Retreaders in Malaysia were forced to make changers in response to the pandemic.
Malaysian Retreaders Strive to Survive
The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused social and economic disruption in unprecedented ways. Although the impact varied across industries in Malaysia, organisations were forced to make changes in response to the pandemic, including retreaders.
In this issue of The Tyreman, we interviewed several retreaders in the local market to ascertain the impact of the pandemic, their strategies during this period of uncertainty, what have they done to revive sales and gain visibility, as well as where the opportunities and threats lie. The panellists included:
Edmund Wong, Marketing Manager, First Unitex Tyre Retreading Sdn Bhd
Desmond Kew, Executive Director, Highclass Technics Sdn Bhd
Michael Hutt, Group Marketing Manager, Kit Loong Commercial Tyre Group
Cheah Siang Gim, Sales and Marketing Manager, Olympics Retreads (M) Sdn Bhd,
Edmund Teng, Director, TME Tyre Retreads Sdn Bhd
The Tyreman: What have been the impacts of Covid-19 on the Malaysian tyre retreading industry?
All interviewees said that the pandemic affected them in various ways.
Edmund Wong pointed out that there are many Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) that the industry had to implement, such as routinely sanitising the workplace, providing face masks and face shields for workers, mandatory self-testing for workers and so on.
Production costs have increased tremendously due to rising raw materials and chemical prices such as carbon black as well as an increase in freight forwarding charges. Furthermore, the supply of raw material has been inconsistent because of manpower and material shortages, as well as outbreaks of Covid-19 in supplier factories.
Insufficient workers have resulted in rising salaries and fringe benefits for foreign production workers, resulting in reduced profit margins. Retreaders have been unable to increase prices when the demand for retreads remains low and the cost of production has increased…..
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冠病大爆发对大马轮胎翻新行业的影响
冠病的大爆发，使社会和经济产生前所未有的混乱。尽管它对马来西亚各行各业的影响各不相同，但包括翻新在内的公司都被迫做出改变，以应对这个大流行病。
本期的《轮胎世界》特别采访了几位本地的翻新商，以了解冠病大流行对该行业的影响。他们与我们分享在这段不确定时期的策略，他们为恢复销售和影响力做了哪些努力，其中的商机与威胁。受访者包括：
First Unitex 轮胎复新私人有限公司 行销经理黄经豪
精工轮胎复新有限公司执行董事邱崠益
吉隆商用轮胎集团集团行销经理迈克∙ 赫德（Michael Hutt）
奥林匹克轮胎复新（马）有限公司销售及行销经理谢双锦
TME轮胎翻新私人有限公司董事邓书明
轮胎世界：冠病对马来西亚轮胎翻新行业有什么影响？
所有受访者都表示，疫情对他们的影响是多方面的。
黄经豪指出，业界有许多必须执行的标准作业程序（SOP），例如工作场所的例行消毒、为员工提供口罩和面罩、强制员工进行自我测试等。
由于炭黑等原材料和化学品价格上涨，以及货运代理费用增加，翻胎商的生产成本大幅增加。此外，人力和材料的短缺，供应商工厂爆发冠病病例，导致原材料供应反复无常。
员工短缺导致外劳生产员工的工资和福利上涨，致使利润下降。在翻新需求低迷且生产成本增加的情况下，翻新商一直无法提高价格………
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