Vipal Appoints New Dealer in Turkey

Yavuz

Vipal Rubber has announced the appointment of Yavuz Lastik Kaplama as its latest dealer in the Turkish market, adopting Vipal's identification and products as their main line.

New Turkish Retreader for Vipal

Yavuz, founded in 1989, retreads tyres for several types of vehicles, including trucks, buses, trailers and tractors, as well as providing repair and other services. Headquartered in the city of Kayseri, in the middle of Turkey, not far from Ankara, the company is a partner of the Vipal distributor in Turkey, Tatko Lastik, part of Tatko Tyre Group, which has maintained a successful partnership with Vipal for over 10 years. Tatko is a leading company in the Turkish tyre sector, with a vast experience in tyre sales and production, manufacturing a wide range of products, such as; passenger, light-truck, farm and loader tyres.

Ömer Kesinci, owner of Yavuz Lastik Kaplama, professed himself to be very pleased with the new partnership, as it opens up a number of opportunities in the Turkish market due to the high quality and technology of the products and Vipal's delivery capacity throughout Europe.

The union was also celebrated by Ali Gümüş, Retread Sales Manager at Tatko: “I have known Mr Ömer for a long time, and it is rewarding to see the solidification of this partnership, which is based in trust and in the good work we have been doing together.”

“On behalf of Vipal, I would like to welcome Yavuz and also congratulate the work of Tatko, our long time partner, who certainly worked hard for this union to be consolidated”, added Frederico Schmidt, General Manager of Vipal in Europe.

About the author

David is the Owner and Publisher of Retreading Business. With over 30 years' experience as a specialist tyre industry journalist, he first entered the tyre industry in 1987 as Editor of Tyres & Accessories. He was Editor of Tyre Trade News between 1993-96 before establishing Retreading Business in 1997. In 2004 he acquired the Malaysian tyre magazine The Tyreman, before establishing Tyre & Rubber Recycling in 2009. In addition to his publishing ventures, he was also Director of the Retread Manufacturers' Association between 2004 and 2014.

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