Capital Equipment News October 2022

Sumitomo Rubber South Africa’s Ladysmith manufacturing plant includes a state-of-the-art dedicated 180 000 m² truck and bus radial (TBR) tyre factory.

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The new generation Dunlop Truck and Bus Radial (TBR) range has been researched, designed and precision engineered in Japan, and exhaustively tested to extremes in all road conditions.

80% per cent of South Africa’s road network is older than its 20-year design life and 30% of our roads are considered poor to be in poor condition

Road network is older than its 20-year design life

All tyres are covered by the Dunlop Sure Product Life Warranty of eight years that protects customers

Dunlop Energy Control Technologies (DECTES) delivers next generation innovation and compounding technologies that result in reduced tyre maintenance and rotation requirements, increased re-treadability and an up to 30% reduction in tyre rolling

Reduction in tyre rolling

long-haul highway to regional-haul, on road, off-road and more. Some of these tyres are manufactured locally at the company’s state-of-the-art dedicated truck and bus radial (TBR) tyre factory in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. All are covered by the Dunlop Sure Product Life Warranty of eight years that protects

The SP581 is an all-wheel position tyre with a tread pattern designed to enhance wet grip in both on- and off-road operations

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