Following what appears to be a record year, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. held its 2012 Dealer Conference in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 29-31. Modern Tire Dealer Editor Bob Ulrich was on hand for all the new product announcements, plus some fleet HQ announcements.

Tags: B.O.B., Goodyear Dealer Conference

The Tire Industry Association's Off-The-Road (OTR) Tire Conference has added break-out sessions to its upcoming 2012 event Feb 15-18, 2012, at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Tags: Botond Szalma, Morry Taylor, Stefano Staico, TIA OTR Conference, Tom Klinge

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations has formed an integrated mining tire business unit and reorganized its Bridgestone Commercial Group.

Tags: Bridgestone, commercial tires, mining tires

International Marketing Inc. (IMI) has hired Patrick Carrell as its new regional sales manager for the northwestern United States. IMI develops and markets automotive and trucking maintenance products and equipment.

Tags: David Calzada, Dorothy Etter, International Marketing Inc., Patrick Carrell

Apollo Tyres Ltd. produced its millionth truck-bus radial (TBR) this week at its manufacturing facility in Chennai, India.

Tags: Apollo Tyres Chennai Plant, Indian Truck Tires, Satish Sharma, Truck-Bus Radials

Coming off a record year financially, Yokohama Tire Corp. shook things up a little in 2011. First it promoted Dan King to senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Tags: Dan King, Going green, Light truck tires, orange oil technology, Passenger Tires, Salem, Va., Yasushi Tanaka, Yokohama, Yokohama Tire Corp.

The broadly held definition of the difference between small business ownership and entrepreneurism boils down to a single word: “growth.” Increasing sales is not, by itself, growth.

Tags: Business Insight, Dealership Growth, Global Tire Expo, Roger McManus

Double Coin Holdings Ltd. and the China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) introduced their FT125 Super Wide low rolling resistant trailer position tire at the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, Nev.

Tags: Double Coin Super Wide, EPA SmartWay, SmartWay

It has been a good year to be a farmer. It also has been a good time to sell tires to them. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), net farm income is forecast to be up 31% at the end of 2011, to $103.6 billion, up $24.5 billion over 2010.

Tags: Alliance Tire, BKT, Del-Nat Corp., Farm tires, Specialty Tires of America, TBC Wholesale Group, USDA

What began as a chance meeting at Autopromotec in 2008 has become a partnership between ITDG and point S.

Tags: Independent Tire Dealers Group, ITDG, point S