Sun Auto Tire Adds TGK Store

    May 31, 2024
    Sun Auto Tire & Service Inc.
    The new TGK Tire & Auto store in Arden Hills, Minn., has eight service bays.
    The new TGK Tire & Auto store in Arden Hills, Minn., has eight service bays.

    Sun Auto Tire & Service Inc. has opened a TGK Tire & Auto location in Arden Hills, Minn.

    The new, 6,525-square-foot store is a former Big O Tires location and has eight service bays.

    With 474 locations, Sun Auto Tire is one of the five largest tire dealerships in the U.S., according to MTD research.

    The Tuscon, Ariz.-based company acquired TGK in 2022, which marked its entrance into the Minnesota market.

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    Mike Manges is Modern Tire Dealer’s editor. A 28-year tire industry veteran, he is a three-time International Automotive Media Association Award winner, holds a Gold Award from the Association of Automotive Publication Editors and was named a finalist for the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award - often referred to as "the Pulitzer Prize of business-to-business media" - in 2024. He also was named Endeavor Business Media's Editor of the Year in 2024. Mike has traveled the world in pursuit of stories that will help independent tire dealers move their businesses forward. Before rejoining MTD in 2019, he held corporate communications positions at two Fortune 500 companies and served as MTD’s senior editor from 2000 to 2010. 

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