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December 23, 2014

RTA member Marangoni® Tread North America
                                    produces 4 millionth tread                                                                  

Madison, TN (December 23^nd, 2014)

Marangoni Tread North America (MTNA) recently manufactured the Company's 4 millionth tread at their Madison, TN. Facility.

MTNA began tread production at the Madison plant in 2004, and hit the one million tread mark in 2008. Since then, both capacity and production have increased dramatically.

The 4 millionth tread that rolled off the line was the RINGTREAD® XP RDG200 drive tread.

It is just one of the new RINGTREAD® XP Extreme Performance products for extreme conditions. The RINGTREAD® is already the best retread solution on earth with the lowest cost per mile. But now, the RINGTREAD® XP Extreme Performance line even exceeds the proven benefits of the RINGTREAD® system. The XP line includes, RDA-E (Fuel Saving), RDG100 (Traction), RDG200 (Mileage), RDAone (Wide Base) and RDY-HM+ (Severe Service).

In a celebration with the Marangoni® employees, CEO and President Bill Sweatman spoke with pride to his team. "We are proud and thankful that we have been able to achieve this important milestone. Our unit sales have increased more than 15% this year and along with other improvements, we have gained in both market share and market strength."

Chanthavy Vongsamphanh, Manufacturing Manager for MTNA, also addressed the team.

"Our Commitment to lean manufacturing and a team culture will ensure high quality, employee involvement, safe and environmentally responsible work environment so that we can continue to meet the on-time delivery requirements of our growing customer base."

Marangoni Tread North America is dedicated to supplying technology, products, equipment, supplies, technical services and commercial support for independent retreaders and commercial tire dealers throughout North America.