Atturo Tire Corp. has added eight sizes to its AZ800 SUV/4X4 line. There are four new sizes each in the AZ800 performance tire and Trail Blade Mud Terrain.

Tags: Michal Mathis, SUV tires

The hidden cameras didn't find a problem, but WSFA Channel 12 out of Montgomery, Ala., made the most of its search for "old" new tires.

Tags: B.O.B., Tire aging

Autopromotec, the nickname for the International Biennal Exhibition of Automotive Equipment and Aftermarket Products, has begun.

Tags: 2013 Autopromotec, Dino Maggioni, Duccio Campagnoli, Emanuelli Vincenti, Eugenio Razelli, Fausto Antinucci, Giorgio Cometti, Marc Aguettaz, Roberto Vavassori

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will webcast its presentation at the KeyBanc Capital Markets’ Industrial, Automotive, and Transportation Conference in Boston, Mass.,on May 29.

Tags: Financials, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Webcast

Groupe Robert Bernard, a Canadian retreader located in Granby, Quebec, has inaugurated its $3 million state-of-the-art retreading plant, the largest in Canada.

Tags: Groupe Robert Bernard, Harold Phillips, Jocelyn Bernard, Michelin Retread Technologies

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (BATO) officially launched four tires at a ride-and-drive event in Las Vegas, recently. The tires were first announced at BATO’s 2012 Consumer Dealer Meeting.

Tags: BATO, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Bridgestone Potenza

Continental Gold Dealer Program enhancements and continued marketing investments in its brands were two key topics of discussion during the Continental Tire the Americas LLC Gold Dealer meeting and incentive trip held in mid-April.

Tags: Conti Gold, Continental Tire the Americas LLC, Dealer program, Gold Dealer Program

The ambitious “promise” made by Apollo Vredestein B.V.’s Michiel Kramer at the recent Vredestein Ultrac Vorti R launch in Monaco sounded more like a mission statement.

Tags: Apollo Vredestein, UHP tires, Vredestein

The Independent Tire Dealer Group LLC (ITDG) presented its highest honor, The Chairman’s Award, to Michael Cox, the group’s CEO and president, during its annual meeting in Desert Springs, Calif., in April.

Tags: Independent Tire Dealers Group, ITDG

Tire and service shop owners are busy folks. And, even if they had the time, our industry is not known for having dealers take the time to review their monthly financial statements on a regular basis. I believe this holds dealers back from achieving their true potential of “improving their bottom line profits.”

Tags: Business insight, Norm Gaither, Profit and loss, Profitability, Twenty Group