DSL and Continental AG conduct tyre promotion

Continental AG with Douglas and Sons (Pvt) Ltd (DSL) conducted a series of seminars to educate tyre dealers on Continental truck tyres.

The seminars were held at the Kingsbury Hotel - Colombo, The Heritage Hotel, Anuradhapura and Amaya Hills, Kandy, covering the truck tyre dealer network islandwide.

The seminar was conducted by Business Development Manager, Truck Tyres, Asia Pacific Region, Huei Long Hong, Zonal Manager, India, Jagbir Singh Java and Customer Service Executive, Technical, Zainal Abidin Yaacoob.

Dealers and fleet owners were made aware of the features of Continental truck tyres, such as enhanced endurance, safe mounting and demounting of tyres and proper maintenance.

Huei Long Hong said the 140-year-old company has a footprint in 317 locations in 57 countries and employs over 189,000 people. The sales turnover in 2014 was Euros 34.5 billion.

Jagbir Singh Java said the HDR2 was for vehicles such as containers, tankers and cargo carriers. The HSX2 is made for off road applications, such as tippers and heavy weight vehicles used in construction sites.

This tyre is also manufactured to provide better stability and control, has excellent re-treadability and resistance to cuts.