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Continental Brings Retreading into the Space Age wi
Economic Minister for Niedersachsen Olaf Lies and Nikolai Setzer open Continental’s new Technology Center
It has to be said that it’s not very often that you enter a retreading plant and are was the immediate impression when Continental lifted the curtain on their new ContiLifeCycle Plant in Hannover-Stöcken on Tuesday 19 November.
Against a backdrop of suitably dramatic music, smoke and strategically placed lighting, the curtain that had hidden the plant from the eyes of the waiting guests was raised to reveal a line of pristine new Marangoni presses opening in sequence opposite a conveyor belt carrying a row of perfectly cured retreaded tyres. All very
state-of-the-art hot and cold retread facility for bus and truck tyres with a proprietary industry-scale rubber recycling unit.
Continental spared no expense. The new plant, which has been recognized as an environmental innovation by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, was opened in conjunction with a new 15 million Euro Technology Center in the presence of Nikolai Setzer, the head of Continental’s tyre division and Olaf Lies, Minister for Economy, Employment and Transport for the State of Nieder- sachsen.
Continental and is fundamental to the company’s LifeCycle business.
“When we started this project, our aim was to bring our LifeCycle solution closer to new tyre production,” said Setzer. “Within a timeframe of less than 18 months, we planned and built a plant that not only catered to necessities, but pushed the boundaries of what is possible. We have put all of our knowledge from tyre engi- neering and manufacturing into the ContiLifeCycle Plant and thus reached a new level in terms of product performance and characteristics.”
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