Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) has commenced construction of its new $300m commercial truck tire manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi. Covering 1millionft2 of land, the new tire-making plant is expected to open ...
Tags: Truck Tire, Tire
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM), the new manufacturing subsidiary of Yokohama Tire Corporation, officially broke ground on its new commercial truck tire manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi, on Sept. 23. The new ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre, tire
Yokohama today broke ground at its new commercial truck tire manufacturing plant in Mississippi. The new plant will begin operations in October 2015, the company announced. The event was attended by local dignitaries and Yokohama ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto Parts
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, announced the start of the second leg of its Firestone Drives America Tour at the NCAA College Football game between Stanford and San Jose State ...
Tags: Firestone, Promotional Tour
A new service from Truck Web Services provides Canadian truck dealers with new ways to handle transactions, according to the company. The company has announced the availability of Transactional Services and BidTrader Auctions in Canada. ...
Tags: Transportation, truck
Fleets and owner-operators will get a first-hand look at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Total Package Solution of products, services, and profitability tools at this month's Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas, Texas. ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre
"Seventy years as a customer is a significant milestone," said Phillip Kane (right), vice president of Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. Kane is pictured with Clark Tire owner John D. Clark. Clark Tire & Auto, a 21-location tire ...
Tags: Tire
Firestone and North America's owner/operators and small fleets have much in common: they've both been essential to getting trucking to where it is today, and they both deserve a lot more respect and attention than they've been getting of ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, tire
City Tire Co., with 11 stores in a four-state area, is celebrating 85 years of business in July 2013. Founded in July, 1927, by Irving Greenberg, who had recently arrived in the United States from Russia, the company is now run by his ...
Tags: Tire, City Tire, Auto Parts
Manitoba's "T" plate operators may soon find themselves with not only a new plate category, but a potential 300-400 percent cost increase in registration fees, meaning either some businesses will be forced to close their doors, lay off ...
Tags: Truckers, Auto Parts, Manitoba
Hub International Insurance has announced that its dedicated trucking insurance operation is now fully operational. In 2012, Hub noticed that the trucking industry grew at two times the speed of total U.S. employment. The company felt ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, Insurance
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, announced that Bridgestone and Firestone commercial truck tires will retail at Love's Travel Stops. Tires will be sold at the 175 Love's locations ...
US based truck maker Navistar's South American subsidiary, International Industria Automotiva da America (IIAA), has started commercial truck production at the company's manufacturing facility in the Navistar Industrial Complex, Canoas in ...
Tags: Truck
Dad has always been there to provide guidance in life, so Father's Day might be as good a time as any to repay him with a GPS navigator. Choosing the best GPS can seem daunting, as there are many choices available, often with only slight ...
Tags: GPS Navigators, Father's Day
Penske Truck Leasing has announced that they will add 100 compressed natural gas (CNG) tractors to their rental fleet. "Many full-service truck leasing customers continue to evaluate using natural gas vehicles (NGVs) within their truck ...
Tags: Gas Vehicles, Transportation, Auto, tractor