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Joe Copeland, vice president of Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems, says fleets have responded enthusiastically to Goodyear’s fleetHQ program.
April 21, 2010

Full speed ahead  

The last 12 months have been eventful for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s retread business. The company signed some big-name retreaders — Texarkana, Texas-based Heintschel Tire & Service Inc. and Greensboro, N.C.-based Piedmont Truck Tires Inc. — and sold its Wingfoot OTR Retread Business to Purcell Tire & Rubber Co.

Tags: Goodyear, Joe Copeland, Retreading

Yokohama Tire Corp.’s MY627W will hit the market in June in size 315/80R22.5. It replaces the Yokohama Y773.
April 21, 2010

Let it roll  

The truck tire market might still be struggling, but you wouldn’t know it judging by the many new truck tires that were introduced during the first quarter.

Tags: Bridgestone, Goodyear, Hankook, Kumho, Tire Group International, truck tires, Yokohama

Goodyear’s Double Eagle Nylon “Super-Cushion” was the 1948 version of the touring tire. Its size, 6.70-15, would sell as P215/70R15 today.
October 16, 2009

Museum gave Goodyear historical perspective  

The World of Rubber is now closed, and Charles Goodyear (at least his statue) has left the building.

Tags: bob ulrich, Goodyear

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"I think dealers are doing well," says tire industry analyst Saul Ludwig.
August 12, 2009

Mid-year report: 2009 starts poorly for the average tire dealer...  

In five months, 2009 will be history. Can we expect better results in the second half of the year than we experienced in the first half?

Tags: Bridgestone, CMA, Continental Tire, Cooper, Goodyear, Hankook, Michelin, Mid-year report, Saul Ludwig

Phil Nussbaum, president of Amarillo, Texas-based A to Z Tire & Battery Inc. (left) talks with Jim Mayfield, president of Del-Nat Tire Corp. during Del-Nat’s recent dealer meeting. “If you go back 25 years ago, you could go to one manufacturer that made 95% of what you needed,” says Nussbaum. It isn’t that easy today, he notes.
May 12, 2009

What does the future hold for private brands?  Web-Only Article

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s 2006 decision to discontinue production of certain private brand tires represented a seismic shift for a segment of the market that has traditionally enjoyed a high degree of supplier-customer consistency and predictability.

Tags: ACCC, ATD, Cooper, Flynn's Tire, Goodyear, Hercules, Private brand tires, SURE Tire, TBC Corp.

December 17, 2008

A true tire show  

At first glance, it would have been tempting to define the Tires, Wheels & Equipment section of last month’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show by who was not there.

Tags: Bridgestone, CTNA, Dunlop, Duro, Falken, Goodyear, Hankook, Hercules, Maxxis, Nexen, Nitto, Pirelli, SEMA, SURE Tire, Tireco, Vogue, Vredestein, Yokohama

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