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About Garry Drisdelle

Original Green business man! Long before ‘Green’ was Politically Cool ...with a 40 Year Pioneering history of Scrap tire recovery for reuse for various industries.

Specializing in procurement, warehousing & logistics for the Global Truck Tire Retread Industry. Progressive thinking and high ethics brought structure to a gray fractured worldwide business. Believing "accountability is the answer" for buyer and seller!

The job is just beginning for us! New attitudes towards tire recovery are providing us with many possibilities towards a greener future.
— Garry Drisdelle (CEO & Team Leader at TireCore)
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CURRENT EXPERIENCE

CEO TIRECORE INT'l LTD

Keeping the Scrap tires out of the Landfills 1 tire at a time
Increased and developed further Trade between US and Canada stimulating US exports to Canada and abroad
Brought learned ethics and disciplines into play in Tri State area CA,AZ,NV., developing multiple "Cores" businesses supplying local Retread Plant Requirements.
Developer in cooperation with Leading Retreaders of quality Truck Casing products for
distribution from Canada, USA & Mexico & WorldWide
Environmental Steward for diversion of Millions of Tons of waste tires from landfills

"Never Buried..Never Burned"

PAST EXPERIENCE

 

CEO - Total Casing Service Inc

Burlington Ontario Canada

1996 - Jan 2005 (9 yrs)

• Started partnership with lifelong friend William Krasowski
• Developed cooperative Partnership with TIRECRAFT CANADA LTD
• Hired Wayne Mitchell ex President Continental/General Tire gained Intl footprint
• Bought TIRECRAFT position and shares with WK
• Continue to develop WW casing industry

 

OWNER - Allround Tire LTD

Toronto Canada

1980 - 1988 (8 yrs)

• One Man One Van And A Plan

CEO - TTS Treadco

Toronto Canada

1988 - 1996 (8 yrs)

• Formed strategic North American Coop for procurement and sale of truck tire and OTR casings , using the NAFTA Agreement as a platform.
• Increased intra Canada / US trade in casing industry products, from Intl procurement sources

 

Jr CEO - Lou’s Tire Sales

Toronto Canada

1974 - 1978 (4 yrs)

• Swamper for PoPs
• Learned extensively about the passenger tire Retail business
• Switched Lou's Tire from passenger tire business to Truck Tire Casing procurement business
• "Developed one man a Van and a Plan"

PRESS HIGHLITES

National Post - Atlantic Construction Journal:

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The Long Beach Business Journal:

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The Retreadcast | Episode #14 | Recircle Awards: Winners in Profile

 
 

Garry Drisdelle of TireCore Intl Appears on Retreadcast

TireCore Intl were one of the winners at the debut Recircle Awards with their success in the Best Casing & Tyre Disposal Services Provider category. To discuss their win, the CEO Garry Drisdelle appeared in Episode 14 of The Retreadcast.

Episode 14 Features Garry Drisdelle of TireCore Intl

David Wilson, Publisher of Retreading Business interviewed Garry Drisdelle in the most recent instalment of The Retreadcast on their Recircle Awardssuccess along with the state of their business and plans for the future.

Chapters:

00:00​​ Introduction to Interview with Garry Drisdelle, CEO of TireCore Intl 

01:15​​ TireCore Intl's Development in the Tyre Collection Space of the Tyre Rector Sector 

02:14​ How is the Current Business of TireCore Intl Structured? 

03:25​ TireCore Intl's Business Philosophy: Importance of the Circular Economy​

05:37​ TireCore Intl Consultancy Programme: How does it Work? 

06:56​​ What are the Key Opportunities for TireCore Intl as a Tyre Casings Collector? 

07:42​​ How does Garry feel that their Success in the Recircle Awards​ will Benefit the Company?

Posted by Charlotte Nahon on 21 Apr 2021

About the author

Charlotte Nahon

Charlotte Nahon is the Communications and Digital Executive for Retreading Business. Since 2018, Charlotte has been in the Digital and Communications sector, working in Canada as well as Spain. Her degree is in Communication Studies from the University of Ottawa, and ever since graduating she has been writing for multiple sectors including automotive, energy, education, pharmaceuticals and more.