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Vellco: Casings to Suit All Requirements
from a variety of blue chip UK customers. Services include the handling of waste oil, used oil filters, catalytic converters, lead acid batteries, brake fluid, coolant and mixed fuels. The company can also handle trade waste and paper recycling.
“Vellco’s expertise within the demanding world of tyre casings has been well proven over fifty years,” said Joe Fell, the third- generation Managing Director of the company. “We can supply part worn casings of all types and sizes in varying quality grades to anywhere across the world. Distance is no object.
“Our strength relies on building personal relationships with every customer we deal with, where you call in to meet us, see our working practices, and discuss business in a mutually friendly environment,” he added.
The company has availability in first life as well as remould truck and commercial casings in a variety of brands. Vellco also offers Passenger Car, 4×4, and Van – as casings and profiles across many sizes and brands.
Vellco is an active member of the UK’s Tyre Recovery Association and is certified to ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001.
If you drive through the small, North Yorkshire village of Weaverthorpe, you would not expect to find one of the UK’s largest and most established tyre casing companies. But down a side street, half obscured by a row of houses, is the long-established family business of Vellco Tyre Control.
The Vellco story began in 1950 when Robert Fell formed Vellco
business by his sons Chris and Bob who in due course succeeded their father in the general management of Vellco. It is they who guided the Company forward to its current position within the UK and European tyre industry. Vellco is a completely independent casing company, involved in the procurement, grading, sales, and purchases of casings across any tyre product types including Car,
Basvulk Promotes Tyre Repair Training in Bulgaria
Tyres as a modest casing dealership servicing both local tyre retail depots and haulage Companies. During those early years the company steadily expanded its services throughout Yorkshire. Robert was eventually joined in
Van, Truck, Agricultural, Industrial and EM. The company works closely with Michelin, managing their casing collection and storage requirements.
The company also manages the collection of automotive waste
Basvulk, the exclusive distributor of Vipal’s repair products line in Bulgaria and Macedonia, recently promoted an intensive course on the correct application of Vipal products.
The attendants at
the course held at
the end of March at
the Yakimov Group
in the city of
Razgrad, northern
Bulgaria, were able
to get a closer look
at the Basvulk
training centre in
Kyustendil. "Our
training is of the
utmost importance,
not only because it
serves to clarify
customers’ doubts, but also shows the quality of the products during the application. In the case of Vipal's line of patches, the result can be seen from start to finish," said Stoyan Gogov, owner of Basvulk.
For Vipal Europa's General Manager, Frederico Schmidt, the
work carried out by Basvulk reinforces the importance of Vipal distributors. "Initiatives like this demonstrate the quality commitment of our representatives
and show why we have chosen serious and committed companies such as Basvulk to be our exclusive distributors for the Vipal repair line, as it is the case with Basvulk, serving the entire Bulgaria and Macedonia regions,” he said.
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