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Marangoni Signs Strategic Partnership With Lujakumi Oy
Salvadori Launches Online Store
winter means grip and traction are key factors in the Finnish market and Lujakumi Oy will now use the latest and most modern technology provided by the
Ringtread System to retread premium quality casings from the most reliable new tyre brands and manufacture retreads with outstanding performance. Lujakumi Oy Managing Director Hanna Maja welcomed the partnership agreement, and looked forward to being able to offer the world-class Marangoni premium Ringtread System to customers in Finland. She said: “In our sector there is ever growing competition, and customers are demanding higher efficiency from the products that we supply and install. Here at Lujakumi Oy we looked for lower rolling resistance, fuel consumption efficiency, traction, and higher mileage from our retreads, so we can provide increased performance and low costs per kilometre to our many customers.”
Ms. Hanna Maja further explained: “That’s the reason why we have taken the decision to use the premium Ringtread System from Marangoni. Going forwards, we will be able to satisfy the demand from fleet customers to meet the need for improved quality and better efficiency, due to our new partnership with Marangoni.”
Salvadori Srl has launched a new online store with promotional packages of consumable items and interesting offers for tools and equipment aimed at retreading shops and tyre workshops. The new website can be found at store.salvadori.com
Following the style of a classical
online store, by easy subscription (people can use their Facebook account), visitors can choose different items they would like to buy, place them in the cart and pay directly online, Amazon style. Delivery is free of charge within Europe.
Marangoni Retreading Systems have further expanded its growing worldwide Ringtread network following a partnership deal with a major Finnish company.
The growing tyre retreading company has signed a deal with Lujakumi Oy, whose headquarters and production centre are in Pori on the country’s west coast, to take their premium RIingtread System into new territory. Lujakumi Oy are members of the Point S network and have a large independent customer base around Finland and Åland, the Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea. The company, which was set up in 1954, is managed by the second generation of the Lujala family. Originally offering tyre service, tyre repair and a hot cure retread process, the Finnish company has been involved in the precure process since 1968.
With more than 60 years’ experience of retread production, Lujakumi Oy is one of the most experienced tyre retread companies in the whole of Europe. Renowned for its service facilities and the supply of high quality products to the marketplace, it has a workforce of 30 highly dedicated, professional and motivated employees.
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Vipal Participates in
AER Conference
Vipal’s Frederico Schmidt
ETRA Announces 25th European Tyre Recycling Conference
Between June 15 and 16, Vipal Rubber took part in the 7th Technical Seminar of the AER (Spanish Association of Retreaders), held in the city of Segovia, Castilla-Leon region, Spain. The theme chosen this year was “Rebuild, Recycle, Future and Economy,” with a series of debates designed to show the importance of retreading to the economy.
Vipal earned
prominence as the
main sponsor of
the event, offering a
warm welcome,
followed by a
dinner on the
opening day.
During the two
days of the event,
some of the company’s customers were present, among them Insa Turbo, Fedima, Redigal and Muralla, and the Vipal team was represented by Frederico Schmidt, General Manager, and Fabrício Nedeff, Commercial Coordinator. The Spanish Association of Retreaders (AER) was established
2018 will be the 25th anniversary European Tyre Recycling Conference. This auspicious event will take place on Wednesday through to Friday 14 - 16 March 2018 at the NH Collection Hotel, Grand Sablon, Brussels.
This 25th event will be entitled: 25
years of Tyre Recycling Progress: Focusing on the Future
There will be a series of ETRA led activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary running from September 2017 through to September 2018.
in May 1996, and represents the most important retreaders in Spain with 47 associates and 10 collaborators. Vipal has been a member since 2007.
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