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Prized Apprenticeship Training at Kraiburg
Marangoni Retreading Systems Strengthens Links with Turkish Customers
In November 2013, the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKÖ) awarded retreading specialist Kraiburg Austria the "i n e o" quality seal 2013-2016 for its exemplary commitment to the training of apprentices. The seal lays particular emphasis on innovation, sustainability and a forward-looking attitude as the key aspects of
the next generation with the requisite skills is one of the fundamental policies. Indeed, more than 100 young people have successfully completed their training in the last 42 years at the Geretsberg production site. There are currently 13 entrants training to be metalworkers, electrical engineers, mechatronics engineers and chemical
Backed by an economy that is growing much faster than Europe’s and occupying a strategic position for trade in commodities and energy resources between Europe and Asia, Turkey has for some time now represented one of the main European markets in terms of road transport tyre consumption and retreading, the latter almost exclusively using precured technology.
With 400,000 retreads a year produced by around 80 retreaders, Turkey is the sixth biggest European market in terms of the total number of retreads and the second after Germany concerning cold retreading technology.
The combination of these factors and the ease of access to the Turkish market mean that it is also ver y competitive in terms of the offering of retreading materials, with several local manufacturers operating alongside various European and other foreign players. For more than ten years now, Marangoni Retreading Systems has been doing business in Turkey through its own branch, Marangoni K aucuk Ticaret, located in Izmir. As
was established: “Ringtread technology offers Marangoni Retreading Systems’ partners an important source of growth and profits, as users can be offered an exclusive product and the highest quality”.
Within this context of growth of the Turkish market and the Italian company’s operations in the
countr y, Marangoni Retreading Systems announced and presented, during its Dealer Conference held last spring, a series of visits to its Italian plants by the main Turkish customers, beginning last week. Over the four day trip to Italy, the first group of Turkish customers visited the Marangoni retreading plant in Rovereto (TN) and subsequently the TRM/Marangoni site in Ala (TN); visitors were shown the latest machiner y developed by the company and the after-sales services provided for both machiner y (Global Machiner y Service) and retreading process.
The trip then continued to Florence, in Tuscany, with a visit to Fedi Gomme, the Marangoni Group company that offers contracts to fleets based on mileage cost. Here a
excellence. "We are delighted to receive this award and see it as an affirmation of our staffing policy", said Erwin Hitzginger, Personnel Manager at Kraiburg Austria. The Upper Austrian company has always made a special priority of its internal training of apprentices. Equipping
process engineers. "We also train people in industrial business management and media design, and from 2014 we will also be educating specialists in vulcanisation and warehouse logistics", added Hitzginger.
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Appoints Financial Director
officer of the £1bn turnover business.
Among his successes at LINPAC were the transition from being a family-owned business to a private equity owned group and, over the last two years, the divestment of four of LINPAC’s five divisions. Before working there, Ray held a number of senior financial roles at publicly listed companies including Ferguson International and Elswick. Stephen Ray is a chartered accountant who qualified at Ernst & Young in Birmingham.
“We’re delighted to welcome Stephen at an exciting time for the business,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman, Ian Edmondson. “Dunlop’s commitment to product development and geographic expansion has paid dividends and the company continues to grow in many sectors, including regional airliners and military transport aircraft.”
The Turkish delegation to Marangoni Retreading Systems
Stephen Ray joins Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
Stephen Ray has joined Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres as financial director.
He replaces Oliver Burns who worked at the company for six years. Before moving to Dunlop, Ray spent 13 years at LINPAC Group, a producer of plastic packaging for the retail, catering, manufacturing, packing and food sectors.
In his most recent role at LINPAC, Stephen was group chief financial
well as accounting and logistics, this company supports local customers through a sales and service network, serving around 15 medium-large retreaders, the majority of which also deal in the distribution of new tyres.
The presence of several important retreaders within the Marangoni
K aucuk Ticaret network has helped it achieve a market share of 17 per cent, mostly accounted for by the Ringtread retreading system. As stated Osman Bayik, manager of the Turkish subsidiar y who has overseen its development since it
workshop was held on outsourcing tyre management, during which the participants shared experiences and information on the types of hardware and software tools needed to professionally provide this type of service to fleets.
At the end of the meeting there was a visit to Florence and the Chianti hills, before leaving for Rome, to visit the Ringtread production plant (Ferentino), where the trip ended.
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