Triangle and Vaculug Bring OTR Tyres to Hillhead 2026

Triangle Tyre will return to Hillhead 2026 with Vaculug, its official UK distributor for the brand’s off-the-road range. The companies will exhibit at Stand V10, using the Buxton quarry event to present OTR tyres for quarrying, earthmoving and heavy construction fleets.

A focused UK OTR push

The exhibition takes place from 23 to 25 June 2026 at Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton in Derbyshire. Hillhead describes the show as the UK’s largest quarrying, construction and recycling exhibition, with more than 600 exhibitors and around 20,000 visitors expected across three days.

For Triangle and Vaculug, the event provides a practical route into one of the UK’s most demanding tyre sectors. Quarry and construction operators judge OTR tyres on more than tread life. Uptime, damage resistance, load stability, product availability and cost-per-hour all influence purchasing decisions.

Triangle Tyre is positioning the UK partnership around that service requirement. The manufacturer has continued to expand its European OTR activity, including new quarry, mining and construction products announced for 2025 and its recent SaMoTer focus on OTR tyre pressure monitoring and new sizes. See Tyre News coverage of Triangle’s expanded OTR range for mining, quarry and construction and Triangle’s OTR technology focus at SaMoTer 2026.

Service-led distribution

Vaculug brings a different part of the value chain to the arrangement. The Grantham-based business is widely known for retreading and commercial tyre lifecycle management, giving Triangle a UK partner with fleet service, technical support and trade distribution experience.

That matters in OTR because supply gaps can quickly become operational problems. A quarry loader, dump truck or dozer without the right tyre fitment can affect production schedules, transport flows and site efficiency. The partnership is therefore aimed at improving stockholding, logistics and dealer access for key quarry and earthmoving sizes.

Tyre News has previously reported on Vaculug’s OTR and Scottish leadership appointments, as well as its calls for stronger UK support for tyre remanufacturing. Those developments point to a business placing more emphasis on OTR capability, regional response and circular tyre management. See Vaculug’s OTR leadership changes and Vaculug’s policy call on tyre remanufacturing.

Products for harsh duty cycles

The Hillhead display will focus on tyre types used in UK quarrying and construction. These include fitments for rigid and articulated dump trucks, loader and dozer patterns, severe service quarry designs, and industrial or mobile equipment tyres for mixed operating conditions.

Triangle says the range has been developed for harsh working environments where traction, cut resistance, stability and casing durability are important. In practice, those attributes are closely linked to total cost of ownership, particularly where fleets operate on abrasive surfaces or in front-of-quarry conditions.

Luca Mai, OTR Director for Europe at Triangle Tyre, said Hillhead was the most important quarry and construction exhibition in the UK. He said the partnership with Vaculug combined Triangle’s global OTR product range with local distribution capability and service support.

“We look forward to welcoming customers and trade partners to our stand and demonstrating how Triangle can support the UK market with performance, reliability and availability,” Mai said.

Why it matters for the trade

The Triangle–Vaculug arrangement is relevant beyond end-user fleets. The companies say the model is also designed to support UK OTR tyre dealers and specialist distributors through improved trade availability, responsive logistics and technical product support.

That could be important in a market where quarry and construction customers increasingly expect suppliers to support uptime, not simply supply tyres. For dealers, consistent access to major OTR fitments can help protect customer relationships and reduce dependence on fragmented spot supply.

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