Continental acquisition strengthens belting service options in Sweden

STOCKHOLM—With its latest acquisition, Continental A.G. is strengthening its presence in Sweden and expanding its industrial belting service footprint in the process.

Conti, Dec. 1, acquired Backes Transportbandservice A.B., a service provider for the material handling industry located in Vaxjo, in southeast Sweden. It's offerings include belts, belt scrapers, industrial hoses, screens, wear rubber, light conveyor belts, engineering plastics, air springs, drive belts and vibration control products, among others.

"Together with Backes Transportbandservice A.B., we will soon be able to offer customers from southeastern Sweden a complete service and solution package in addition to the current Continental product portfolio," Song Qi, who has global responsibility for Continental's conveyor belt system solutions business, said in a statement. "For this, we will build up a strong service presence. This way, we will not only be able to offer individual services or belts, but also complete solutions throughout Sweden in the future."

Backes Transportbandservice, a privately owned conveyor belt and maintenance company, was founded in 2008 by Jan Backes.

Conveying Solutions from Continental is one of the world's largest suppliers of conveying and off-highway solutions in key industries such as mining, agriculture, automotive and plant engineering. Conveying Solutions works closely with its clients to provide holistic efficient solutions for transport tasks, and do so in a way that is as environmentally friendly as possible.