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Cutting costs without cutting corners

To make the most of your insurance dollars, you need to understand exactly what your needs are and conduct a thorough review of your exposures.

Remember when broad-line was easy to define?

There was a time when broad-line tires were broad-line tires and performance tires were performance tires, and the two categories rarely, if ever, intersected. Those simple days are long gone, according to tire manufacturers.

More than a niche marketer

Greenball Corp. has evolved a great deal since being formed by Chris Tsai and his wife, Jenny, in Long Beach, Calif., in 1976. The specialty tire distributor began operations in a 2,300-square-foot combination office and warehouse. Since then, it has outgrown its headquarters six times.

Even the speed of change is changing!

Achieving excellence is a process. A process is an act of moving forward, requiring many changes.

Bob Ulrich's Editorial

Why numbers can be deceiving

Numbers, by themselves, don’t lie. They can be misleading, however, if not put in the proper context.

Commercial Tire Dealer

Proceeding with caution

Cautiously optimistic is probably the best way to describe the mood of independent commercial truck tire dealers as the domestic truck tire market rumbles into the remaining months of the year.

The steer tire of the future

The steer tire of the future will most likely boast fewer ribs, straighter grooves and simpler tread patterns as truck tire manufacturers continue to pursue lower rolling resistance and the minimization of irregular wear, says Roger Stansbie, director of tire technology, Commercial Division, for Continental Tire the Americas LLC.

To build a brand

Long known for its specialty tire expertise, Alliance Tire U.S.A. has never enjoyed a medium truck tire product of its own in North America — until recently.