollars.

 
The general director of the Chemical Industry Business Group, Fidel Miranda, told ACN that retreading is a very good economic alternative because financial resources to buy new tires are not always available.

Miranda added that the existing five tire-retreading plants in Cuba have the necessary raw materials to carry out their work.

Specialists in the field affirm that it is possible to retread tires up to three times, depending on the wear degree.