TBC Corp. has named commercial tire veteran Clif Armstrong director of commercial sales. In this role, Armstrong will lead all efforts surrounding the growth of TBC Brands’ commercial tire business.

In this MTD exclusive, Chris Garman, vice president of corporate development for Sun Auto Tire & Service Inc., discusses Sun Auto Tire’s acquisition strategy, why the mergers and acquisitions market will remain hot and more. 

Longtime Chicago, Ill., industrial tire dealer Charlie Cohen recently passed away at the age of 76. Cohen was one of the "Windy City's" most successful industrial tire brokers for many decades.

Walt Weller, recently retired senior vice president of CMA LLC/Double Coin, has more than four decades of commercial truck tire experience. He says he’s never seen a stronger truck tire market than the current one. 

Discount Tire has named Thomas Jackson its new strategic account manager. A 25-year fleet segment veteran, he "will own B2B relationships" with the dealership's fleet partners, according to Discount Tire officials.

Thomas Beroth Jr., who owned and operated King, N.C.-based Stokes Tire & Automotive for more than four decades, recently died at the age of 65.

CMA LLC/Double Coin has named Aaron Murphy senior vice president, effective July 1, 2022. This marks Murphy's return to CMA/Double Coin, where he served as vice president from 2005 through 2015.

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) has named Doug Kershaw president of its BKT USA unit. Chris Rhoades has been promoted to vice president, OTR business, BKT USA. 

Forty-year-plus tire industry veteran Walt Weller will retire on July 31. Weller is senior vice president of CMA/Double Coin and will serve as a consultant to the company, post-retirement.