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NEWS Exol Lubricants Wins IAAF Recognition potential for the entire market. Kraiburg, T.R.M. Srl Tyre Retreading Machinery, B&J Rocket, VIPAL, Carl Zeiss and also Salvadori have already confirmed their attendance for this year’s show. In addition to the exhibitor presentations, attendees can look forward to an extensive event programme, where conferences have been organised and lectures planned to deliver a highly interactive and informative viewing experience. One example of THE TIRE COLOGNE’s event programme includes the Global Retreading Conference. The conference is being staged for the first time in collaboration with the European Retreading Association BIPAVER starting from the 29th of May 2018 at 09:30 a.m., in the Rheinsaal, Congress Centre North. The Global Retreading Conference is the first congress to bring the entire retreading industry together in one place. Partner associations and specialists from South and North America, Europe, India and the South East Asian region will be on location to present a global retreading overview. Regarding the speakers and their corresponding topics, Ralf Frohwerk, Global Head Business Development at SLM Solutions GmbH in Lub̈ eck/Germany; Stefan Dengler, Managing Director at SDS Systemtechnik GmbH in Calw/Germany and Detlef Witt, Head of Global Product Management at RemaTipTop AG in Poing/Germany will be delivering speeches about new and established technologies in the retreading sector. Secondly, the European market for retreading and its challenges will be the focus of Tim van der Rijken, General Secretary of BIPAVER and VACO, Leiden/The Netherlands; Leandro Rigon, Representative of ALARNEU and International Business Director Vipal Rubber, Porto Alegre/Brazil; Tim Hercock, President RMA, Managing Director Vacu-Lug Traction; Paulose Varughese, Director Midas Treads Pvt Ltd., Kottayam, Kerala/India; Chris Bloor, Executive Director Intern. Finally, Marketing and Sales Giti Tire Global Trading PTE LTD, Singapore will inform the attendees about current market reports and international success stories from Brazil, Great Britain, India and Singapore. The second key event in THE TIRE COLOGNE’s programme concerns the "Recycling Forum". This programme will provide a complete synopsis of the decisive aspects in the field of tyre recycling. Sister publications Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber Recycling will be collaborating with THE TIRE Cologne in order to organise this special zone with an accompanying lecture programme. Over the first three days of the trade fair, industry experts will speak about market and of course the influences on the environment in eight one-hour sessions. Finally, the "Future Tire Conference", an established platform is taking place. This is where experts gather to present and discuss the decisive trends and developments of tomorrow. The conference is organised by the US-American publishing company, Crain, which publishes two international industry publications, Tire Business and the European Rubber Journal, who have additionally been conducting theme- related conferences globally for some time. The "Future Tire Conference" focuses on "efficient production sites and the growing demands of today and tomorrow" and "old tyre recycling". Exol has been awarded runner up in the category of ‘CV Supplier of Excellence’ at the IAAF (Independent Automotive Aftermarket Association) Annual Award Ceremony 2017 held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Milton Keynes on the 7th December. The Wednesbury-based firm received supplier, rating the company against a range of criteria on IAAF’s website. Steve Dunn, Exol sales director, said: “2017 has been yet another busy year for the Exol team and we’re delighted that our hard work has paid off. One of our key objectives over the coming months is to L-R: Steve Dunn Exol sales director, TV presenter Johnny Herbert, Steve Everitt Exol Lubricants Managing Director and Lawrence Bleasdale, IAAF President. the award in front of around 600 guests. The outcome is particularly significant as the results were decided directly by aftermarket professionals with IAAF members voting for their preferred CV cement our position as one of the fastest growing oil companies in the independent automotive aftermarket as well as one of the biggest exporters within the region.” THE TIRE COLOGNE Sets Up Retreading and Recycling Segment The premiere of THE TIRE COLOGNE in May 2018 is approaching and the preparations are well under way. At this point in time, THE TIRE COLOGNE can boast nineteen of the twenty highest-revenue companies from the current "Tyre world ranking list" confirming their participation, but additionally, the event has caught the eye of other segments and niches within the global tyre market. This growth in interest is a positive result from THE TIRE COLOGNE’s decision to offer a platform for the retreading and recycling industry to showcase its benefits. These themes haven’t had their chance to shine in the past, despite offering substantial Tructyre Goes ‘Live’ with E-Jobsheet Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber Recycling will be working with Koelnmesse to deliver a recycling forum for next year’s show Hot on the heels of its recent acquisition, Tructyre has gone ‘live’ with e-jobsheet to manage its direct fleet and third-party work amongst its tyre technician community. Tructyre, a founding member of the UniSerV User Group, is now benefiting from the integration of e- jobsheet into CAM’s UniSerV platform, which will link it where a connection exists on the TiDaeXTM platform, to its third-party customers. e-jobsheet will also assist Tructyre to service its direct customers, as the app supports all functions required by a commercial tyre service provider – be it for breakdowns, planned work, supply only, inspections, as well as fleet audits. Anne Parker, Group Business Support Manager of Tructyre and Chairwoman of the UniSerV User Group says, “Within a week of going ‘live’ with e-jobsheet, Tructyre was completing over 500 jobs amongst its fitting workforce each work day.” Steve Daly, director of CAM International, comments, “Tructyre has been a driving force in the UniserV User Group and the company will continue to benefit from all the new developments to e- jobsheet around fleet audit and fleet management that will be coming on stream in 2018.” 10 Commercial Tyre Business