Continental Named Supplier of the Year by Southwest Airlines

Continental has been named the 2018 Supplier of the Year for ground support equipment by Southwest Airlines.

Published: June 3, 2019

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Continental has been named the 2018 Supplier of the Year for ground support equipment by Southwest Airlines.

The award was presented at the annual Southwest Airlines Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee in April and accepted by Continental’s commercial specialty tire team.

The Supplier of the Year award is given in recognition of superior product development and design, customer service and warranty, providing continued product quality and for dedication to overall cost to life value.

Continental offers a variety of tires for ground support equipment at airports, as well as other material handling operations, the company says, including the ContiRV20.

Yokohama Rubber partners with Haupt Racing Team

Yokohama Rubber said it is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) with Advan tires.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 24, 2024

Yokohama Rubber has signed a partnership agreement with Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT). As part of the Advan Challenge that seeks to maximize sales of Advan tires, Yokohama Rubber said it is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) by supplying its Advan racing tires for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 being entered in those races by HRT.