100 retread tyre makers fail to meet standards
Published on: Friday, March 03, 2017
Putra Jaya: Almost 100 retread tyre manufacturers have been operating in the country without adhering to the standards set by SIRIM Bhd (Sirim), said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the use of retread tyres that did not meet Sirim standards could pose safety threats to the motorists. "We will go after them (illegal rethreaded tyre manufacturers)," he told a press conference on the special integrated operation to fight the manufacturing of such illegal tyres here. ADVERTISEMENT Liow said the price of retread tyres that met the specifications and certified by Sirim would be around RM1,150 while the fake rethreaded tyres would be much cheaper at around RM400. He also said that 82 retread tyres manufacturers in the country had been granted the Sirim certification for adhering to the standards, so far.Meanwhile, Liow said a special enforcement team from the Road Transport Department had seized and impounded 480 rethreaded tyres and 1,374 fake Sirim stickers worth RM247,500 in two operations recently. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The team picked up two factory owners and nine foreign workers in the raids in the Bukit Beruntung Industrial Area in Selangor on Feb 23, and in Senawang Industrial Area in Negeri Sembilan yesterday, he said. ADVERTISEMENT Both cases were being investigated under Section 29(2)(b) of the Trade Description Act 2011 for violating the Marking of Pneumatic Tyre which provides a fine of up to RM100,000 or a maximum jail term of three years or both, if convicted.