Tire Protector Ethiopia, a private company introduced tubeless tire protector gel to the market.
The gel offers permanent guaranteed puncture protection for the life of the tire, according to Bacha Debele, general manager of the company who retired from army general position several years ago.
The gel, that extends the lifetime of tires, will help Ethiopia to reduce the increasing volume of hard currency the country is spending to import tires because the tires run out of service before serving for the intended lifetime by the manufacturers.
During the illustration at the central bus station (Autobis tera) in Addis Ababa, when a tire that has been treated with Tire Protector encounters a puncture, air pressure inside the tire forces Tire Protector into the wound forming an instant and permanent repair.
The company imports the product from Tire Protector International based in England with which the Ethiopian company has been promoting the product in local market since 2014.
The promoters noted that it takes only a small amount of Tire Protector Sealant to repair a puncture. There will be sufficient material left inside the tire to remain effective against many more punctures to come, according to the General Manager. Bus owners and journalists have attended the demonstration this morning.
It took many years of research, development and testing before Tire Protector was made available to the public in June, 2003, according to the information obtained from the founding company “In 2005 Tire Protector was awarded ISO 9001 accreditation. This internationally recognized, prestigious award for quality is an International Standard, in use worldwide as the benchmark for Quality,” it says.
[newbusinessethiopia.com]