Take another step in tyre production (7)
I believe the answer is:
retread
'tyre production' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'take another step in' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'read' (synonyms).
'another step' becomes 'tre' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'read' placed around 'tre' is 'RETREAD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retread that I've seen before include "modified tyre" , "recycled material" , "Put one's foot down again" , "Revamped Michelin" , "Old tyre made new" .)