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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.

    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
    Suppliers

    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
    Suppliers

    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...
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    Commercial Business

    An Early Look at Tariff Rates on Chinese TBR Tires

    Joy Kopcha
    Feb. 12, 2024
    The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing the subsidies truck and bus tiremakers in China received in 2022, and so far the early review shows the tariff rate for one company...