Camso, formerly Camoplast Solideal, is accelerating efforts to phase in Camso-branded products while making it easier to choose the right tyre or track in the construction, quarrying and industrial machine sectors.
Since the launch of the Camso brand in July 2015, the company has added a series of next generation wheeled loader, skidsteer and telehandler tyres to its construction line-up under the Camso brand. It is now ramping up efforts to complete transitioning the rest of its construction portfolio by the end of 2016.
“It’s been almost a year since we began communicating the Camso brand in our commercial literature. This was a first step in building a strong, coherent brand identity for the company,” said Derek Bradeen, Camso’s brand and communications global director. “We did this to generate awareness of the Camso brand without losing the equity of our legacy brands. It’s now time for all of our construction products to carry the Camso name. After all, this is the most tangible way for end users to connect with the performance features of our products in the niches in which they work.”
Camso has long claimed it offers the right tyre, for the right application at the lowest operating cost solution. “Tyre selection in our industry is more difficult than one would think. For us, helping dealers and end users understand tire selection is just as important as engineering a great tyre,” said David Fleischhauer, executive director, market development – construction at Camso. “As we transitioned products to the Camso brand, we wanted to introduce subtle features to make selling and storing tyres easier for our clients. We developed a naming sequence to eliminate the complex equation a user must tackle to match their tire with the machine they’re running and the job they need to accomplish.”
Camso’s new naming system identifies the brand and machine type, and provides product details. Subcategories include performance level (top, core, or entry), a surface condition classification (soft, hard, mixed, or severe), tread pattern (R1, L5, L4, etc.) and product type (bias, radial, or solid).
Camso also brings to market simple design features that respond to unspoken inconveniences of tyre usage and storage:
• A tread wear indicator: Its purpose is to maximise tyre life and reduce operating cost by preventing premature tyre replacement or failure and downtime from wear out.
• On tread naming and size: More often than not, tyres are stored vertically, stacked one on top of the other. Reading tire information on a sidewall requires displacement of stacks. Camso’s new naming system is printed directly on the tread pattern to minimise the manipulation of tyres in a warehouse.
• Dual unit markings: Camso will now include both metric and imperial units on its products to better serve its global clients.
The naming system and new design features will be rolled out on products as they transition to Camso.
