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    • Joy Kopcha

    Managing Editor
    Phone: (330) 598 - 0338

    After more than a dozen years working as a newspaper reporter in Kansas, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, Joy Kopcha joined Modern Tire Dealer as senior editor in 2014. She has covered murder trials, a prison riot and more city council, county commission, and school board meetings than she cares to remember.

    MaddenCo Inc.
    Suppliers

    MaddenCo Event Is a Feast of Best Practices

    Joy Kopcha
    April 29, 2024
    MaddenCo Inc.'s user conference features a standard lineup of presentations and how-to sessions. But attendees transform it into a "best practices group discussion," said President...
    Commercial Business

    McCarthy Tire Service Celebrates and Invests in Employees

    Joy Kopcha
    April 3, 2024
    For the first time in about a decade, McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. brought its full leadership and commercial sales team together for a three-day event.
    Continental
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    Continental's Tire Sales Slipped in 2023

    Joy Kopcha
    March 7, 2024
    In a year in which Continental AG’s overall global sales grew 5.1% and net income grew by more than 1,600%, its tire sales slipped slightly in 2023.
    Best-One of Indy
    Retail

    Best-One of Indy Turns Facebook Fans Into VIPs

    Joy Kopcha
    March 5, 2024
    Having thousands of Facebook followers is nice, but Indy Tire Centers Inc. dba Best-One of Indy wanted to find a new way to try to turn those followers into customers.
    Suppliers

    SRI Scores Triple-Digit Profit Gains in 2023

    Joy Kopcha
    Feb. 15, 2024
    Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.’s profit on its global tire business increased 416% in 2023. The company says profits for the year surpassed its own forecasts, thanks to three...
    Stellantis
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    New Goodyear CEO: ‘Streamlining the Portfolio’ Is One Focus

    Joy Kopcha
    Feb. 13, 2024
    Two weeks into his new job as the leader of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., President and CEO Mark Stewart said he’s working diligently to deepen his understanding of the tiremaker...