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Kraiburg Trains Nortenha Sales Staff

Despite the weakness of the European truck tyre market, there are still opportunities for retreaders, says Kraiburg Austria. To take advantage of these, Portuguese retreader Recauchutagem Nortenha organised a two-day training session, with Kraiburg Austria, for its entire sales staff.

In what was a practical-orientated workshop, Kraiburg’s Product Manager Michael Schwämmlein concentrated on four major themes; tyre technique, vehicle configurations, Kraiburg’s tread segmentation with K_base, K_tech and K_plus, as well as professional tread selection depending on vehicle and application.

6th April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Installs New 3.6 million euro Internal Mixer

Product News

Kraiburg Austria recently powered up a new internal mixing line. According to the retreading material supplier, the new machinery will primarily be used to produce high-performance compounds for tyre retreading. The new equipment is said to be more efficient and capable of mixing compounds with little or now oil. This means polymer chains are maintained better, which has a positive effect on mileage.

The new line is now producing K_base, K_tech, and K_plus products. Prior to the installation of the new machinery the K_tech and K_plus products, which are said to be “very demanding from a technical perspective,” have only been available in limited capacities.

2nd December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Hikes Hot and Cold Retread Material Prices

Product News

Kraiburg has adjusted the prices of its complete tyre retreading materials range. Effective 15 October, prices for the Austrian company’s hot cure and pre-cure materials will be increased between 15 and 20 cent per kilogram. According to the company, the price increase is “a necessary reaction to the dramatic price developments taking place on the commodity market at the moment.” Besides high natural rubber and carbon black costs, synthetic rubber is said to be in persistently high demand.

24th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Newsletter Proves Popular

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“A helpful and convenient source of information!” “The most important details in a nutshell.” Comments such as these are currently being received at Kraiburg Austria in response to the first Kraiburg newsletter.

The company sent out information in August for the first time in the form of newsletter both to the business management and to the technical managers of its partner companies. The first edition featured tips and recom¬mendations for winter tyres and running commercial vehicles in winter conditions.

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18th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Names Holger Düx as Sales and Marketing Manager

Product News

Kraiburg has announced that Holger Düx became its Retreading Material sales and marketing manager in January. The 39 year-old has been working for the Austrian company for six years, initially as sales manager for Italy and from 2006 as the regional sales manager for South-Western Europe. In the new scope of his duties Holger Düx takes over from the previous sales and marketing manager, Frank Gregory, who left Kraiburg Austria at the end of last year to take on new professional challenges.

“I am looking forward to my new area of responsibility and would like to play an active role in satisfying the requirements of our partners, in the retreading sector and in Kraiburg product and service quality. I am certain that we will enjoy success with our newly designed pre-cure tread product range, consisting of the three product lines, K_base, K_tech and K_plus,” Holger Düx commented.

4th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Product Line Strategy From Kraiburg

Product News

Kraiburg Austria has reworked its range of compounds and, effective immediately, there will be three newly designed product lines: K_base, K_tech and K_plus.

The goal of the new product strategy is to meet the needs of the market as well as the requirements of customers by offering the right tread or compound combination for any use at high levels of quality. The three product lines are as follows:

All-round line K_base
The new all-round line K_base includes around 40 patterns that are tailored to each area of application – whether road/construction site or regional traffic – and it is orientated around a final mileage of up to 150,000 kilometres. Besides the two tried and proven quality compounds from the Kraiburg standard assortment, there is now a third, new compound in the K_base line. Consisting of 70 per cent natural and 30 percent synthetic rubber, it is ideal for permanently changing conditions of use. It has excellent resistance to wear with high resistance to cutting and tearing and the technical properties also makes it ideal for all climatic conditions.

8th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg and Vacu-Lug Continue Ongoing Relationship

Product News

Kraiburg and Vacu-Lug have reaffirmed their long running partnership with agreement to expand their business relationship. Currently Vacu-Lug, Europe’s largest independent retreader, sources over 70 per cent of its compound requirements from Kraiburg. “Our customers are more than satisfied with the quality of Kraiburg compounds for the hot cure process,” said Vacu-Lug managing director, Tim Hercock. “We are delighted that we will be able to offer this quality level also in the future.”

29th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Reports Sales Growth

Product News

With sales totalling 80.1 million euros in 2006, Kraiburg Austria has succeeded in improving its figures compared to the previous year. Of this some 58.6 million euros was ascribable to the “Retreading Material” business unit. The retreading specialist was therefore able to post a 6.8 per cent and 5.5 per cent increases in sales compared to 2005. Kraiburg is reportedly satisfied with this result, despite the fact that the profit situation is not quite so positive owing to the 23 per cent rise in the price of raw materials in 2006.

26th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Reports Sales Growth

Product News

With sales totalling 80.1 million euros in 2006, Kraiburg Austria has succeeded in improving its figures compared to the previous year. Of this some 58.6 million euros was ascribable to the “Retreading Material” business unit. The retreading specialist was therefore able to post a 6.8 per cent and 5.5 per cent increases in sales compared to 2005. Kraiburg is reportedly satisfied with this result, despite the fact that the profit situation is not quite so positive owing to the 23 per cent rise in the price of raw materials in 2006.

Development of Kraiburg plus, hot and precured market

Reflecting the performance of the company’s premium products in general, the sale of premium profiles Kplus 30 improved year-on-year by a further 2.5 percentage points and now accounts for more than 15 per cent of the total sale of precured treads. The precured segment also improved slightly in the past year: Thus, two per cent more precured treads were sold than in 2005, with Germany and the Czech Republic achieving the largest growth in absolute terms.

26th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Frank Gregory Appointed Sales Director at Kraiburg Austria

Product News

Kraiburg Austria has appointed a new management team for its Retreading Materials business unit, with Frank Gregory becoming sales director. The move took effect on 1 January and saw the eight-year Kraiburg veteran promoted from the position of sales manager Central Europe.

19th January 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Shows New EM Products

Product News

Retreading specialist, Kraiburg used the Essen show as a launch pad for its new range of earthmover (EM) tyres. According to the company, Kraiburg’s new range covers the entire retreading process of tyres for use in quarries, mines and other similar applications – including for example dump trucks, wheeled loaders, road graders and mobile cranes. “Practical tests conducted in a large open cast mine have already successfully proven the performance and effectiveness of the Kraiburg compounds,” company representatives told Tyres & Accessories.

5th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

New Earthmover Treads from Kraiburg

Product News

Retreading specialist Kraiburg Austria will showcase its extensive product and service range on its exhibition stand at the Reifen 2006 exhibition in Essen. Following the motto “Always the right tread”, Europe’s no. 1 producer will present a representative cross-section of its full range at the show. This will include treads from the established Kraiburg range for all applications, as well as the new premium Kraiburg plus range. The Austrians also have a few specialised products in the range, such as retreaded rally, karting and lawn tyres.

21st April 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler Group to Become More International

Product News

The German Rösler group is aiming to further expand its international operations. The appointment of Klaus Mühlbäck (33) will see the Kraiburg veteran take responsibility for the internationalisation of the company’s business. In his new position he will promoting the Schelkmann brand that is owned by the German group. Currently the Rösler group only has three licensees in Europe for this OTR pre-cure retreading system, one of which is based in the UK. The company’s intention is to expand the number of licensees globally. Before he took on his new position Mühlbäck (33) spent 10 years working for Kraiburg Austria.

6th March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

New MD for Kraiburg

Product News

Kraiburg has a new managing director for its retreading material division. Dr. Andreas Starnecker (40) has been managing Kraiburg Austria in Geretsberg, Upper Austria since the start of the year, and as such is also responsible for the Kraiburg production plant in Bulgaria.

He has worked for the Kraiburg Group since 1997, and in 1999 was appointed managing director of the Kraiburg Elastik GmbH rubber manufacturing plant in Tittmoning, Upper Bavaria. Together with Assistant Managing Director Thorsten Schmidt, Dr. Andreas Starnecker has set himself the target of continuing the successful strategy pursued to date by the company. This means that Kraiburg Austria will continue to aim to win customers over with quality and service in the market.

6th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Increases Prices

Product News

Effective February 2006, Kraiburg Austria will be increasing its prices for quality tyre retreading material by five per cent in Central Europe. This is down to continuing rising energy and transport costs as well as the drastic rise in the price of raw materials with, for example, natural rubber currently costing around 40 per cent more than in August 2004.

19th December 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

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