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
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. posted net income of 8.8 billion yen on net sales of 135.3 billion yen for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
Tags: Earthquake, Great East Japan earthquake, OE tires, Yokohama financials
Yokohama Tire Corp. recently promoted two people within its Commercial OTR Division: Tim Easter and Mike Baggett.
Tags: Gary Nash, Mike Baggett, OTR tires, Promotions, Tim Easter
Effective May 1, 2012, Michelin North America Inc. is increasing prices up to 6% on Michelin compact and agricultural tires sold in the United States and Canada.
Tags: Ag tires, Michelin financials, Price increase
Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched a new Spanish-language website that contains information on Yokohama products for consumers in Mexico, as well as for commercial truck operators and fleets.
Tags: Consumer Tires, John Cooney, Mexico, Spanish, Truck tires
There are plenty of new truck tires, and truck tire technologies, at the 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), which opens today at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Ky.
Tags: Continental Eco Plus, Michelin X, SmartWay, Truck tires
Attendees who stop by the Yokohama Tire Corp. booth 14124 at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 22-24, will get daily chances to win premium 101ZL steer tires and iPad 2s.
Tags: Long-Haul Tires, Mid-America Trucking Show, Rick Phillips, Steer Tires, Yokohama 101ZL
Monro Muffler Brake Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase all assets of Norfolk, Va.-based Kramer Tire Co.
Tags: Acquisitions, Kramer Tire, Modern Tire Dealer 100, Monro Muffler Brake, MTD 100
Continental Tire Canada is announcing a price increase on all Continental, General and Ameri*Steel Brand truck tires of up to 9%. This increase is effective April 1, 2012, and affects all replacement sales channels.
“Last month I wrote that due to sharply lower raw material costs during 4Q11 I would not expect to see any further tire price hikes anytime soon. Unfortunately that was a wrong call because predictability of future raw material prices is all but impossible,” says tire industry analyst Saul Ludwig in the latest installment of the "Ludwig Report" in Modern Tire Dealer magazine.
Tags: butadiene, carbon black, Ludwig Report, Natural Rubber, Saul Ludwig, styrene, Tire prices
Nelson K. Richards, a longtime friend to the tire industry, died March 5, 2012. He was 60.
Tags: Gary Nash, Obituary, OTR tires, Tire Industry Association
Due to escalating raw material costs Toyo Tire Canada Inc. will increase prices on the Toyo winter passenger and winter light truck tires up to 3.5% effective April 1st, 2012.
Tags: Canadian Tires, Price increase, Raw Material Prices, Toyo Financials, Winter tires
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