Fountain Tire Ltd. has added a chief operating officer to its corporate structure and promoted three long-time employees to top-level assignments in the company.
The Galaxy LHD 510 SDS (Severe Duty Solid) from Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America Inc. is built to provide wheel loaders with traction indoors and out while also offering long service.
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.”
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.
Three Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. stockholders allege the tiremaker violated federal securities laws and have filed court cases related to Cooper’s pending acquisition by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Tire prices are going up. Supply issues continue. And tire dealers tell Modern Tire Dealer both are having an effect on what happens at the sales counter. Since nearly every major tire manufacturer has announced a price hike in recent months, MTD set out to find how that’s affecting sales and profitability. We checked in with six dealerships for a progress report as the first quarter comes to a close.
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is partnering with a mobile training platform to deliver TIA-approved training in daily, five-minute sessions. The goal is to increase knowledge retention for technicians who have completed a TIA 200- or 300-level course.
In an effort to assure its 10,000 global employees, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. answered some frequently asked questions as its potential acquisition by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. looms in the future. The FAQ, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provides insights and answers for both companies’ tire dealers, too.
Wonderland Tire of Byron Center, Mich., has acquired Sumerel Tire Service Inc., of Newport, Ky. The deal gives Wonderland Tire three more retread plants — in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The next generation on- and off-road drive tire from Michelin North America Inc. is designed to provide top notch traction, toughness and wear performance in mixed-use conditions.
BestDrive LLC has sold six of its company-owned BestDrive retread locations to Conlan Tire LLC — including one retread plant near Dallas and five commercial centers in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
As the U.S. nears the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdowns, all eyes are on the vaccines. McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. is tracking vaccine developments throughout its nine-state market area, and President John McCarthy Jr. is doing everything he can to encourage and enable employees to get their shots.
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has set its global goals for 2023, and part of the company's vision is to increase both original equipment and replacement tire sales while focusing on its Advan and Geolandar lines, as well as its winter tire sales.
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.
Bridgestone Americas Inc. will raise the prices of its entire Bridgestone-brand commercial truck tire and Bandag retreading portfolio in the U.S. and Canada.
In the latest dealer forum hosted by Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc., the maker of Falken-brand tires says January results point to plenty of hopeful signs for the rest of 2021. Here’s a roundup of five things to watch.
Retreaders endured an uneasy 2020, but they pushed forward with investments in facilities and technology as they remained focused on the future. Here's a look at the domestic retread tire market in 2021, and some of the people making things happen.