Continental reveals its plans for HGV tire labeling

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Despite the mandatory labeling legislation only coming into force on November 1, Continental has announced it will be labeling all its truck tires from the start of July.
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3 V. z7 M" q/ l$ n4 w- ]Continental has tested around 500 tires in accordance with the prescribed testing methods and has determined which classification they would receive. “A large amount of studying lies ahead for the tire manufacturers and tire retailers,” said Herbert Mensching, managing director marketing and sales, truck tires EMEA. “Properties like mileage, handling and life are not covered by the tire label, but are important when choosing tires and above all when working out the lowest total costs in the fleet.”

Continental has integrated measured tire data into existing internal and external SAP-supported computer systems and made it available to retailers. Continental states that this will allow tire retailers to be able to provide customers with information on the fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise emissions of individual tires.

Unlike the directives for car and transporter tires, there will not be a physical EU label sticker on the actual truck and bus tires. Instead the data will be listed in the technical documents for the products, in the sales rooms, on the internet and on invoices