Garage Equipment Supply, a distributor of automotive tools, has rebranded as Wrenchers. The company has also moved from California to Alabama and says it delivers to 98% of the U.S. with free shipping.
Community Wholesale Tire Inc. has opened a new warehouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The tire distributor has opened three new locations in the Midwest in the last seven years.
TireHub LLC has named Ted Becker its new CEO. He replaces Peter Gibbons, who left the company last year. Becker served as TireHub's interim CEO after Gibbons' departure.
Love’s Travel Stops has replaced a retread plant and distribution center in Texas with a facility twice the size in El Reno, Oklahoma. It's part of a national strategy to expand the company's retread and distribution capacities.
Nokian Tyres plc has opened a new tire warehouse in Shorewood, Ill., "that will help the company keep up with growing demand in North America and increased production at its factory in Dayton, Tenn."
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has opened a new, one million-square-foot distribution center in Whiteland, Ind. The facility "will provide Cooper with additional capacity for product storage and a modern design for optimizing operations."
Yokohama Tire Corp. will open a new, 430,000-square-foot distribution center in the Dallas suburb of Wilmer, Texas, this summer. The addition will give Yokohama four distribution centers in the United States.
Atturo Tire Corp. is opening its second tire distribution center in two months. A facility opened in January in Danville, Va., and deliveries from another in Coppell, Texas, were to begin in the final days of February.
