Gary Garfield, CEO and president of Bridgestone Americas Inc., will serve as the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s inaugural national chair for its Take Steps Be Heard walk program.
Tags: Bridgestone, Gary Garfield
House Bill 448 has been introduced in the state of Kentucky, which would eliminate the installation of lead wheel weights within the state. The bill would become effective on January 1, 2013, if passed this session.
Tags: Gregory Parker, Kentucky House Bill 448, Lead Ban, Lead Wheel Weights
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Tire Pros Francorp (Tire Pros), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Tire Distributors Inc. (ATD), and Boundless Playgrounds, a nationally recognized nonprofit, have opened Tread Town, an inclusive playground at Pooler Recreational Complex in Pooler, Ga.
Tags: American Tire Distributors, ATD, Tire Pros
Federal-Mogul Corp. says it has set a new benchmark for ceramic friction technology with a broad new line of premium ceramic brake pads engineered specifically for today’s foreign nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles.
Tags: Federal-Mogul Corp., Peter Murnen, Wagner ThermoQuiet CeramicNXT Brake Pads
Nexen Tire Corp. has announced results of tire tests the company says show that Nexen’s summer tires are as competitive in Germany as in the rest of Europe.
Tags: Consumer Tires, Nexen CP321, Nexen N8000, Summer Tires
Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. recorded consolidated sales of 1.71 trillion won for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012. That compares to sales of more than 1.4 trillion won for the same period last year.
Tags: Hankook financials, Raw material costs, Seung Hwa Suh, Soo Il Lee
Virginia Tire & Auto's Chantilly, Va., location recently received Blue Seal of Excellence recognition from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
Tags: ASE certification, Julie Holmes, Training, Virginia Tire & Auto
Michelin Americas Truck Tires is enabling mixed-use fleets and owner-operators to take on the challenges of on/off-road applications with the new Michelin Retread Technologies XZY3 Pre-Mold retread.
Tags: Retreading, Ted Becker, Truck tires
For the second year in a row, Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. has partnered with the Sudbury Military Support Network (SMSN) in May, during National Military Appreciation Month. Their goal is to raise money and awareness for the local organization.
Tags: Military, Paul Sullivan, Sports Marketing, Sullivan Tire
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (BATO) has begun construction on a $19.5 million expansion project at its Bloomington, Ill. OTR plant.
Tags: Bridgestone Bloomington Plant, Ken Weaver, Monty Greutman, OTR tires
Schrader International, manufacturer of sensing and valve solutions including tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), reports Madison Dearborn Partners Global VI-A L.P. and certain affiliated investment funds (Madison Dearborn) and members of Schrader’s management team have, through a new company formed for such purpose, completed the acquisition of Schrader from Tomkins Ltd.
Tags: Investment firm, Madison Dearborn, Schrader
The April issue of Modern Tire Dealer includes the MTD “Top 100 Retreaders” list, our exclusive ranking of the nation’s most successful retreaders.
Tags: Biss List, ContiLifeCycle, King Tire Service, Paul Williams
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