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There's still time to register for the Tire Industry Association's 2009 Commercial Tire & Retread Conference, which will be held Feb. 9-11 in Orlando, Fla.
Truck tonnage increased by 1.7% in November, but that doesn't mean the economy will rebound anytime soon, say officials from the American Trucking Associations.
Continental Tire North America Inc. has launched a redesigned consumer Web site at www.continentaltire.com.
It was a brutal year for tire manufacturers trading public stocks. All 18 stocks www.modertiredealer.com regularly follows finished less valuable (in United States dollars) than they started.
Integrations, acquisitions, expanded distribution and continued investment were hallmarks of the domestic retread industry in 2008. Here's a special look at the biggest retread news stories of the year.
American Tire Distributors Inc. paid $75 million to buy AM-PAC Tire Distributors Inc., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Tire Industry Association will not hold the 2009 Retread Appearance Contest that was scheduled for the 2009 TIA Commercial Tire & Retread Conference, which will be held in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 9-11.
Toyo Tires, Robby Gordon and Team Dakar USA will once again take on the Dakar rally. The 2009 event will cross the continent of South America from Jan. 3–18.
Russian tiremaker Amtel is "conducting a sale process" for its Vredestein Banden B.V. subsidiary.
Yokohama Tire Corp. will sponsor the San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics professional basketball teams for the second season in a row.
Giant OTR tires may still be in short supply, but supply of smaller OTR tires, including 25-inch tires, continues to catch up with demand.
Miami, Fla.-based Tire Group International (TGI) will launch its on-line ordering system on Jan. 5.
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has promoted Carlos Kibata to chairman of Toyo Tire Holdings of America Inc. and Yasushi Takagi to CEO and president of Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.
Editor Bob Ulrich has posted a new blog about his tire repair skills, titled "I guess I won't be repairing tires any time soon." It looks like we're all safe.
Bridgestone Corp. has lowered its sales and income projections for 2008 "due in part to decreasing tire unit sales, mainly in North America and Europe," say Bridgestone officials.
Groupe Michelin says it has cut back "significantly" on all operations in most of its plants due to worldwide reduced demand for tires.
The Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau has added a number of international companies to its roster, including Italy-based Marangoni.
When times are tough, the last thing you want to do is cut back on advertising, says Pat Brown, vice president of global branding and communications for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. That was the same message Brown delivered in 1991, when the U.S. economy was going through another difficult period.
Hennessy Industries Inc. now has a complete line of environmentally friendly BADA steel wheel weights.
Yokohama Tire Corp. has named Jim MacMaster chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. MacMaster will retain his title of executive vice president, business division.