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NSA Pneutec Offers 12 Point Guide for Fleets
2014 was a Good Year for Tipler
Brazilian retreader NSA Pneutec, with 60 years of experience, has issued a 12 point guide for its fleet customers.
The guide
covers a
number of
key tyre
related
sectors, as
well as safe
driving and
health tips.
The aim is
simply to improve awareness of better driving and make fleets safer for everyone.
Maintenance: The guide recommends the regular inspection of all tyres every 5,000 km, checking the tread depth and looking for abnormal wear and tear. It also recommends changing tyre positions every 10,000 km.
The guide also discusses checking
oils and fluids and the latest legislation of carrying current fire extinguishers on board trucks and
buses.
But attention is not just focused on the trucks; it also considers the drivers and advises ongoing training for drivers to ensure that they are kept updated
with traffic legislation and safety guidelines. It even discusses diet and work patterns, as well as materials handling.
NSA Pneutec has taken its support role for the fleet transport sector seriously and hopes that this small 12 point guide will go some way towards improving road safety in Brazil.
2014 ended with a positive balance for Tipler. Eleven dealers joined the Tipler Network during the year, attracted by the various advantages of belonging to a network with a strong brand and its Freedom Policy. These dealers, added to more than 80 already in the Tipler Network, reinforce the expansion of the brand in the retreading market in Brazil and South America.
Integrating with the Tipler Network has several benefits, which turn into profitability. In addition, the Tipler Network has specialised technical and commercial support that works with the dealers. The company also offers its MTR: Tipler Manual of Retreading, which assists retreaders in defining the high standards of retreading processes, ensuring improved security and performance in retreaded tyres.
Tipler also provides tools to help with administrative, production and commercial management through
exclusive management software; technical training and commercial, in-person and online through the Online CTT and CTT.
Through the Freedom Policy, the Tipler Dealers are free to run their businesses without interference from the supplier of raw materials, choosing which products will work without exclusivity contracts, purchase commitment goals, punishment or deprivation of supplies. Tipler just supplies everything that a dealer needs to grow.
The dealers that joined Tipler in 2014 include: GRM Pneus, de Gama/DF, Rodomix, de Feira de Santana/BA, Top Recapagem, de Divinópolis/MG, TWA Renovadora, de
Salgueiro/PE, Compneus, de Maceió/AL, Jancap, de Santana de Parnaíba/SP, Bogo Recapadora, de Jaraguá do Sul/SC, Bonin Recapadora de Pneus, de Cacoal/RO, Rodomais, de Itumbiara/GO, Recamax, de Divinópolis/MG e Silva Recapagem, de Braço do Norte/SC.
Vipal Brings Chilean Partner to Nova Prata
Vipal Rubber invited its partner, the Chilean retreader Triggs, to visit its plant in Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul. The visit, carried out in December, was part of the company’s initiative to strengthen relations with its customers in the 90+ countries where it operates. In addition to touring the industrial facilities, visitors were able to see the full structure and technologies that Vipal uses.
The company’s CEO Denis Triggs and manager Cristian Orellana were in attendance. Upon arrival the guests received a presentation about Vipal, and then they toured the Research
and Technology Center (Centro de Pesquisa e Tecnologia - CPT), the high-tech lab where the company develops its products. The Triggs representatives also visited VipalTec, the laboratory dedicated to research and testing for certification of new and retreaded tyres, as well as the Vivencio Paludo Technical Center (Centro Técnico Vicencio Paludo - CTV), the retreading operation that serves as the training ground for members of the Vipal Authorised Network. Triggs has been operating in the Chilean market since 1957.
Moreflex Trains Saratoga Transportation
Brazilian retread supply specialist, Moreflex, held a training event in Tatui, Sao Paulo, for the staff of Saratoga Transport. The aim was to introduce the drivers to the basic understanding of how a tyre
Eduardo Souza, the Manager John Nunes, as well as sales consultant for Credenciado Flextire, Raquel Sandroni.
The lecture was given by Moreflex’s Commercial Manager, Héldio Torres, who addressed
worked and how it should be maintained.
In addition to the 15 drivers present there was also attendance from the Director
issues around tyre care and safety and how tyre maintenance could reduce fleet operating costs.
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