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….
Read more +Continental is to sponsor the Extreme E off-road electric racing series. With sustainable electric SUVs and tyre technology from Continental, the new series takes participants to the most remote corners of the world. Extreme E organisers are anticipating twelve teams taking part in the inaugural season, slated to begin in exactly 2 years. Prototype testing…
Read more +Conti360° Fleet Services celebrated the official opening of its newly rebranded suite of offices on the 12th December, following a 2-year integration project to bring everything under one roof at Bandvulc’s Lee Mill site. Opening the event Bandvulc Managing Director Arthur Gregg took the opportunity to praise staff for their hard work in making the…
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Children’s Hospice South West was nominated by Bandvulc’s Charity Team as the company’s main charity for 2019 and a number of fundraising activities have taken place during the course of the year. The most recent event has been the CHSW £50 Challenge ‘Get Nifty with your Fifty’. Two Bandvulc teams stepped up to the mark…
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After years of fitting Bandvulc and Continental tyres to its fleet, leading supply chain logistics provider, Fowler Welch, has now put the two manufacturers’ low rolling resistance (LRR) offerings to the test. In a joint-trial at Millbrook Proving Ground, Fowler Welch and Bandvulc arranged an evaluation of the performance and efficiency benefits of low rolling…
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The benefits operators can gain from retreading their tyres are numerous. With retreads, fleets achieve 95 per cent mileage at 70 per cent of the cost of a new tyre, offering excellent value for money and significantly reducing running costs in a competitive fleet market. The process means 80 per cent of the materials required…
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