27. August 2018

Majority of manufacturers will avoid REIFEN 2018

From 11th to 15th September, the REIFEN 2018 will have its premiere parallel to the Automechanika Frankfurt. Most of the tyre brands with radiant power will not be present at the trade fair, as the majority of the international tyre industry decided in favour of being present at The Tire Cologne.

The people responsible for the REIFEN presented a list of exhibiting tyre manufacturers. There are only brands like Continental, BKT, Linglong, Qingdao Doublestar, Shandong Zhongyi Rubber as well as Giti Tire Deutschland GmbH, Keskin Europe GmbH and Pirelli Deutschland GmbH. According to company information, Delticom AG will present the area of e-commerce. Brands like Ronal, Tomason, Carmani and Oxigin will stand for the rim area.

As key topics you will find network integration in workshops, tyre storage and equipment, new tyre services, online tyre trade, and tyres for electric vehicles. In the new trade fair hall 12, visitors will be able to experience live demonstrations, talks and the “Everything around the wheel” lounge with players from the tyre, wheel and rim scene. The German Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Automotive Service Equipment (Bundesverband der Hersteller und Importeure von Automobil-Service Ausrüstung - ASA) will show the whole range of digitalized and process-optimized tyre services in the framework of its special show “The networked workshop”. “Tyre service is the traditional business area of car dealerships and workshops”, comments Frank Beaujean, President of the ASA. “In the past years, above all the automotive industry has demonstrated that there has been a possibility of winning back already lost business areas.” (akl/kle)

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BRV: Situation of alloy wheel suppliers remains “satisfactory”

This autumn, the Working Group Rim Manufacturers of the German Tyre Retailer and Vulcanization Trade Association (Bundesverbandes Reifenhandel und Vulkaniseur-Handwerk e.V. - BRV) again met for their autumn meeting, which was used by the Cologne based consultancy BBE Automotive GmbH in order to present the current results of the Rim/Wheel-Sell-In Panel. Twice a year, the members of the working group announce the sell-in volumes for the past six months (exclusively passenger car replacement market; without sales to vehicle manufacturers and importers), assess independently from each other the remaining demand and forecast the future development.

English Section, Reifenhandel, Felgen, Tuning

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Westlake Customer Forum: Options for fleet optimization

In August an exclusive customer circle of Pneuhage Reifendienste exchanged experiences concerning different topics of fleet optimization in Leipzig. About 50 representatives of renowned transport companies listened to the explanations of responsible people of Kloepfel Consulting GmbH and the trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull in the framework of an event at the Porsche plant.

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The Tire Cologne: Key players agree to come

The tyre trade fair REIFEN experienced its final issue in Essen this year. The Tire Cologne, which was invented by Koelnmesse and BRV, positioned itself as new industry trade fair. When looking at the communicated registration figures the first edition seems to turn into a superlative industry event in 2018. According to responsible trade fair people, all the key players were already on board for 2018. After important key players of the industry had already expressed their support for the event in the framework of the campaign “We are taking part” in May, the list of participants seemed to have grown considerably nearly a year later.

English Section, Reifenindustrie, Messen, The Tire Cologne

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Conti’s presence in prestige segment

Presence in the prestige segment is an essential factor of strengthening your image – and it is proof of your development competence. Continental will equip sportscars and highly powerful, handling-oriented passenger cars with the new WinterContact TS 860 S. Original equipment will be the main focus of the luxury rubber, but the tyre will also be available in the replacement business.

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