ContiTech create Industrial Belt Solutions segment

Company strategically reorganizes conveyor belt business to provide more focus on industrial applications

HANOVER-based ContiTech have strategically reorganized their conveyor belt business to provide greater focus on their industrial applications business in the future. To this end, the conveyor belt specialists have created a new segment – Industrial Belt Solutions.

According to Dr Michael Hofmann of the ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group, who has taken on the role of segment head, ContiTech’s conveyor belt portfolio for industrial applications is growing steadily, with service and digitalization also offering the business further potential.

‘Many of our customers are merging into increasingly larger units,’ he commented, ‘meaning that our way of thinking and working is taking on new dimensions to meet their changing needs and requirements.’

ContiTech are combining their skills from the industrial business and expertise from the development of special conveyor belts with the objective of catering for customers more purposefully and directly, focusing primarily on the raw material processing industry, power and cement plants, steel manufacturers, port operators, and the recycling and wood industries.

According to ContiTech, intelligent solutions for belt and temperature monitoring, as well as planned and preventative maintenance, will open up additional opportunities for growth, while new digital offerings will offer customers a greater choice and help support sales.

Also, with products such as connection kits for conveyor belts, service materials and accessories, ContiTech are focusing on supporting their industry customers on site.

‘We will combine our skills in these areas to an even greater degree,’ explained Dr Hofmann (pictured), whose segment accounts for around a third of the sales of ContiTech’s conveyor belt business.

Going forwards, ContiTech customers will be supported by a central contact person who will provide them with information about the entire ContiTech conveyor belt portfolio.