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CONTENTS
4 - 10 News
- News from the Commercial Tyre Industry
12 Company News
- Ventech have installed their PNEUSCAN tyre inspection system at the German haulage company, Bode
14 - 16 Retreading
- Ewan Scott analyses how the recent increases in rubber prices may be good news for the retreading industry
17 - 19 Retreading
- The latest updates from the UK and European retreading markets
20 - 27 CV Show Review - All the news from the UK’s premier truck exhibition
30 - 31 Fuel Management - We take a look at some of the products and systems offered by suppliers to the fuel management sector
32 Products
33 - 34 Contract Wins - The latest tyre contract successes
35 - 37 News Extra 38 Tyre Pressure
Monitoring Systems 39 - 40 Agricultural
Ventech’s PNEUSCAN system in action at Spedition Bode in Germany – Company News – Page 12
Marco Paracciani and Benoit Rivallant during the launch of Apollo’s new truck tyre range at the CV Show – Page 22
Arthur Gregg, Bandvulc’s new Managing Director, discusses the integration of the Devon-based retreader into the Continental Group – Page 20
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