About Us

Transforming Tyre Management

With over 45 years’ experience delivering off-the-road (OTR) and light mobile equipment (LME) tyre management solutions, Otraco helps customers across the mining sector to increase productivity and reduce the total cost of tyre ownership.

 

Solutions to Meet Specific Customer Requirements

  • Complete tyre management delivered by Otraco’s fully accredited tyre technicians located onsite; Otraco provides tyre maintenance supported by Zero Harm safety programs and asset management solutions.
  • Computerised tyre management system (OTRACOM) recording real-time data from tyre sensors, OTRACOM tracks and manages tyres and rims from manufacture to disposal, providing essential performance data reporting at key stages.
  • Training and engineering support helping customers to commission, operate and maintain cost effective tyre management solutions worldwide.

Safety

Founded on the deeply held principles of Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE), Otraco is focused on ensuring that all teams return home safely to their families at the end of every working day. Setting the standard in global tyre safety leadership, our commitment to HSE is regularly recognised by customers, one example being the 2017 Safety Award from Swakop Uranium in Namibia.

Innovation

Across Otraco, innovation is key to helping customers achieve step change improvements in day-to-day operations. Teams are encouraged to challenge the traditional ways of doing things by asking questions such as ‘how can we get this job done in a safer way?’ These simple questions uncover highly cost-effective solutions such as the award winning ‘spacer plates’ technology.

 

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Enterprise Registered Training Organisation 51112

With a focus on turning knowledge into value, Otraco’s training centre delivers an extensive portfolio of programs for tyre technicians. Incorporating competency-based delivery and assessment, our training programs comprise on-the-job training, workshops and classroom learning. All programs are delivered through Otraco’s Enterprise Registered Training Organisation 51112. Otraco also offers training programs to customer teams on an as needs basis.

Technologies

New technologies provide opportunities to bring innovative solutions to traditional tyre management practises. Otraco’s teams are developing technology-based solutions utilising augmented reality, advanced analytics, visualisation and machine learning within an IoT environment to bring new thinking to a wide range of operational needs.

Industrial products

Beyond tyre management, Otraco’s teams deliver a range of industrial products including machine tools and office supplies to customer sites.


Our History

With our company name anchored in our heritage as an ‘Off The Road Australian Company’, Otraco was founded in 1972 by Basil Winterbourn while delivering tyre management services at the Mount Whaleback Mine in Western Australia. Today Otraco is recognised as the ‘go to’ supplier for OTR and LME tyre management across Australia, Chile and Southern Africa.

Early beginnings

At the forefront of tyre management, Mr Winterbourn and the emerging Otraco business developed methodologies for tyre life analysis (such as fitment period batching and axle fitment bias compensation), the tyre pressure and temperature monitoring system (TPMS), and the industry’s understanding of tyre explosion mechanisms. Even the tyre numbering system, now used almost universally, originated with Otraco.

Downer Heritage

Joining Downer in 2007, Otraco’s team continued to grow to over 800 tyre technicians located worldwide. In 2010, Otraco expanded into Africa securing contracts at many of the largest open cut mines in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. With support from Downer, Otraco's tyre asset management system was extenstensively redeveloped in 2018 to include a forecasting module, procurement module, on-screen reports and an all new tablet friendly version. 

A Bridgestone Company today

In 2021 Otraco was divested to Bridgestone Mining Solutions Australia (BMSA), a company offering comprehensive pit-to-port solutions for the mining, industrial and construction industries.

Five decades on Otraco continues to deliver tyre management solutions to the Mount Whaleback Mine in Western Australia along with over 60 projects worldwide. Otraco is set to continue as the ‘go to’ provider of OTR and LME tyre management for many decades to come. Otraco fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace that facilitates opportunity and respect. With a focus on gender and cultural inclusiveness, and through various initiatives, Otraco aims to help close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous communities. 

OFFICES

Head Office

91 Rudd Street
OXLEY Qld 4075
AUSTRALIA

T: 1800 OTRACO (687 226)
E: info@otraco.com

Otraco Training Centre

491 Abernethy Road

KEWDALE WA 6105
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 8 6274 7200

E: training@otraco.com

Otraco Southern Africa

c/o Buikgord St & Disselboom Ave
Wapadrand Extension 7, Pretoria
Gauteng Province
SOUTH AFRICA 0050

T: +27 12 803 0277
E: admin@otraco.co.za

Otraco South America

Avenida Alberto Terraza
Manzana G, Sitio 1 C,
Galpón 4,
Puerto Seco – Calama

E: contacto@otracointernational.com