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May 24, 2012

Bridgestone is ‘Sports Sponsor of the Year’

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) was named “Sports Sponsor of the Year” by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Phil Pacsi, Sports Marketing, Sports Sponsor of the Year

May 23, 2012

Class 8 forecast upbeat despite slow March, April

In its May issue of the ACT N.A. Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research Co. LLC continues to believe that U.S. economic activity in 2012 will expand at a moderate pace of 2.2%.

Tags: ACT Research, Class 8 Trucks, Commercial Vehicles, Kenny Vieth

<p>L to R: Dr. Luis Ceneviz, chief executive officer, Apollo Tyres South Africa (Pty) Ltd; Onkar Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres Ltd; Dudu Mazibuko, district mayor; and Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman and managing director, Apollo Tyres Ltd.</p>
May 23, 2012

Apollo opens component prep unit in S. Africa

Apollo Tyres has opened a new state-of-the-art Component Preparation Unit at its Ladysmith tire manufacturing facility in South Africa.

Tags: Apollo Tyres, Apollo Tyres South Africa, Onkar Kanwar

May 22, 2012

Class 8 backoff: Backlog falls in April

Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research Co. LLC says softer orders and a continuation of strong build caused the Class 8 backlog to fall nearly 8,000 units to 106,407 units in April, 2012.

Tags: ACT Research, Class 5-8 Trucks, Class 8 Trucks, Kenny Vieth

May 18, 2012

Nominate someone for TIA’s Hall of Fame

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is accepting nominations for the 2012 Tire Industry Hall of Fame.

Tags: Global Tire Expo, Roy Littlefield, SEMA Show, TIA Hall of Fame, Trade Shows

May 17, 2012

TIA translates: CTS Program is now in Spanish

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced today that the Spanish translation of the Commercial Tire Service (CTS) Program is complete.

Tags: Commercial Tire Service Program, Spanish Training, TIA

May 17, 2012

New rubber source: Russian Dandelions?

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) recently conducted research on the Russian Dandelion as a commercially viable, renewable source of high-quality, tire-grade rubber.

Tags: Bridgestone Research, Dr. Hiroshi Mouri, Natural Rubber, Russian Dandelion

May 17, 2012

Wheeling to SEMA: 150+ manufacturers

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show announced that wheel manufacturers are showing signs of confidence in the economy by securing booth space.

Tags: Global Tire Expo, Peter MacGillivray, SEMA 2012, TIA, Trade Shows

May 16, 2012

BKT travels to Italy to show off its ag tires

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) recently took more than 100 dealer personnel representing over 30 distributors from the Americas to Milan, Italy.

May 16, 2012

TIA Foundation gets supporter No. 7

Kumho Tire U.S.A. Corp. has joined the growing list of companies supporting the Tire Industry Association (TIA) Foundation 2012 Fundraising Drive.

Tags: Kevin Rohlwing, Larry Brandt, TIA Foundation, Tire Industry Association

May 16, 2012

Tyrexpo India to focus on radialization

A major focus at next year’s Tyrexpo India exhibition in Chennai will be the development toward increased radialization of truck and bus radial tires (TBR) in India.

Tags: Radialization, TBR, Trade show, Tyrexpo India

May 15, 2012

Goodyear adds 44th Wingfoot Truck Care Center

Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC has added two Wingfoot Truck Care Centers to its on-highway service network.

Tags: Paul Wanstreet, Truck tires

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