Rodney Furoyama (far left), is manager of East Bay Tire's Oliver Retread plant in Hawaii, called EBT Eco. He is pictured with employees. East Bay Tire Co. (EBT), a wholesale and commercial tire dealer, has opened a retread plant called ...
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Molybdenum oxide prices were fairly stable Friday with prices moving up 5 cents from the bottom of Platts' range, however, reported business continued to remain wide. Platts assessed its daily dealer molybdenum oxide price at ...
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Dunn Tire LLC has named David Simons executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will report directly to Chairman and President Randy Clark. Simons (pictured) joined Dunn Tire as corporate controller in 1993 and has served as ...
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Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc., a predominantly commercial tire distribution and service company based in Erlanger, Ky., has acquired five Northeast Ohio locations from Kauffman Tire Inc. The transaction is expected to close on May 2, 2014. ...
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How does the industry define touring tires? We attempted to find out by asking tire manufacturers what they thought. The results are in, and can be found in Modern Tire Dealer's recently published 2014 Performance Handbook. For example, ...
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The Tire Choice is supporting children with autism as the official tire and automotive service partner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers soccer team. As part of the partnership, the Strikers will host over 12 soccer clinics for the ...
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Alpio Barbara services a lot of UHP tire and wheel assemblies at his? California dealership. He shares his advice with you and MTD in the 2014 Performance Handbook. Tire service equipment seems to last forever. How many of you have a ...
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Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running Wear have added Nell Gingerich and Kevin Connelly to their field sales team , effectively immediately. Gingerich, based in Portland, OR, will handle the Pacific Northwest, while Connelly will cover the ...
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Marangoni Tread North America Inc. reports Gibson Tire Service in Charleston. S.C., has converted its retread operation to the Marangoni family of products, which includes the company's signature brand Ringtread and Unitread. Gibson Tire ...
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In overseas markets, Yuchai Heavy Industry strengthen risk control, adjust sales strategy, focusing on the development of export markets, and actively invite overseas agents to visit the company and enhance dealer confidence. In order to ...
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Kumho Tire U.S.A. announced it will double payouts for select tires in its Premium Fuel associate dealer program in the second quarter. The company says top passenger sellers the ECSTA PA31, ECSTA 4X, ECSTA LE Sport and LX Platinum, and ...
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Anticipated fragmented scrap pricing next month could bring US regional scrap prices closer together, according to market sources who generally agree on downward pricing pressure for May settlements. Scrap settlements varied wildly in ...
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Vogue Tyre & Rubber Co. announced it has opened its 17th Custom Center location at Penske Cadillac Buick-GMC in Torrance, Calif., the largest Cadillac dealer on the west coast. Penske Cadillac, Buick-GMC will now provide its customers ...
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The NCTDA inducted the?late Shorty Parrish into the Hall of Fame. The North Carolina Tire Dealers Association (NCTDA) inducted the late J.H. "Shorty Parrish, founder of Parrish Tire Co., into the North Carolina Tire Industry Hall of Fame ...
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The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack reported a net loss of $3.3 million on net sales of $495.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 ended Feb. 2, 2014. In the year-ago quarter, the company reported a net loss of $14.5 million and net ...
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