Continental Tire the Americas LLC has introduced the TrueContact, a touring performance, all-season tire. The company says its proprietary technologies can save the consumer up to $550 over the life of the tire. "The TrueContact brings ...
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Bridgestone Americas Inc. has pledged $30,000 in funding to Mind Drive, a non-profit educational program that uses the automobile and experiential learning techniques to teach at-risk high school students about math and science. In ...
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According to the J.D. Power 2014 Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study, tire quality continues to improve as the number of problems owners experience with their factory-installed tires drops. Study respondents ranked Michelin ...
Hankook Tire America Corp. will introduce the Smart Flex DL12 long/regional haul drive position TBR tire at the 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 27-29. The new tire will be available in the third quarter of ...
Argentinian polymer and synthetic rubber output rose 3.4% in February compared with the year-earlier period, the state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals fell 2% in February compared with January, ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced that Subaru’s newest high-performance sport sedans, the 2015 WRX and WRX STI, will roll exclusively on Dunlop Sport Maxx RT tires. The Sport Maxx RT, which stands for “racing ...
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TBC Wholesale is is expanding its Hifly Win-Turi 215 studdable line and introducing two new lines for the 2014-2015 season: the Hifly Vigorous W601 studdable LT line and the studless HIFLY Win-Turi 212 line. The company says these lines ...
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An air compressor converts power from devices like electric motor, gasoline engine or a diesel engine into kinetic energy by compressing and pressurizing the air, which can then be released in quick bursts. Another such a compressor is a ...
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Researchers from Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have successfully simulated near real-scale flow structures (turbulence) around a tire rolling on a road surface -- and the acoustic waves (noise) ...
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Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. has begun reducing the production of passenger and light truck tires at its Pictou County plant in Nova Scotia. The reduction will continue through June 30, 2015. The company sites "declining demand ...
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Evonik recently opened its expanded production for precipitated silica in Rayong, Thailand. With this investment, Evonik increased its capacity for precipitated silica for the automotive industry, food and animal feed industry as well as ...
American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $6.3 million on net sales of $3.8 billion for its fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 2013. That compares to a loss of $14.3 million on sales of more than $3.4 billion for fiscal 2012. ...
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Castor wheels are the wheel device used for different type of industrial and household devices. The wheels come in various designs like compound, single, undriven and double. These are available in many sizes constructed of metal or ...
The 092L ultra wide base drive tire pictured here is one of three tires Yokohama will unveil at MATS. Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) will introduce three commercial tires at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), in Louisville, Ky., March ...
Tire Pros, a subsidiary of American Tire Distributors Inc. (ATD), unveiled its 2014 annual national marketing campaign. Entitled “Local Dealer Days,” the campaign will feature four retail promotions designed to drive traffic and ...
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