At a gala awards ceremony this afternoon in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin, the Renault 5 was named as the 2026 Irish Car of the Year in association with Continental Tyres.
With misinformation and misconceptions about retread tyres prevalent across the commercial vehicle sector, Continental Tyres UK has today launched ‘Respect for Retreads’ – a new education and awareness campaign that seeks to confront operators’ remanufactured rubber concerns.
Continental Tyres Ireland is advising people not to burn tyres on Halloween bonfires this year. Aside from the environmental impact of such reckless behaviour, it warns that there is a strong public health reason for not placing tyres on a bonfire.
Continental says it is integrating even more renewable and recycled materials into its tyre production. Committed to the principles of the circular economy, the tyre manufacturer says it is also motivating its suppliers to increasingly develop and provide sustainable materials to manufacture tyres.
Continental has launched the VanContact A/S Eco van tyre. As the first all-season tyre with the highest rating in all categories of the EU label, it sets new standards in performance in the van segment.
Continental’s Tires group sector has appointed two new managers. On 1st September, Jana Striezel assumed responsibility for global purchasing at Continental Tires and Dennis Bellmund became head of the tyre manufacturer’s global original equipment business.
To coincide with Ireland’s Tyre Safety Day which falls this year on Monday, 6th October, Continental Tyres is calling for stronger emphasis on tyre safety for learner drivers across Ireland who are preparing for their driving test.
Family-owned waste management, demolition and recycling specialist, Collard Group, has cited ContiLifeCycle’s sustainable retread tyres as the reason for a 50 per cent overall reduction in blowouts across its fleet within the last two years.
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