Continental Unites Services Portfolio under Conti360° Solutions Banner

Continental has brought together its fleet sector services under the banner of Conti360° Solutions to shine an even brighter spotlight on digitalisation and sustainability. This strategic pooling of services  sees the company responding to changing customer requirements in a market shaped by increasing digitalisation, data-driven management and cost pressures. Conti360° Solutions seeks to help the haulage and logistics industry successfully address the need for sustainability, as part of the Vision 2030 strategic programme presented by Continental in December 2020.  

FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITALISATION

Continental is systematically pushing ahead with its evolution from tyre manufacturer and service provider into integrated solution provider with Conti360° Solutions contracts now including digital solutions such as ContiConnect and ContiPressureCheck, and ContiLifeCycle – such as ContiRe, and UK-produced Bandvulc retreaded tyres alongside Continental’s robust casing management offering. 

“Our work to continue to grow the ContiLifeCycle concept, via our Conti360° Solutions contracts, will see us increase our emphasis on greater sustainability in the fleet business,” says Ralf Benack, Head of Fleet Business EMEA. “Conti360° Solutions makes us the go-to partner for sustainability in the fleet sector.” 

The Conti360° business area now has over 40 years of experience in fleet service, with its Europe-wide tyre breakdown service in place since 1978. Conti360° Solutions is established as a reliable partner specialising in full-line tyre management offering its customers in more than 25 countries cost planning security and providing them with expert service through a network of over 6,500 service partners. 

“Our customers include a large number of leading international fleets who have placed their trust in Continental’s fleet solutions for many years – and that trust has been rewarded,” adds Benack. This latest reorganisation brings together services and products in an even more cohesive package. “What we’re doing is leveraging the synergies generated by our close collaboration with our colleagues on the automotive side, and continually feeding the resultant know-how into our portfolio.” As a result, Continental can offer the haulage sector a professional solution that enables efficient fleet management with an emphasis on sustainability – through the use of fuel-saving tyres, resource-conserving retreads and digital tyre monitoring.

MISSION 2050: 100 PERCENT SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED MATERIALS

Continental already offers many fleet customers mileage-based contracts and a wide range of tyre services under the Conti360° Solutions banner. And then there are the company’s intelligent tyres, which use sensors and software to constantly monitor their condition. Continental has already highlighted the added value for customers generated by connectivity between tyres, sensors, telemetry data, algorithms and the cloud through its work with selected fleet customers. “This produces smart, digital solutions which help ensure that tyre maintenance and replacement can in the future can be carried out exactly when necessary and allows customers to significantly increase the safety levels and productivity of their fleets, while at the same time cutting costs.” explains Benack.

Continental is pursuing a systematic programme of investment in the research and development of new technologies, alternative materials and environmentally compatible production processes. “Our aim is to offer our customers a ‘tyre of the future’ that is more energy efficient and kinder to the environment across production, the usage phase and retreading,” adds Benack. “We are looking to gradually move to 100 percent sustainably produced materials in tyre production by 2050.”

Incorporating digital tyre monitoring solutions into Conti360° Solutions contracts represents the logical next step when it comes to helping customers in the haulage industry continue their journey to greater digitalisation. 

“With the ongoing development of our sensor technology, the expansion of our electronics and software portfolio and the constant improvement of our digital services, we are building strong foundations for our Conti360° Solutions service portfolio of the future,” concludes Benack.

*www.continental-tyres.co.uk/truck

Published On: 27/05/2021 17:00:51

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