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May 24, 2012

Get TIA training in Phoenix, New Orleans

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced more dates for the successful 2012 Certified Automotive Tire Service (ATS) Instructor Training Tour.

Tags: Certified Automotive Tire Service Instructor Train, TIA, Training

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

Mitchell 1 system workshop set for July

Mitchell 1 will hold this year’s second Shop Management System Training Workshop July 19-21, 2012, in St. Louis, Mo.

Tags: Mitchell 1 Manager, Mitchell 1 ManagerPlus, Shop Management Systems, Training

May 17, 2012

OTC webcast covers Mode 6 diagnostics

OTC Service Solutions LLC is offering a free webcast June 7, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CST covering Mode 6 diagnostics and coding.

Tags: Autoboss, Genisys, Mode 6 Diagnostics, OTC, Pegisys

May 16, 2012

Why performance balancing should be dynamic

Yesterday's high performance tires, by comparison, are today's broad-line tires. Today's high and ultra-high performance tires are engineering marvels.

Tags: Hank Feldman, Kevin Keefe, Kevin Rohlwing, Mounting and balancing, Performance Plus Tire, Plus-sizing, Tire Industry Association, TPMS, UHP tires

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

<p>Nissan has developed the gauge-less tire pressure monitoring system.</p>
May 16, 2012

The latest TPMS technology is... complicated

Nissan Motor Co. seemingly has advanced tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) technology on at least two of its 2013 models.

Tags: B.O.B., TPMS, Underhood service

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May 15, 2012

Two companies, two new bushing lines

New bushing lines from Federal-Mogul Corp. and General Motors Corp. are available to aftermarket retailers.

Tags: ACDelco Advantage, Moog Problem Solver, Under-car service

<p>The tread area of the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric features TredLock Technology with microgrooves for enhanced wet traction, and Traction Teeth for snow traction.</p>
May 14, 2012

Goodyear Eagle F1 meets performance targets

Tim Lovell, Goodyear’s technical project manager for consumer tires, has a lot to say about the performance characteristics of the Eagle F1 Asymmetric All-Season.

Tags: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric, Performance Tires, Tim Lovell

May 14, 2012

Mitchell 1 expands technician contest support

Mitchell 1 says that in 2012 it will expand support to an increased number of individual state SuperTech skills competitions.

Tags: Dave Costantino, Mitchell 1, SuperTech Skills Competitions, Tractor-Trailer

May 13, 2012

For quality control, NHTSA picks Smithers

Smithers Rapra, part of the Smithers Group, has been selected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as the national tire alignment laboratory for the Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information Program (TFECIP).

Tags: NHTSA, Rikki Lamba, Tire testing

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