TBC Corp. celebrated its newest Tire Kingdom outlet in Jacksonville, Fla., with weekend-long grand opening festivities Aug. 23-25, 2014. TBC operates 18 Tire Kingdom stores in the Jacksonville market and 258 Tire Kingdom stores in Florida. ...
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Mickey Thompson's UHP Street Comp tire is now available in 22 sizes. Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc., dba Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, now has available the ultra-high performance Street Comp tire in three new sizes for muscle car, ...
Jeff Young has been named vice president of OTR and Retread Products, a new division of Rema Tip Top North America. Rema Tip Top North America Inc. has named Jeff Young vice president of its new OTR and Retread Products division. ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA), has sent comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Docket Office regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking for tire identification and recordkeeping. NHTSA is seeking to ...
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced the appointment of Richard Kellam as senior vice president, global sales and marketing, effective Sept. 22, 2014. He will report to Goodyear CEO and Chairman Richard Kramer, and will be based at the ...
Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. reports the fair market value for its Chinese plant to be US $440 million at the current exchange rate. The valuation of Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company Ltd. (CCT) was completed by an independent firm ...
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Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. has announced a new addition to its 1-inch impact wrench lineup for truck and heavy duty vehicle maintenance, the CP7776 1” High Torque Pistol Impact Wrench. Also available with an extended 6-inch anvil, ...
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What are the five new technologies every tire retailer should know about? Modern Tire Dealer asked Kevin Rohlwing, senior vice president of training for the Tire Industry Association, who says the biggest challenge was narrowing the list ...
The Falken Ziex ZE914 Ecorun will be supplied in size 215/60R17 to Chrysler's assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill. Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. announced that subsidiary Falken Tire Corp. has been awarded a contract from Chrysler Group ...
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Ejnar Fink-Jensen, executive director of the California Tire Dealers Association (CTDA), one of the sponsors of California tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) legislation Assembly Bill 1665, provides MTD with an update on the bill (see ...
Double Coin Holdings Ltd. and its American subsidiary, China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA), have added the Duraturn brand of consumer and commercial tires. Duratrun tire models include Mozzo, Travia and ST Radial in the consumer tire ...
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Private equity firm Graham Partners has acquired Desser Tire & Rubber Co. LLC and its affiliated companies, Aero Wheel & Brake Service Corp. and Cee Bailey’s Aircraft Plastics. Desser is primarily a supplier of aircraft tires and ...
Tire Group International LLC (TGI) and Pro Comp USA announced that they have entered into a distribution agreement that will allow TGI to exclusively distribute Pro Comp branded tires and wheels in Colombia. TGI will offer both direct ...
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Chrysler has announced recall of 15,956 vehicles due to insufficient weld in selected vehicles, which could damage the vehicles chassis components. The affected vehicles include 2014 version of Ram 1500, Jeep Cherokee and 2015 variant of ...
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