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

Michelin North America Inc. reports BFGoodrich Tires has introduced the g-Force Sport COMP-2, the newest tire in the BFGoodrich ultra-high performance tire lineup.

Tags: BFG, BFGoodrich, Michelin, tire introduction, UHP tires

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

President Barack Obama has proposed to congress a $48 billion legislative package to aid small-business growth.

Tags: Automotive Service Association, President Barack Obama, Small Business

Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483, a non-lead wheel weight rule, was introduced on Jan. 24, 2012.

Tags: Gregory Parker, Non-Lead Wheel Weights, Wheel Balancing, Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483

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

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

The numbers don’t lie. The 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show was a huge success. A record 132,000 people attended the event, according to the Tire Industry Association (TIA), which sponsored the show’s Global Tire Expo section. There also were 61,000 buyers, also a record and close to 19% higher than last year.

Tags: ASA, CIMS, Cooper, Falken, Hercules, Landsail, Nexen, Nitto, Pirelli, R.L. Polk & Co., Schrader, SEMA Show, SEMA Show 2011, TIA, Vee Rubber