Profile: Bandag, Inc. render from application-specific tread products to uptime-critical services that go beyond tires, we offer customized fleet services that cut costs and increase uptime. We produce quality retreads with just 30% of the energy used to make new tires. We use less oil, too. It takes 22 gallons of oil to manufacture one new truck tire. Most of that oil is found in the casing, which is reused in the retread process. As a result, it takes only 7 gallons of oil to produce a quality retread. Our premium services feature everything from trailer and tire inspections to wheel and rim refinishing to emergency tire assistance and more.