Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has added four new sizes to its GREEN EX RT100 tractor tire and one new size to the GREEN EX FL800 flotation bias tire.

K&M Tire Inc.’s Mr. Tire program is growing and the wholesale-distributor is encouraging the group’s 1,600 members to take advantage of the perks and benefits available to them. 

Most customers know very little about their cars, let alone how to repair them. To default to the opinion of the customer every single time is a disastrous approach to customer satisfaction.  

A group of high school students recently learned about career opportunities in the auto repair trade, thanks to Virginia Tire & Auto LLC. The Fairfax, Va.-based dealership sponsored the inaugural session of the Women in Trades Lunch and Learn Series at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Va. 

Magna Tyres has introduced 11 new medium truck tires - including the Magna LH11 all-position tire, the Magna LH10 steer axle tire and the Magna LH31 trailer tire - to the North American market.

South Carolina has 12 tire manufacturing plants, according to MTD’s 2023 Facts Issue – the most of any U.S. state. Those plants have a combined manufacturing capacity of around 144,000 units per day.

Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels announced it is the title sponsor of the Great American Crawl (GAC) which brings 12 events to trails and off-road parks.  

Our recent conversations with tire dealers leave us with the view that retail sellout trends have lost a bit of steam year-over-year. Sellout trends moved lower in December 2022 versus December 2021 levels.

Flynn Tire Group’s wholesale division, FTW, has relocated its Greensburg, Pa. warehouse to a new distribution center in New Stanton, Pa. which offers more than triple the square footage and tire storage capacity than the previous location.  

Prinx Chengshan Tire North America Inc. has introduced the Fortune Tires' new Premium Tire Roadside Assistance Program for ST radial tires. The Premium Tire Roadside Assistance program has several benefits in the event a flat tire should occur with a Fortune ST radial tire.

Tire industry analyst John Healy shares his thoughts on electric vehicles, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the North American tire market, what tire dealers should prepare for and more in the third part of this exclusive interview. 

More than 1,000 people are attending K&M Tire Inc.'s 2023 Dealer Conference and Trade Show this week in Las Vegas, Nev.

Hankook Tire America Corp. has added to its commercial truck and bus product line with the SmartFlex DL15+ tire. The SmartWay-approved tire boasts several new tread design features to enhance overall traction performance and increase fuel efficiency for regional and long-haul fitments. 

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has introduced the M863 all-position radial tire designed for increased durability for on- and off-highway fleets. The M863 was made for tough trucks, concrete mixers, dump trucks, construction fleets and logging trucks.  

Prinx Chengshan Tire North America Inc. has added sizes to the Fortune Tire pattern designed for commercial light truck applications in the last mile delivery segment.

Hunter Engineering Co.'s tire changer, the Revolution, now connects to HunterNet 2, Hunter's online customer portal. HunterNet 2 makes Hunter-equipped shops more productive and profitable by monitoring equipment utilization in real-time.

Ortho, a voice assistant for the aftermarket, helps tire dealers increase service revenue, save time on maintenance and repairs and attract and retain technician talent. 

Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels has expanded its presence at the King of Hammers (KOH) race in Johnson Valley, Calif. On Feb. 2-11 by showcasing its latest off-road technology on more than 20 racecars through a new Ultra4 sponsorship program.  

PPG Commercial Coatings has released the PPG Wheel Refurbishing Program, which was created to address the needs of commercial tire retreaders.