Vipal Rubber Corp. has introduced the VM310, a tread designed for use on drive and trailer axles in urban areas. The VM310 will be available in North America during the second half of this year.

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has increased prices on Bandag tread rubber and cushion up to 17% in the United States and Canada.

Marvin Bozarth has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his many contributions to the retreading industry over the decades.

Barnwell House of Tires is one of the biggest retreaders in the greater New York City area and one of the largest Goodyear retreaders nationwide. But the Central Islip, N.Y.-based commercial truck tire dealership didn’t start that way. 

Developer of the AcuTread retreading process and former owner of Sumerel Tire Service Inc. Bob Majewski recently retired after a 50-year career in the retreading business.

Tire dealership mergers and acquisitions continue unabated. And more commercial tire dealerships are getting in on the action. Here's a look at some recent purchases by - and of - commercial tire dealerships.

Steve Shannon Tire Co. had never owned or operated a retread plant until this past December, when it opened a 10,000-square-foot shop. The dealership's timing could not have been better.

John Rainey, past president of the American Retreaders Association and a 2015 inductee into the North Carolina Tire Dealers Association Hall of Fame, died on March 16. He was 94.

Pomp’s Tire Service Inc. has acquired Dale’s Tire & Retreading Inc., which is based in Rapid City, S.D. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.