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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 +We need your help to get out of jail! Two heinous crimes have been committed and justice must be served! Arthur Gregg, our Managing Director, is guilty of reckless driving and damage to property. Neil Davies, Commercial Fleet Sales Manager, is guilty of damage to property and breaking and exiting a public house. On the morning of…
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…
Read more +Neil Davies has been appointed as the new Commercial Fleet Sales Manager for Continental Tyre Group. In his new position, Neil will take responsibility for the Sales Team at Bandvulc, supporting the ongoing integration of the Bandvulc brand with Continental Tyres. The role will include implementing fleet business strategies for both the Conti360° Network and…
Read more +Bandvulc, which is part of the Continental Tyre Group of Companies and produces around 200,000 commercial retreads each year at its factory in Ivybridge, Devon, has found its most efficient tyre handling solution to date with two new Cesab B315 electric forklifts from JD Plant Services, the independent Cesab dealership for the South West. The…
Read more +Quarter of the country’s reused truck tyres now come from Plymouth firm More employees are being taken on at the huge plant since Continental bought it from founding family – The wheels of success have been well and truly set in motion at Plymouth’s immense tyre factory as it continues its impressive growth – and…
Read more +Continental Tyres has announced its Conti360° Fleet Services network will merge with Bandvulc Key Partners fleet services under a new unified 360° brand, giving customers unrivalled aftercare services across the UK. Continental Tyre Group acquired Bandvulc in July 2016 in a deal which included Bandvulc’s leading UK fleet management service, Bandvulc Plus+ and its truck…
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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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