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

Individuals may now register to attend the 2013 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show by visiting www.SEMAShow.com/register.

Tags: Peter MacGillivray, SEMA, Trade Shows

The new website for Entire Displays, a division of Tire Consultants Group LLC (TCG), is live.

Tags: Dan Wheeler, Richard Clarke, Showroom displays, Skip Viola

Cutting a ribbon featuring the pattern of a tire tread, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. held the “Grand Opening” of its new global headquarters in Akron, Ohio, on May 9, 2013.

Tags: Headquarters, NASCAR, NHRA, Racing Tires, Rich Kramer

ARI Network Services Inc. says its 50 Below dealer website sales in the automotive tire and wheel "vertical" increased 25% in March 2013 compared to March 2012.

Tags: ARI financials, ATD, Roy Olivier, Software

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

I think I ended up a marketing guy because I was born a curious kid. I always wanted to understand how and why. Part of why is how, and part of how is why.

Tags: Counter Intelligence, Internet, Internet Marketing, Social media, Wayne WIlliams

Nokian Tyres plc is not the largest tire manufacturer in the world by a wide sales margin. However, it arguably is the most profitable.

Tags: Nokian, Nokian Tyres plc, Snow tires, Winter tire

Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc. is known for thinking and doing things “outside the box.” So when the company wanted to introduce a new tire to its line-up, it chose to use the beautiful Miller Motorsports Park just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, to showcase it.

Tags: Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc., Snow tires, Winter tire