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April 15, 2012

War of words: Bridgestone and Michelin add spice to OTR tire production

Did you notice the beginning of a little trash talking going on between Bridgestone Corp. and Groupe Michelin recently? It all centers around their OTR tire production.

Tags: Jean-Dominique Senard, OTR tires, Pete Selleck, Plant capacity, Plants, Shoshi Arakawa

Author: Bob Ulrich | Posted @ Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:50 PM | » Comments(2)

April 9, 2012

Job shortages? Unemployment? Not in our industry

Good news on the job front: Unemployment is going down. Not by much, but it's going down.

Tags: Plants, Tire Industry Association, Unemployment

Author: Bob Ulrich | Posted @ Monday, April 9, 2012 6:26 AM | » Comments(1)

February 6, 2012

Cooper and the union choose negotiation over retaliation

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and United Steelworkers Local 207L in Findlay, Ohio, started up contract negotiations again Monday, Feb. 6, in order to end the tire plant lockout that began Nov. 28, 2011.

Tags: Findlay, Lockout, Plants, USW

Author: Bob Ulrich | Posted @ Monday, February 6, 2012 8:59 AM | » Comments(0)

March 16, 2011

Japanese disasters will change the face of consumer tire shipments in the U.S.

How much will Japan's consumer tire exports to the United States be affected by its recent natural disasters -- and the possible nuclear meltdown caused by them? Only time will tell.

Tags: Earthquake, Plants, Replacement tires, Tire tariffs

Author: Bob Ulrich | Posted @ Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:39 AM | » Comments(0)

March 14, 2011

Pray for our Japanese brethren, and their families and friends

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people in Japan, who are in the midst of an unbelievable series of tragedies that keeps getting worse. If the one-two punch of the earthquake-tsunami wasn't scary enough, the nuclear power plant meltdown in Fukushima has raised the threat level to "horrifying."

Tags: Earthquake, Japan, Kenji Nakakura, Plants

Author: Bob Ulrich | Posted @ Monday, March 14, 2011 10:53 AM | » Comments(0)

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