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NEWS
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KRAIBURG HOLDS WORKSHOP AT TATKO LASTIK
- cessful partnership with the Turkish company Tatko Lastik for over 15 years. The country’s largest independent tyre wholesaler distributes approximately three million passenger car tyres and more than 200,000 truck tyres per year, partly through its own sales network, and is therefore considered to be the ideal partner for the Austrian retreading specialist in a retreading market that is
characterised, among other things, by a large number of local tread producers and is therefore very competitive. In or- der to support the close strategic co-op- eration between the two partners, Chris- Manager recently organised a three-day workshop with the Tatko Sales Team in both Istanbul and Izmir, in collaboration with the local field sales representative, Alessandro Bottesini Campos.
The workshops facilitated open dis- cussions with a focus not only on the on specific recommendations for use and the range of services offered by the Tatko management to develop a product portfolio and marketing concept specially tailored to Turkish requirements,” reported Priewasser. quality and frequency of our Tech- nical Service Centre visits, both to Tatko’s two retreading plants and to their contract customers”.
On the last day, the event was ex- tended to include Tatko’s Turkish partners, and discussions focused on products, technology and perfor- were successful and productive for all those taking part. New ideas and concepts will lead to even closer co- operation in the future,” concluded Priewasser.
easier given how all of the legwork was done through our IEC qualification. The IEC certification opens up the entire Eu- ropean market to Vulcan Vulcap and this is a very exciting opportunity for us.’’
VULCAN VULCAP OBTAINS IEC INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL CERTIFICATION
Vulcan Vulcap have announced that as of August 25th, 2022, they have obtai- ned the highly coveted IECEE Certifica- tion (International Electrical Certifica- tion). This certification guarantees that all Vulcan Vulcap products meet the industry’s highest and most scrutinous safety standards.
The IECEE is the IEC System of Confor- mity Assessment Scheme for Electro- technical Equipment and Components, which is managed under the auspices of the International Electrotechnical Com- mission (IEC). The scheme is otherwise known as the CB System. Historically the certification process goes back to - man VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik). CEE also devised and published stan- dards for electrical equipment, most of which have been superseded by IEC standards.
toughest part for us,” commented Da- vid Dandenault.. We’re now working on obtaining our UL (USA) and CSA (Cana- da) certifications which should be much
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