Press Release
Conti360° Fleet Services: A Successful Start
Hanover, May 2010. The start of 2010 was the beginning for the new “Conti 360° Fleet Services” range from Continental’s Commercial Vehicle Tires business unit. The extensive offer
of products and services for tires and mobility for fleet managers in the European road
transport industry has gained a foothold faster than expected. The service center in Munich
— the control center for all service assignments — took up its EU-wide coordination task at
the beginning of February. The ADAC (Germany’s largest automobile club) is the partner and
operator of the service center. The planned service network covers Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Austria and Switzerland will follow together with the Nordic EU states in the coming year.
The 2010 Truck Tour staged by Continental Commercial Vehicle Tires has been supporting
the launch since the start of May with local customer presentations in 18 European markets.
The internal market leaders are currently Germany and France, where the highest number of
new contracts have been concluded. The contract signings in eastern Europe are developing
extremely positively. The Fleet Services tire sales are now well above the same periods in
2008 and 2009.
The Conti 360° Fleet Services range covers all services related to tires for long-distance
trucks. This includes ContiFitmentService, ContiBreakdownService and ContiFleetCheck. In
addition to purchase, the tires are also available at fixed costs per kilometer.
Continental’s Commercial Vehicle Tires Division is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of premium truck, bus and industrial tires with a workforce of around 8,000 and a turnover of €1.1bn. The division makes a noticeable contribution to reducing costs in goods and passenger transport with tailormade products ranging from fleet services to fuel-saving, environmentally-friendly commercial vehicle
tires. All new tires provide convincing proof of the division’s research and development expertise. The
new products are characterized by low rolling resistance, high mileages and a high level of safety.
Their retreadability extends their life and relieves the burden on your budget. The European brands
are Continental, Uniroyal, Semperit, Barum and Matador. Conti360° is a European fleet service that
guarantees mobility with its extensive, quick-reacting network of service partners.
With sales of approximately €20 billion in 2009 Continental is among the leading automotive suppliers
worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, Continental
contributes enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also a competent
partner in networked automobile communication. Continental currently employs approximately
138,000 in 46 countries.
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Udo Brandes
Head of Press and PR I Division Commercial
Vehicle Tires
Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
Büttnerstrasse 25
D-30165 Hanover
Phone: +49 511 938-2923
Fax: +49 511 938-2496
E-mail: udo.brandes@conti.de
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Udo Brandes, phone: +49 511 938-2923