Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will raise its consumer tire prices up to 6% on Oct. 1.

Tags: Consumer tires, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Price increases

A Washington man recently drove from Canada to Mexico on a single tank of gas and Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires, according to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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Pirelli Tire North America has won two high-profile original equipment fitments on the 2012 Mustang Boss 302 and Boss 302 Laguna Seca.

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is offering consumers a chance to win a trip to all five of the biggest college football bowl games this season via its new Cooper Tires Ultimate Bowl Tour.

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If you are interested in attending the upcoming Tire Industry Association (TIA) Environmental Symposium in Ocean City, Md., rooms at the host hotel, the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, are still available. However, rooms are "booking quickly, according to TIA.

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Companies specializing in air compressors for tire dealerships are concentrating on several popular features — low noise generation, added power and a “small footprint.”

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Green tires and pending government regulations were a major part of the recently completed 26th International Reifen Trade Fair at Essen, Germany. Guests from 127 countries, 600 exhibitors from 42 countries, and more than 18,000 buyers attended the fair.

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The trend in ag machinery is “bigger and badder,” according to Michael Burroughes, director of marketing, agricultural tires for Michelin North America Inc. At the same time the equipment is bulking up, it also is getting more efficient, thanks in part to increasingly larger tires.

Tags: ag tires, East Bay, farm tires, Greenball, Michelin

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

Twenty-two years ago, Bridgestone Corp. introduced the ground-breaking Blizzak studless winter tire to the world. Seventeen years ago, the company’s United States subsidiary introduced the Blizzak WS-15 to domestic tire dealers.

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