Donald B. Rice Tire Co. Inc. has promoted Steve Gray from the position of Director of Sales & Marketing to the new position of Vice President – Sales & Operations.

Tags: Donald B. Rice Tire, Steve Gray

King Tony America says repair techs can increase productivity with the new Swivel Head Quick Release ratchet from KT Pro. With a 360-degree swivel head and 5-degree ratcheting action (72 teeth), the ratchet allows work in tight spaces.

Tags: King Tony America, Shop Tools, Swivel Head Quick Release Ratchet, Wrenches

Legislation (LD 453) that prohibits a person from selling or offering for sale gasoline that contains corn-based ethanol as an additive at a level greater than 10% by volume has been signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage.

Tags: E10 Gas, E15 Gas, Ethanol Gas, Ethanol Gas Ban, SAN, SEMA

Country focus United States is one of the educational sessions scheduled to take place during Autopromotec 2013, the bi-annual international automotive aftermarket trade show in Bologna, Italy, May 22-26.

Tags: Arlene Davis, Autopromotec, Micheal Barratt, Roy Littlefield, Tire Industry Association

Apollo Tyres Ltd. announced its Chennai unit in the southern part of India won the platinum (first) prize in the large-size manufacturing category of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 2012 Quality Systems Awards.

Tags: Apollo Tyres Ltd., FICCI Quality Systems Awards, Satish Agarwal

Gun control may be the hottest topic on all government levels: federal, state and local. The Obama Administration wants to enact legislation that will not only make background checks more rigorous, but also ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.

Tags: Bob Ulrich, Bob Ulrich editorial, Editorial, gun control

After suffering through a seesaw January, where dealers saw the benefits of winter weather to start the month offset by weak trends in the final weeks of the period, our survey respondents reported that business improved in February.

Don Moore, Fairview Tire, has a family-owned business in Burlington, Ontario, where he is well-known for his community involvement and providing an excellent value to his customers for tires and mechanical services.

Tags: 20 Groups, Business insight, Pat Brown

The tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) on the 2008-10 Honda Civic consists of four tire pressure sensors, a TPMS control unit, a low tire pressure indicator, a message indicator (Insight) and a TPMS indicator. The TPMS control unit monitors all four tires, the system, and alerts the driver if there is a large change in the tire pressure or a system problem by illuminating the appropriate indicator.

In the past couple of months I have attended several tire and automotive shows in Europe which has given me a good insight into what is happening at the moment. It would be fair to say that there are a number of producers currently embarking on exciting developments for the future.

Tags: Bridgestone Corp., Going green, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., John Stone