Earlier this year, Frost & Sullivan Inc. singled out Hunter Engineering Co. for high praise. The business research and consulting firm presented Hunter with its 2011 North American Technology Innovation Award.
Tags: Award, Frost & Sullivan, Hunter HawkEye, Tire service equipment
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has hired Mark Cook as the new director of communications.
Tags: Roy Littlefield, Tire Industry Association
The people running the new TDW (Tire Dealer's Warehouse) distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz., didn't waste any time getting to know its customers.
Al-Zahem Industries in Kuwait held a grand opening for its Marangoni RingTread plant last month.
Tags: Kuwait, Marangoni RingTread, Retreading
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. will promote its BluEarth series at this year's International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland. The show will run from March 3-13.
Tags: Green, Internationall Motor Show, Yokohama Advan, Yokohama Geolander
The Bosch Group’s new ACS 620 and ACS 625 Digital A/C Refrigerant Handling Systems are fully automated, accurate and user friendly, and are fully compliant with the J2788 standard.
Tags: A./C, Air conditioning, Bosch, Refrigerant
Hankook Tire Europe GmbH has appointed Gang Seung Lee (Tony) to head up its UK operations based in Daventry as the company continues to expand its presence in the UK market.
Tags: European Tires, Gang Seung Lee
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall notice through its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) for "certain Toyo (and Nitto) brand tires."
Tags: Nitto Terra Grappler, Recall, Toyo Open Country, Toyo Versado
A specially designed and engineered Firestone-brand Firehawk GT tire from Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations is now optional original equipment on 2011 Dodge Chargers and Challengers.
Tags: Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Firehawk GT
Automotive research source IMR Inc. announced that its Replacement Rate Data is now mapped to Aftermarket Catalog Enhanced Standards (ACES) codes, available for 140 parts and services, and can be customized by geographic region.
Tags: ACES, Aftermarket Catalog Enhanced Standards, IMR research, Replacement Rate Date
Audi AG has chosen the Toyo Open Country W/T as an original equipment tire for its new Audi Q7.
Tags: Audi Q7, Toyo Open Country, Winter Tires
Insanity, according to Albert Einstein, is what you get when you do the same thing over and over and expect different results. So what do you call it when you see business owners (tire dealers, to be more specific) engaged in this practice? We call it “entrepreneurial insanity.”
Tags: Book, Charlie Creighton, Colony Tire, Gatto's Tire, Larry Morgan, Pam Gatto, Roy Littlefield, Wayne Croswell
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