The Michelin Group's new Michelin in Motion strategy calls for 20% to 30% of the company’s total sales to come from “non-tire businesses” by the year 2030. Michelin also announced that it will “expand, invest and innovate” in five other areas. Where do independent tire dealers fit into the equation? In this MTD interview, Alexis Garcin, chairman and president of Michelin North America Inc., explains the role dealers will play.

Former Tire Industry Association President Dick Gust has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.

Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has opened its newest rubber collection center in Sri Lanka as part of the company's Green X Circle initiative.

Nokian Tyres is inviting drivers to share how they’re helping protect the environment in a social media campaign called Green Energy. 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s use of soybean oil as a tire raw material component is growing. The company recently announced a new soybean oil procurement policy.

What do you think of when you hear the word “sustainability?” For many years, the term, in my mind, evoked thoughts of recycling and other ordinary, everyday practices that fall under the general umbrella of “environmental friendliness.” But there’s so much more to how sustainability is now defined within our industry.