Michelin North America Inc.'s Lexington, S.C., passenger tire manufacturing plant is celebrating 40 years of operation. The facility has produced more than 240 million tires since it opened.

Hankook & Co., parent company of Hankook Tire America Corp., experienced a 3% year-over-year sales decline during the third quarter. However, Hankook's sales and volume grew year-over-year in North America.

“We will expand our current portfolio to provide new patterns and sizes for key segments like quarry, underground and construction,” says Rob Seibert, president of OTR for Bridgestone Americas Inc.

The Tire Industry Association has opened online registration for its 67th Annual Off-the-Road (OTR) Tire Conference, which will take place Feb. 23-26, 2022, at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa in Miramar, Fla.

Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc. will raise Falken brand medium truck tire prices in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico on Dec. 1.

“Our industry continues to face some challenges, but there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about the future,” says Riccardo Cichi, president and chief sales officer, Bridgestone Americas Inc.

Anyline Inc.’s technology made a splash earlier in the year when Discount Tire revealed it was bringing Anyline’s optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities into its 1,000-plus stores. Karen Savage says Discount Tire's use spurred other large automotive retailers to accelerate their own plans.

Pirelli Tire North America Inc. has developed a P Zero tire as an original equipment fitment for Hyundai's Kona N, the automaker's first SUV in its "sporting N" division.

Dealers can expect new tires and more consistent supply from Bridgestone Americas Inc. in 2022, Bridgestone officials announced during the company's recent, all-digital consumer and commercial tire meeting. "Our shipments are up 15% versus last year" in consumer replacement, says Scott Damon, Bridgestone's chief operating officer.

Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. (ZC Rubber) unveiled two new Arisun brand medium truck tires during the recent Specialty Equipment Market Association Show.

American Tire Distributors Inc.’s Tire Pros franchise program has 440 “owner-operators” who represent 609 locations, according to Tire Pros President Greg Bell. He says the group wants 2,000 locations within the next five years. “But I don’t want to stop there.”

“We’re on the cusp of some neat things that we are excited about,” says Andrew Hoit, Tireco Inc.’s vice president of sales and marketing. That includes the company's first minimum advertised price (MAP) policy and an associate dealer program - both of which will debut in 2022.

American Tire Distributors Inc. has donated $1 million to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which supports service members, veterans, first responders and their families through various programs.

Toyo Tire Corp. posted a 79.9% increase in operating income and a 14.6% increase in sales during the third quarter of 2021 versus the same period last year.

The recent Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show drew more than 100,000 attendees, exhibitors and media, according to SEMA officials, making the event "the largest North American automotive trade show" since the COVID-19 pandemic "shut everything down in 2020."

Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. is investing $25 million in its mixing plant as part of an overall effort to boost the company's manufacturing capacity.