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Robbins Envelopes Appoint NeroForce as Exclusive European Distributor
“The fact that TRS has been a Vipal partner for 15 years is a pure reflection of successful work, with total honesty, transparency and the capacity to grow together. Our values are about learning, growing and benefiting from each other’s knowledge and experience. Here’s to the next 15 years and many more to come”, said Goosen. Vipal has been operating in Africa for 25 years and faces a market marked by strong competition and vast territory, which makes successful partnerships like the one it has
with TRS even more important. Tyre & Retread Supplies distributes tyre retreading and repair products in South Africa and several other countries in the region, such as Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Botswana, and it is the market leader in Sub-Saharan Africa. It currently has a full office and storage facility in Bedfordview, which includes in-house training on Vipal repairs and a strong presence of distributors and customers in the region.
NeroForce GmbH and the US company Robbins LLC have signed a 10-year contract that makes NeroForce their exclusive partner for Europe.
The newly founded company for tyre and retreading tools was considered to be a promising partner for Robbins, as the experience of the two founders,
Andreas Müller, who is responsible for marketing the exclusive relationship in Europe, is confident. "We will successfully market the Robbins products because we know both advantages and needs very well and know that short delivery times and availability are important criteria for success". For this reason, a tailor-made warehouse for
European customers is being set up in Biberach,
Germany which covers precisely these aspects and
ensures the problem-free availability of the
branded products for the European retreading
industry. A new brochure provides detailed
information on articles, dimensions and areas of application.
Hugo Sandberg, Director of Sales & Marketing for Robbins LLC is also excited about the new relationship: “We were looking for a new partner in Europe and have known both Andreas and Martin for some time. They are highly respected in the industry and we are very confident that they will grow this business and represent Robbins excellently in the European market.”
Andreas Müller
and Martin
Tires & Rubber 2020:
The Gateway to the
Russian Market
company’s team of newly recruited specialists, was thought to be exactly the right ingredients
to optimise the availability of the US company’s products in Europe. This includes Robbins branded curing envelopes, “Double Dot” curing tubes, and the newly developed AccuFit range of rubber sealing rings. Robbins also has a custom OTR envelope department where they can make any size OTR envelope up to 120” in diameter.
composite materials, technical textile to tyres for all types of wheels, equipment for production of rubber goods, containers and packaging, innovations and R&D. The supporting programme includes the 10th edition of the Russian Rubber Conference, a contest for the best product at the show, and other events dedicated
Kalagin, as well as the
The 23rd edition
of Tires & Rubber
takes place from
21-24 April, 2020
at the Expocentre
Fairgrounds in
Moscow, Russia.
Tires & Rubber
2020 is organised
by Expocentre AO
and supported by
the Russian
Ministry of
Industr y and
Trade, the Russian Chemists Union and NIITEKHIM OAO, and runs under the auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industr y.
Last year 150 companies from Austria, Belarus, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, and
Ukraine took part
in the trade show.
Exhibitors include
leading foreign manufacturers
and suppliers of
tyres, rubber
goods and
equipment as well
59 Russian
companies from
the tyre sector.
The show covers
over 6,000 sq m
of floor space and
last year attracted over 3,700 professional visitors
The showcase features a wide range of products and services covering the main areas of the industr y from natural and synthetic rubbers, elastomeric and
Vipal Celebrates 15 years of Partnership with Tyre & Retread Supplies
Vipal Rubber has delivered a commemorative plaque to Tyre & Retread Supplies, the company’s
exclusive distributor in South Africa, to celebrate 15 year’s of partnership between the two
companies.
The tribute took place in Johannesburg, at the distributor’s headquarters, and was delivered by Dijan Rigo, Commercial Coordinator of Vipal Overseas,
to Morne
Goosen, TRS management.
to the rubber and tyre industries. Further information on the show can be found at the Tires & Rubber official website http://www.rubber-expo.ru/en.
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