Retreading is a re- manufacturing process through which old and worn out tire treads are replaced by new ones. Retreading is applied to casings of old tires after inspection. Retreading of tires costs are at least 40% less than the cost of a new tire. The cost effectiveness offered by Retread tires is one of the primary factors driving market growth, which is further supplemented by the robust growth of the transportation industry. Furthermore, retread tires and tire retreading are environment-friendly solutions and hence, are witnessing support from various regulating bodies encouraging the use of retread tires.
Among the end-use segments of the retread tires market, the heavy commercial vehicles(HCV) segment is expected to expand with a significant CAGR in terms of value as well as volume over the forecast period (2018-2028). The global sales of retread tires are estimated to be value share of 29.6 percent in the global retread tires market by 2018 end and is anticipated to retain its dominance throughout the forecast period.
Continuously growing vehicle parc is another major factor which will increase the demand for replacement of tires and thus, will drive the demand for retread tires. Large fleet owners of commercial vehicles prefer tire remolding to ensure cost effectiveness. Hence, growth in automobile, forestry and construction is expected to create healthy growth opportunities for the retread tires market. The global retread tires market is estimated to have been valued at US$8684.9 Mn at the end of 2018 and is expected to reach US$13647.2 Mn by the end of 2028 while expanding at CAGR of 4.6% over the forecast period. The global retread tires market is anticipated to represent incremental opportunity of US$4962.3 Mn between 2018 and 2028.
Steady growth in the underground mining sector is expected to propel the growth of HCVs with customized retread tires.
Mining is prominent industry in regions, such as Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific, where it contributes significantly to the overall export and GDP. The growth of the mining industry is highly correlated with the global economic growth. Currently, the mining and exploration companies are channelizing investments for the extraction of minerals from underground mines and adopting advanced technologies to extract mineral-rich resources at deeper levels, which, in turn, is driving the global market of retread tires.
Increase in average vehicle age will drive the sales of retread tires.
With improvements in materials and technologies use for automotive manufacturing, the average operational age of vehicles has increased substantially, which in turn , is driving the demand for Retread Tires. The reliability of vehicles has increased significantly over the past decade. According to a survey, consumers are increasingly keeping their old cars as their second vehicles rather than reselling or scraping them. As a result of increasing vehicle age, there is growing demand for replacement and maintenance and thus, these days, retread tires are being much preferred over new ones, which, in turn, is driving the market of retread tires.
Growing demand for special harvesting equipment owing to increasing demand for wood will boost the demand for retread tires.
Applications of wood ranges are from complex housing structures to the simple writing paper. Hence, the demand for different kinds of wood timber is steadily increasing in the current market scenario. Some equipment, such as feller bunchers, harvesters, forwarders and skidders, generally use retread tires which are customized in mold cures to provide efficient operational advantage. Thus, with the growth of the forestry and timber harvesting equipment, the market of retread tires will also grow substantially over the forecast period.
China is expected to remain the dominant regional market over the forecast period.
The China Retread tires market is expected to represent significantly high incremental opportunity between 2018 and 2018 and the South East Asia & Pacific Retread Tires market is projected to expand at significant CAGR in terms of volume over the forecast period. Sales of Retread Tires in South East Asia & Pacific are expected to represent total incremental opportunity worth US$ 469.6 Mn between 2018 and 2028.
 
 
From《Future Market Insights Corp》June 27, 2018, references 《Rubber World》magazine July 20,2018.