There’s no question that Scottish aggregates firm, Patersons Quarries, has a strong working partnership with Continental-owned tyre business R&J Strang Tyre Services Ltd. Boasting a staggering 25-year professional affiliation, the pair have recently committed to hitting their pearl anniversary, with a new five-year deal, securing a total three decades of collaboration. For Patersons, an…
Read more +Learn how MC Rentals are using Continental Tyres and the support team to help their business. You can check out more content from Continental Tyres online: @ContinentalTyresTV Facebook – @continentalcommercialtyresuk
Read more +RWM is the UK’s largest trade event dedicated to the recycling and waste industries and this year Continental and Bandvulc will be showcasing their range of tyres specially adapted to these sectors. As one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers, Continental offers products designed for a broad range of applications across the automotive industry, including…
Read more +Continental Tyres has officially opened its brand-new ContiAcademy to help upskill commercial tyre technicians, with training courses to suit individual technician’s needs, improve performance and raise standards across the industry. The new ContiAcademy in Lutterworth has been set up as a centre of excellence to further support the fast-growing Conti360° Network commercial dealerships across…
Read more +Congratulations to Mark Adams of R Adams & Sons Ltd Mark was the lucky winner, selected at random, of a Samsung Galaxy Tab A Tablet following his visit to the Continental/Bandvulc stand at this year’s Tip-ex in Harrogate. Everyone visiting was invited to fill in a ticket or leave their business card for the free prize draw…
Read more +Continental Tyre Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental AG, announced the acquisition of R&J Strang Tyre Services Ltd. in Scotland, in a further step to strengthen Continental’s overall commercial fleet service offering across the UK and Ireland. Founded in 1995, R&J Strang is a very successful family-run business which today services an impressive portfolio…
Read more +Bandvulc will present its Gripmaster range of on and off road construction tyres to audiences at this year’s Tip-Ex show. The brand return to the Tip-Ex show alongside Continental Tyres, who will showcase its CrossTrac truck tyre, launched in 2018. Tip-Ex takes place from 30th May to 1st June at the Harrogate Convention Centre, and will see Bandvulc…
Read more +Education The Smart Way Forward With Continental From smart tachograph training for Workshop Technicians and Fleet Managers, Continental has the solution to make the new Smart Tachograph changes as easy as possible. Continental is very aware of the considerable changes that are taking place within the transport world in 2019 and how difficult it can…
Read more +Continental Tyres UK will host a road safety workshop at the CLOCS Annual Conference, as part of its role as the main sponsor for the 2019 event. The workshop seeks to educate fleet operators and drivers about how the transport industry is “making the digital leap” with each session exploring how transport technologies and information…
Read more +Continental has agreed to sponsor the Tour de France as one of the Tour’s five Main Partners – alongside LCL, E.Leclerc, Krys and Skoda. As a result of the deal, the Continental logo will appear on the arch above the finish line as well as on the “flamme rouge” arch, one kilometre from the finish….
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There’s no question that Scottish aggregates firm, Patersons Quarries, has a strong working partnership with Continental-owned tyre business R&J Strang Tyre Services Ltd. Boasting a staggering 25-year professional affiliation, the pair have recently committed to hitting their pearl anniversary, with a new five-year deal, securing a total three decades of collaboration. For Patersons, an…
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Peter Pritchard thinks he has the best job in the world. He’s a Rubber Technician. He joined Bandvulc, Britain’s largest commercial tyre retreader, in 1992 as a laboratory technician at the company’s headquarters at Lee Mill, near Ivybridge. “I was working in quality control and I was just fascinated,” he says. “I was mainly self-taught…
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The tyre industry doesn’t seem like an obvious place to start when you are looking for examples of environmental good practice. But South Devon company Bandvulc has green policies at the heart of everything it does. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Britain’s largest commercial tyre retreader which was established in 1971, now a…
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