Apollo Tyres is taking aim at the North American commercial truck tire market with the introduction of Apollo brand medium truck tires next month. The roll-out represents the culmination of nearly five years of research and three years of real-world testing by trucking fleets across various vocations.

“The industry looks considerably different than it did 15 years ago, both in the retail marketplace and the manufacturing and distribution arenas,” says Dave Marks, president and CEO of the Independent Tire Dealers Group LLC. “It’s impacting all sides of the market.” 

It’s probably safe to say that as a product segment, specialty tires are not normally associated with e-commerce — at least in the minds of most consumers. But then again, specialty tire enthusiasts are not standard tire buyers, says J.P Gallagher, owner of Gallagher Tire, a specialty tire wholesale distributor based in Spring City, Pa.  And Gallagher Tire, he adds, is not your average tire dealership.

Telle Tire & Auto Service Inc. is acquiring JBC Tire Complete Auto Care, and with the deal the St. Louis-Mo. based tire dealership is growing into another new Missouri market.

A new feature for certain models of the Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra (2019-2021 1500 & 2020-2021 HD) is an option to monitor the tire pressure of the trailer wheels on the truck's dashboard. Alligator-brand Sens.it RS universal TPMS sensors can be used on those trailer wheel positions.

Amid all the strangeness of 2020, retreaders faced a couple of unusual circumstances that had the potential to shake up their business.

For many retreaders, 2020 wasn’t a year to invest in major expansion. As Michael Berra Jr., president of Community Tire Co. in St. Louis, Mo., put it, “2020 was a survival year.”

Love's Travel Stops has added six locations to its Speedco network. The new outlets are located in Florida, Ohio, Idaho, North Dakota, Alabama and Illinois.

Despite enjoying 44% of the U.S. retreaded truck tire market through its Bandag brand, Bridgestone Americas Inc. is not resting on its laurels. In this MTD exclusive, Jason Roanhouse, executive director, Bandag operations, Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, discusses how Bandag pulled through COVID-19, high-growth segments of the market, the evolving demands of retread customers and more.

Discount Tire Co., the country's largest independent tire dealership, is rolling out a mobile tread depth detection system across its nearly 1,100-store footprint.

Point S is celebrating 50 years in 2021, and since taking its first international steps in 1989, the brand has spread to 46 countries on four continents with more than 5,600 points of sale around the globe.

Bauer Built Inc. has promoted Wade Brantner to vice president of property and Andrew Thompson to vice president of technology.

Canadian Treads Corp. has opened a new Michelin Retread Technologies plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, with an initial capacity to build 350 pre-cure retreads a day.

Vogue Tyre and Rubber Co. is introducing the 24-inch Red Stripe Custom Built Radial SCT tire, designed with large SUVs and pickup trucks in mind.

A Tire Kingdom store in Wesley Chapel, Fla., recently donated four new tires to a vehicle owned by Project 100, a Tampa, Fla.-based non-profit that assists homeless people.

The new Sports Car Championship Canada series has named Michelin its official tire. The news comes as Michelin expands its motorsports presence in North America.

Yokohama Tire Corp. will open a new, 430,000-square-foot distribution center in the Dallas suburb of Wilmer, Texas, this summer. The addition will give Yokohama four distribution centers in the United States.