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NEW INVESTMENT IN ROBOTICS DRIVES EFFICIENCIES AT BANDVULC The recent installation of an ABC (Automa- ted Build Cell) Robot is claimed to have pro- - cies at Bandvulc’s Ivybridge plant in Devon. Head of Hot Retread Production at Band- the introduction of the ABC robot, the loading and unloading of the tyres onto the building machines was a completely manual automatically loads the tyres onto the buil- ding machine from indexed conveyors, and the state-of-the-art extrusion technology applies the new compound onto the tread and sidewall of the prepared casing before “The installation has already delivered an staff for a more technical monitoring role or to develop their skills in other areas of COMERIO ERCOLE ACQUIRES SHARES IN SASPOL The Comerio Ercole Group via its industrial partnership with COMERC Inter- national has become a shareholder in the Italian company SASMAC Interna- tional srl, the owner of the well-known Saspol brand of precured tread pres- ses. The news was announced on October 24, 2022 at the K2022 Exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany Saspol was established in 1961, when it started producing small rubber and plastic presses, eventually developing into bigger presses with higher pressu- re. Nowadays, in addition to the tyre retreading sector, the company is also involved in the production of presses for conveyor belts, solid tyres, rubber tracks and thermoplastic sheets. According to SASMAC CEO, Davide Dondena, the new and strengthened alliance with Comerio Ercole, which comes after a 20-year-long cooperation PhotoSTORY Guglielmo Comerio (left) CEO of COMERC International, with Davide Dondena Sasmac International CEO positioning of Saspol’s activity, granting to all worldwide end user the neces- sary industrial reliability based on the strong Comerio Ercole concept based on quality and technology.” LATEST NEWS automation of the plant, it not only makes it for our people and that’s of fundamental im- The ABC project is part of Bandvulc’s three- - facturing plant continues to develop inno- vative retreading technologies and drives ABC robot has been carried out in house by VACULUG DONATES TEXT BOOKS IN EDUCATION INITIATIVE As part of its Oneness Education Initiative, UK retreader Vaculug recently donated 200,000 text books to various schools in India, which were very gratefully received. The Oneness Initiative aims to deliver an education to children who have no means of accessing one. “We believe all children have the right to an education and that’s why are so passionate about this initiative,” said the company in a statement.” P.54
