The all-new Maxam MS910R multi-purpose radial tire is designed to operate in several applications, including agriculture, construction and industrial.

Atturo Tire Corp. is opening its second tire distribution center in two months. A facility opened in January in Danville, Va., and deliveries from another in Coppell, Texas, are set to begin before month's end.

Pirelli & Cia SpA's Cyber Tire system will be OE on the McLaren Artura, a first for the system, which consists of a sensor in each tire that gathers and transmits data to software that has been integrated into a vehicle's computer.

MTD recently caught up with several independent tire dealers to gauge their reaction to the recent announcement that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 

Commenting on Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s pending acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Brad Hughes, Cooper's president and CEO, said that “when you look at the whole of it, in most cases, it’s going to offer more opportunities than risk." What’s the Goodyear brand’s current representation among the largest independent tire dealerships in the U.S.? And how many U.S.-based dealerships carry Cooper brand tires?

“The USW has been in contact with management at both companies and will ensure that union members' voices will be heard throughout the process,” a spokesperson from the United Steelworkers union told MTD in reference to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s pending acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will expand the Akron, Ohio-based tiremaker’s United States-based manufacturing footprint to seven plants and will add an extra 97,000 units of passenger and light truck tire manufacturing capacity to what Goodyear already enjoys.

What hasn’t changed in the last eight years? The sale price of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. With its second acquisition deal in a decade underway, the price stands at $2.5 billion.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. “makes sense for both” companies, Rich Kramer, Goodyear’s chairman, CEO and president, said today during a conference call with Cooper President and CEO Brad Hughes. Kramer and Hughes covered a wide range of topics, from brand integration to what the firms’ tire dealers can expect to see, wholesale distribution opportunities and more.

As a combined company, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. represent 200 million tires sold, annual revenues of $17.5 billion and a business that would be 80% focused on the replacement tire business.

"Cooper gives Goodyear a stronger brand in the middle of the market," says John Healy, managing director and research analyst with Northcoast Research Holdings LLC., which specifically follows both Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. The two companies have announced that Goodyear plans to acquire Cooper during the second half of 2021.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., which will be acquired by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. later this year, posted full-year 2020 net income of $143 million, up from income of $96 million in 2019.

The Tire Industry Association will hold its next OTR Tire Conference Feb. 23-26, 2022, at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa in Miramar Beach, Fla. 

The newest tires in the Falken lineup offer an update for winter driving: the Eurowinter HS01 and Eurowinter HS01 SUV tires are studless tires that feature a new tread compound.

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.'s full-year 2020 sales declined 12.3% from 2019. The company's operating profit declined 37.8%, 2020 versus 2019.

The seventh generation of the Porsche 911 GT3 will be fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires. Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R Connect tires will be available as an option for the car.

Hankook Tire America Corp. is investing $1 billion in its plant in Clarksville, Tenn., to boost the facility’s annual capacity to up to five million passenger and light truck tire units.

Hunter Engineering Co. has integrated its automated inspection systems with the Xtime Engage and Inspect products made by Cox Automotive Inc.

In the small town of Garrison, N.D., Farmers Union Oil, a tire dealership and farm cooperative based about 75 miles north of Bismarck, has been helping both customers and the community in which it operates for nearly 100 years. Paul Schlichting, Farmers Union Oil's general manager, discusses the co-op's tire operations in this MTD exclusive.