Broadening Horizons
The last time Tyres & Accessories met with Continental AG’s executive board member responsible for truck tyres, Dr Hans-Joachim Nikolin, he and Continental UK commercial tyre business director, Arthur Greg extolled the virtues of the company’s wide single tyres (see July T&A). Then in September Continental launched a new drive axle “super single” product (the HDL1 Superdrive) its second wide single launch of the year. Since then the pressures facing tyre manufacturers have barely lifted, with the exception of falling natural rubber prices. But is this enough for customers to avoid more price rises?