"We want to grow further with you," John Hagan, executive vice president of sales for Nexen Tire America Inc., told customers during this week's Nexen dealer meeting in Banff, Alberta. In this interview, Hagan and Brian Han, Nexen Tire America's CEO, discuss supply, the company's original equipment strategy, distribution and more.

Maxam Tire North America Inc. is expanding its product offerings in the AGRIXTRA 70 and 65 series of agricultural tires and they will be offered as part of Maxam North American Spring Savings Program 2023. 

"I started in 1973 and have never seen the business like this," Morry Taylor, chairman of Titan International Inc., recently said. "No one knows when this is going to slow down, but it's real hard to see any slowing anytime soon."

Our recent check-ins with tire dealers leave us with the view that retail sellout trends continue to show weakness and are lower on a year-over-year basis versus the same period in 2021.

Retail tire pricing expert JP Brooks says the market still needs to absorb recently announced price hikes. And this doesn't happen overnight.

"I’ve been in the business for over a decade now and of course, I can’t help but notice that not many people look like me,” says Julie Holmes, co-CEO of Virginia Tire & Auto LLC, a 17-store dealership based in Fairfax, Va. She wants to change this.

Bridgestone Americas Inc. is investing $60 million in its Bandag tread rubber manufacturing plant in Abilene, Texas. The infusion will increase the plant's output by 16% and will include a 50,000-square-foot expansion.

TBC Corp. has launched a new mud-terrain light truck tire, the Mud Claw Comp MTX, which offers "extreme off-road traction with plenty of on-road aptitude," according to TBC officials.

An acquisition has allowed Burt Brothers Tire & Service Inc. to open its 15th store in Utah.

As a professional, it’s your job to find the best solution for the customer that your business can successfully and profitably replicate time and time again.

Joe DePaolis, a former president of the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA) and 2022 inductee into the Tire Industry Hall of Fame, recently died at the age of 90.

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. has rolled out new tires for machines used at recycling centers. They include the Skid Max SR-Skidder and the BK-Loader 53.

Bridgestone Corp. has signed an exclusive deal with Teledyne Brown Engineering to provide lunar tires for NASA's crewed lunar terrain vehicle.

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia LLC has agreed to a new, four-year contract with the United Steelworkers that covers workers at Yokohama Tire Corp.'s Salem, Va., consumer tire plant.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based wholesale distributor RHD Tire Inc.’s newest distribution center - a 35,000-square-foot facility in Glendale Heights, Ill. - is up and running.

Akebono Brake Corp. has added front and rear brake coverage for a variety of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Jeep, Ram and Toyota vehicles.

First Brands Group has expanded its line of Centric Parts brake components to include 86 new friction and rotor parts covering cars, light trucks and SUVs.