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Correction: Gummiwerk Kraiburg
Pereira, the quality of Vipal’s product and service are of vital importance to the retreader and this action is meant to further reinforce the relationship between the two companies. “This year, with the partnership we’ve developed with certain retreaders and our technical and business action plans, São Mamede chose to put the Vipal brand in its visual identity,” says the Manager of Vipal
Europe, Alessandro Campos.
In addition to visually communicating its partnership with Vipal, the project includes awareness actions for transport companies. The service, provided by Vipal’s own team, promotes the financial and environmental benefits of tyre retreading, and emphasises that, when the brand’s products are used, fleet owners spend less on fuel.
tread depth. It is a drive axle design for use on both long and short distances, offering good winter properties. KDE2L is available in the K_plus range. The same pattern is available in the K_base range for all-round applications, where it is called K225.
KMT 1, also available in the K_plus range, is a strongly siped block type design for use on the drive axles of trucks and light trucks. It is an all-season design with
good winter properties and is ideally mounted in late autumn. The K_base version of the pattern is K 225.
K 701* is Kraiburg’s new winter pattern for drive axles in the company’s K_tech range of treads.
K 701* is a heavily siped block design offering excellent abrasion due to frequent interruption of the tread blocks by sipes and a specially adapted tread compound. Also new is the K 660 profile for special applications
Kraiburg has also announced some improvements in its tread compounds, the new K_plus compound offering significant mileage improvements over itspredecessor.
Finally Kraiburg’s sidewall compound K_side will shortly be available in 3 versions, basic, premium and premium +. The basic version features the K_side logo, whereas the premium version allows the customer to replace the K_side logo with his own. The premium + version allows the customer more or less free design capabilities.
Green Meets Green
On pages 66 and 67 of issue 74 (2015/3) of Retreading Business we published an article “New Tread Patterns from Kraiburg” in which we made an error during the layout process by mixing part of the previous article, an article relating to Marangoni tread patterns, in with the text from Kraiburg. We apologise to both Kraiburg and Marangoni for the error. The complete and correct article from Kraiburg is reprinted below:
Gummiwerk Kraiburg has announced the introduction of a number of new tread patterns in its newly launched 2015/16 range. KDL 1 is a directional drive axle tread for long distance use featuring an all-season block design with closed shoulders. The new pattern is part of the K_plus range using a special K_plus compound for optimised running in long distance traffic. The same tread design is also available in the K_tech range where it is called K700.
KDE2L is a solid block type tread with open shoulders and reduced
Bandvulc has, over time, built an excellent reputation for its ‘Green’ credentials and this makes the Bandvulc proposition very attractive to its clients who feel this is an important factor for their business too. One such company is Asda PLC, part of the Walmart Group of Companies, who have
now agreed to a new long-term agreement on the management of their tyre supply and administration.
The new agreement
sees Bandvulc and Tyre Maintenance Ltd
combine to deliver
products, services and administration for
Asda’s LGV and
Dot.com fleet across
the UK.
For Asda, Sean Clifton commented “The total offer from Bandvulc encompassed both van and commercial and this inclusive package combined with bringing new green credentials to the Dot.com operations, provided a firm foundation for the award.”
Sean Clifton went on to say, “Bandvulc provided us with a solution which saw cost savings and planned initiatives in both our
operational sectors of LGV and Dot.com. This, alongside their environmental credentials and most importantly, the delivery of their commitments, lead us to agree this new, long-term arrangement”.
Paul Fields, Director of Operations at Tyre Maintenance added: “We are
Vipal Strengthens Partnership with Portuguese Retreader
During 2015 Vipal carried out a series of relationship and communications actions aimed at developing its relationships with a number of European clients and increasing the visibility of the Vipal brand. Originally starting in Spain, the project now includes one more partner, the retreader São Mamede, located in the city of Guimarães, near Oporto, Portugal.
São Mamede has long been a partner of Vipal, and was a client even before the Brazilian retread materials manufacturer opened its European office in 2005. For its owners, Jorge and Eugenio
4JET Scannect Tracks Your Tyres
4JET Technologies GmbH has developed its latest state of the art Scannect solution.
Scannect (short for “scan and connect”) offers the possibility to easily and comprehensively trace tyres throughout their whole lifetime. A QR Code is applied on the tyre sidewall using the 4JET black-on-black laser engraving technology. Using the special 4JET marking strategy, the QR Code can be read with industrial reading devices as well as normal Smartphone cameras.
In the area of “SCAN”, 4JET has developed a unique reading algorithm for Smartphone Apps, which can read and display all the information inside the QR Codes. The combination of individual marking and Internet
connectivity facilitates the “Internet of Tyres”: For the first time, tyre and retread manufacturers have the potential to directly connect with their end customers – in the commercial as well as the private tyre business.
In an industrial environment, QR Codes can be read using handheld industrial ID Readers or stationary sensor systems to read directly inline.
delighted to have extended and enhanced our agreement with Asda. Our initiatives are ongoing and we have planned objectives to meet within the agreement term, we will also continue to enhance our offering throughout. Our Group Network of agents have all be involved in this project and it is encouraging to see advantages being delivered to both Asda and the Network by the development of Asda’s business”.
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