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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

December 21, 2009

20 hot stories from the SEMA Show  

Exhibitors and attendees who participated in the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show report that the event exceeded initial expectations.

Tags: 20 Group, AME International, ASA, Atturo Tire, Daewoo, Double Coin, Falken, Hankook, Hercules, Kenda USA, Nexen, Nitto, Nokian, Pirelli, SEMA Show, SURE Tire, Team Torque, TIA, TPMS, Triangle Tyre, Vogue, Vredestein

"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

Hankook Tire America Corp. displayed this wide-base prototype at the Great West Truck Show this past June. Hankook plans to offer a wide-base truck tire for both the drive and trailer positions.
August 12, 2009

Truck tire ramp-up  

Over the last several years, Hankook Tire America Corp. has made a concerted effort to ramp up its medium truck tire business. The company has introduced new products and expanded its sales force. And on the distribution side, it has shifted from a container-based system to a warehouse-based system in an effort to improve service to dealers.

Tags: Hankook, Medium truck tires

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

Many fleets and owner-operators expect their drive tires to deliver improved fuel economy.
December 17, 2008

Target: fuel economy  

Gas prices may have come down in recent months, but the price of diesel remains relatively high and is expected to budge very little, at least downward.

Tags: Bridgestone, CTNA, Hankook, Toyo, trailer tires

Hankook is packaging and presenting its Kontrol Technology to North American consumers. “We are in the first tier in the area of technology,” says Sang Ju Lee, vice president, research division, at Hankook Tire Co.’s R&D Center in Korea, and one of the architects of Kontrol Technology.
December 17, 2008

Under Kontrol  

At Hankook Tire America Corp., control — or more accurately, “Kontrol” — is the new buzzword. The tire manufacturer used last month’s Specialty Equipment Market Association Show as a vehicle to introduce its Kontrol Technology to the North American market.

Tags: Bainbridge, Hankook, Lee

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