Continental and Indag Rubber partner for retreading of truck and bus radials
Continental Tires will provide a second-life warranty on NL casings in accordance with Conti Bharosa as part of the partnership
Haryana/Germany/New Delhi - Continental India Pvt Ltd of Haryana, a subsidiary of Hanover, Germany-based Continental AG has signed an MoU with Indag Rubber Ltd. of New Delhi to promote second life of tyres. During the pilot, the warranty program and retreading services will be provided to TBR Normal Load (NL) fleets through retreaters from the three markets – Delhi NCR, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra.
Continental Tires will provide a second-life warranty on NL casings in accordance with Conti Bharosa as part of the partnership, while Indag will provide a warranty on the retreading procedure and the tread rubber on the NL fleets. After the pilot projects are finished, the programme will be implemented throughout all of India.
During the pilot project, the warranty will be applicable on the following range of tyres from Continental. NL TBR - 295/90R20 CHS2,10.00 R20 CHS2 /CHS2+/CHD2/CHD2+/ CHA2/HDR2α, 11R22.5 CHS2+ & HDR2, 295/80 R22.5 HSR2/CHD2/CCA3. The warranty will also be applicable on the Icon range of tread rubber from Indag.
Continental India Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 2006 and acquired the Modipuram plant from Modi Tyres Company Private Ltd in 2011. Since then, the company has been investing in manufacturing infrastructure, new radial production lines, and expanding plant capacity to manufacture tyres meeting customer requirements in India and other markets in the ASEAN region. Continental’s tyres group sector has 24 production and development locations worldwide. The company is one of the leading tyre manufacturers with more than 57,000 employees and posted preliminary sales of 11.8 billion euros in 2021 in this group sector. Continental's range of tyres incudes those for passenger cars, commercial and special-purpose vehicles as well as two-wheelers. Its portfolio of the tyre business includes services for the tyre trade and fleet applications, as well as digital management systems for tyres.
Continental AG of Hanover incorporated in 1871, a leading manufacturer and supplier of tyres across all industries and recently diversified into other segments such as dampers, foils, binnacles, telematics, and lithium ion battery production to name a few.
