Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. is taking its partnership with Ford Motor Co. to a new height -- 20 inches.
Tags: Ford Explorer, Hankook Optimo, MTD Facts Issue, OE tires, Soo Il Lee
What's the most popular passenger tire size at OE? P215/60R16, according to MTD research. The rest of the "top five" include, in descending order, P225/50R17, P265/70R17, P195/60R15 and P215/55R17.
Tags: MTD Facts Issue, OE tires, Passenger tires, Retail, Sizing
Approximately 45.3 million consumer tires were shipped to the United States from China in 2009, down 1.5% from 2008 levels but still significant, according to Modern Tire Dealer's 2010 Facts Issue.
Tags: Chinese tires, Consumer Tires, MTD Facts Issue
Original equipment tire shipments took it on the chin last year. Passenger OE tire shipments dropped some 40% from previous-year levels, according to MTD's 2010 Facts Issue.
Tags: MTD Facts Issue, OE tires
United States replacement passenger tire sales reached $18 billion in 2009, according to Modern Tire Dealer's 2010 Facts Issue, which is available now.
Tags: Farm tires, Light truck tires, Medium truck tires, MTD Facts Issue, OTR tires, Passenger tires
A new survey from Modern Tire Dealer sheds some light on what goes on in the service bays of your peers.
Tags: Auto Service, Engine Diagnostics, MTD Facts Issue, Service bays
OTR tire shipments in the United States fell dramatically in 2009 vs. 2008. The anti-dumping and anti-subsidiary duties imposed on OTR tire imports had something to do with it.
Tags: Chinese imports, MTD Facts Issue, OTR
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Dramatic price increases in raw material costs forced tire manufacturers to raise their own prices in 2008. The same scenario did not happen in 2009.
Tags: Major brands, MTD Facts Issue, Price increase, Private brands
Less than a week after a tentative agreement was reached, local membership of the United Steelworkers (USW) union at the BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing plants in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Fort Wayne, Ind., have ratified a new three-year labor agreement.
Tags: Labor agreement, MTD Facts Issue, Plant capacity, USW
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