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Continental scores at the Tyre and Fast Fit Awards
Continental recently scored a double hit at the Tyre and Fast Fit Awards after being named Manufacturer of the Year 2009, and winning the Industry Advertising Campaign Award for its Great Days Out campaign.
Continental was awarded the highest accolade by members of the tyre industry after being named Manufacturer of the Year 2009 by the NTDA (National Tyre Distributors Association) at the Tyre and Fast Fit (TAFF) Awards.
Watts Tyre Group announces 2010 price rise
Watts Tyre Group has announced an average 6% price increase as of 1st January 2010 following significant increases in raw material prices, principally natural rubber which forms the principle cost element of solid tyres. Watts also expects transportation costs to increase over the coming months.
RSS3 pricing broke through the 2.80US$/kg barrier in early December, 12 months after hitting a low of 1.07US$/kg – an astonishing rise of 165%. Over the last quarter the price has risen by over 30% alone bringing it within reach of the 2008 record high.
Watts Tyre Group signs agreement with Trelleborg industrial Tires
A recent signed agreement between Watts Tyre Group and Trelleborg Industrial Tires Europe will see the expertise of the UK company combined with the service capability of the French tyre manufacturer to create a truly focused service business.
Watts Tyre Group has recently announced a signed agreement with Trelleborg Industrial Tires Europe for the distribution of Trelleborg industrial tyre products in France. As part of the agreement Watts will integrate Trelleborg’s industrial tyres activities with its own and will now distribute Trelleborg tyre products alongside the Watts product range.
Translift Bendi leads the way
Simon Brown, managing director of Translift Bendi Ltd, looks back over the history of his company, how it has led the way in innovation, and how it intends to stay ahead of the game in 2010.
Innovation, innovation, innovation: The business model that my father, Freddy Brown, inventor of the Bendi forklift, has always espoused and which underlies his stunning success. “Give the customer more through the product design than is available from any other solution and you’ll add value to their business,” he said. It is a maxim that many other engineering firms failed to grasp and so have passed into history.
TGW optimises energy efficiency of materials handling products
Christoph Wolkerstorfer of TGW Mechanics looks at how the Austrian manufacturer builds energy efficiency into its conveyor systems.
Reducing the energy consumption in the operation of automated intra-logistics systems means lower operating costs, faster amortisation and, besides, is a substantial contribution to environmental protection. For plant operators it is often a matter of finding the right measures to be taken in order to tap the full saving potential.
Interroll continues to innovate for the future
Fifty years ago, Interroll was founded by two friends in a shed near Cologne. This autumn, Peter MacLeod joined the roller manufacturer's Golden Jubilee celebrations at a global symposium in Locarno, Switzerland, to see for himself how the manufacturer of 300 million rollers continues to innovate for the future.
The two friends who founded Interroll in the village of Wermelskirchen – Dieter Specht and Hans vom Stein – are still with us today. Indeed, former chairman of the board Herr Specht was given the responsibility of organising the symposium, which involved over 500 guests being ferried around Lake Maggiore in an endless fleet of passenger vehicles of all sizes, and squirrelling away pockets of people in the numerous small hotels that are dotted up and down the steep lanes around the lake.
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