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March 14, 2012

Update: Tire aging bill is 'dead for the year'

The Rubber Manufacturers Association reports Maryland legislation HB 729, the tire aging bill, is 'dead for the year.'

Tags: RMA, Rubber Manufacturers Association, TIA, tire aging, Tire Industry Association

February 17, 2012

TIA tries to rally Maryland tire dealers against bill

The tire aging bill in Maryland is bad. That's the message the Tire Industry Association (TIA) wants to send to the state legislature.

Tags: Legislation, Roy Littlefield, tire aging

May 20, 2010

Colony Tire makes W.I.S.E. software decision

Colony Tire Corp., one of the country's largest tire dealers, has selected Royal 4 Systems as its technology partner.

Tags: Colony Tire, Computer software, MTD 100, tire aging, Tire distribution

January 4, 2010

Tire aging bills are among Top 10 list

California was a hotbed of activity for tire industry-related issues last year. And Terry Leveille, president of TL & Associates and publisher of the California Tire Report, covered it all. With 2009 still fresh in our memories, here is Leveille's "Top 10" list of California tire stories in 2009.

Tags: Green, Scrap tires, Tire age disclosure bill, tire aging

December 3, 2009

Royal 4 offers warehouse management software

Royal 4 Systems Inc. has developed an integrated warehouse management solutions software program for the tire industry: W.I.S.E.

Tags: Computer software, Inventory management, tire aging, wholesale

November 20, 2009

Sean Kane. TIA reps. Same room. 'Nuff said

Sean Kane and the Tire Industry Association (TIA) find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to tire aging.

Tags: Sean Kane, SEMA Show, tire aging, Tire Industry Association

September 3, 2009

Tire Talk blog examines tire aging

"If you think the subject of tire aging is going to be swept under the carpet and forgotten, think again," writes MTD Senior Editor Mike Manges in the latest edition of his Tire Talk with Mike blog on www.moderntiredealer.com.

Tags: Consumer Tires, Retail, tire aging

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Last month, a California state bill, A.B. 496, that would have required tire dealers to provide notification of a tire's date of manufacture, was pulled from consideration at the request of its sponsors.
August 11, 2009

California tire aging bill may resurface

Tire aging isn't a dead issue in California, say experts close to the situation. In fact, tire aging-related legislation could very well resurface.

Tags: Retailing, Rubber Manufacturers Association, Safety Research & Strategies Inc., tire aging

July 15, 2009

More on California's proposed tire aging bill

According to the California Tire Report, the tire aging bill in California was made into a two-year bill on Monday when the author "didn’t have the votes to get it out of the Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee."

Tags: California Tire Report, Safety Research & Strategies Inc., tire aging

July 13, 2009

Sponsors pull CA tire aging bill from consideration

A California state bill that would have required tire dealers to provide notification of a tire's date of manufacture has been pulled from consideration at the request of its sponsors.

Tags: Rubber Manufacturers Association, Sean Kane, tire aging

May 28, 2009

RMA blasts California tire age disclosure bill

The Rubber Manufacturers Association calls a California State Assembly bill that would require tire dealers to disclose the date of a tire's manufacture "a lawsuit magnet."

Tags: California, Government regulations, Legislative issues, Light truck tires, Passenger tires, Retail, RMA, tire aging

April 27, 2009

Blogs touch on China, California and Cooper

Modern Tire Dealer Editor Bob Ulrich doesn't have all the answers, but he has a lot of opinions on his B.O.B. blog.

Tags: California, Chinese imports, tire aging

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