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How Vaculug has been offering sustainable tire solutions since 1950
Vaculug is a commercial tire retreading specialist based on a 12-acre site in Grantham , Lincolnshire . The company produces quality retread tires for fleets across the United Kingdom , while also offering effective and practical fleet management solutions . Jorge Crespo , Managing Director , shares the organization ’ s commitment to people and the planet .
“ The last 12 months have been about consolidating the work we ’ ve been doing over the last three years ,” he begins . “ Following its change of ownership , the company has experienced a turnaround . While Vaculug is a well-established company with a rich history and all the benefits that brings , we were in a position where we needed to bring about cultural change .
“ The business was not particularly dynamic , so we ’ ve been doing a lot of work to transform the culture and recruit talented , lateral thinkers from both within and outside the industry . The three biggest elements we focused on were people , systems , and investment . Several employees retired from the business at the same time , so rather than laying people off during the pandemic , we went the other way and started recruiting heavily . We are embarking on a journey to attract and recruit talent to help shape the company and generate this cultural change . “ We have also invested heavily in more modern technologies , equipment , and tooling to drive process efficiency . Additionally , we decided it was important to be more forward thinking , in terms of being less reliant on human input and more focused on
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