UK / Germany – Continental AG of Hanover, featured its Generation 5 tyre range at this summer’s Road Transport Expo (RTX), which took place from the 28^th-30^th of June at NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. With the T&BB team in attendance, the stand featured Continental’s roadshow truck, which has been on a two-year-long journey, attending 35 trade shows and fairs, travelling over 15,000 km across Europe, demonstrating the durability of Continental’s new Generation 5 Conti Hybrid truck tyre range.

Bandvulc Tyres Ltd, Continental’s UK retread tyre subsidiary, also had a wide selection of retread tyres on the stand, including the new BD5 drive tyre in the Fleetmaster range which has been engineered for mileage performance and longevity. The Wastemaster 5 tyre was also on display which demonstrated its sidewall protection features for urban waste collection vehicles. Finally, the Citymaster 5 tyre for the bus and coach sector was in attendance featuring a reinforced sidewall which adds an extra layer of rubber compound to the outer sidewall for enhanced protection against sidewall scrapes. Bandvulc unveils new re-tread tyre for the bus market (truckandbusbuilder.com)