Galgo focuses on lean and mean organization - Joe Krimpenfort: 'Big 4' Under Pressure in Europe

摘要

In the course of the past years there has been but one important process that has dominated developments in the European pre-cured retreading market: suppliers from outside of Europe are finding it more and more feasible to claim a growing market share to themselves. According to figures made available to Tyres & Accessories, the share of pre-cured treads that have not been produced by Bandag, Marangoni/Ellerbrock, Kraiburg or Michelin was at 18 per cent in the year 2000. Five years later, in 2005, the "others" (see pie chart) had already gained 29 per cent of the European pre-cured retreading market. And there are market observers that predict within three to five years this group of companies will potentially supply up to 50 per cent of all pre-cured tread used in European retreading facilities. One of these observers is Joe Krimpenfort, who - as general manager of the material supplier Galgo Pre-Q Europe - sees his share of the European retreading market as being there for the taking.