Continental launches Ameristeel tire line
Continental Tire the Americas is launching a new line of commercial vehicle tires, which will be known as Ameristeel by General Tire. “We’re very excited to offer a line of products for our customers who want a balance of both affordability and performance to suit their needs,” said Alex Chmiel, marketing director for commercial vehicles tires
Navistar selects Continental Tires as standard equipment for all vehicles
Navistar Inc. and Continental Tire the Americas LLC announced that the two companies have signed a letter of intent for a five-year supply agreement that Continental tires will be the standard tire offering on all International brand medium-duty, severe service and heavy-duty trucks, and all IC Bus brand school buses. “Continental tires are well-regarded by customers
Continental launches new on-/off-road tire for use in severe service applications
Continental Tire the Americas’ Commercial Vehicle Tire group has launched the new HDC1 HT for the U.S. and Canadian markets. This on/off- road drive tire was developed to deliver traction and durability in severe service applications such as construction, mining, oil fields and logging. With Continental’s new generation of truck tires being built on the
Continental launches fleet services website
Continental Tire the Americas launched its new Conti360° Fleet Services website, which provides truck national account customers access to all of its contracted services, such as emergency road services, tire performance monitoring and fleet tire education. According to the company, Continental has been offering national account pricing, emergency road services, truck tire performance monitoring and fleet
ContiPressureCheck introduces automatic trailer learning upgrade
Many commercial truck fleets across North America practice a “drop and hook” truck and trailer configuration and to better serve the commercial truck fleets running ContiPressureCheck, engineers at Continental released Automatic Trailer Learning (ATL) in its latest software upgrade. With ATL, the ContiPressureCheck system only requires the trailer to have tire sensors installed in each tire to
New Continental off-road tire for working trucks debuts at NTEA
The new Conti TerraPlus HD3 drive tire from Continental Tire the Americas made its debut at NTEA’s The Work Truck Show today, featuring an all-new, aggressive tread pattern designed for Class 4 and 5 working trucks. The Conti TerraPlus HD3 (Heavy Drive 3rd Generation) will be on display in the Continental Commercial Vehicle Tire booth
Continental adds new management to commercial tires
Continental Tire the Americas has appointed new management to its Commercial Vehicle Tire group, which encompasses medium-duty radial truck tires and commercial specialty tires. Fedérico Jiménez will be responsible for managing sales and marketing for the commercial specialty tire business in the Americas. Previous to this role, Jiménez managed key accounts for ports for commercial
Continental launches fuel efficient trailer tire
The Conti EcoPlus HT3 is set to launch this month in North American markets. This new tire for the trailing axle from Continental Tire the Americas has been developed for maximum cost effectiveness, incorporating greater fuel efficiency, long service life and retreadability, according to the company. The Conti EcoPlus HT3 is the latest truck tire
