SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
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Michelin Americas Truck Tires has added mechanical and towing to its emergency road services. The expanded offering is called Michelin OnCall 2.0 and provides mechanical, towing and tire services with tracking and reporting features. ...
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Plaza Tire Service has opened its 57th outlet in St. Peters, Mo. The newly built store is the company's second location within the city and its seventh store in St. Charles County. The opening of the St. Peters location brings Plaza Tire ...
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TBC Corp. (TBC), one of the nation's largest marketers of automotive replacement tires, announced the addition of Brant Wilson as its franchise group's senior vice president. Wilson will lead the TBC franchise brands of Midas, SpeeDee, ...
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The TM1000 High Power tread design maximizes the tread width and ensures the widest footprint on the market, notes Trelleborg. Trelleborg AB, the global parent company of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc., will launch the giant ...
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Yokohama says its new mobile website brings a fresh, touch-friendly design to its online presence. Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) has launched a mobile website that loads automatically on smartphones and is optimized for use on their ...
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Krone presented a top supplier award to Mitas at an event in Spelle, Germany (left to right): Dr. Uwe Hansult, managing director for Krone; Bernard Krone, general director and owner; Gerhard Schulterobben, German sales subsidiary director ...
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Carlisle Companies Inc. is selling Carlisle Transportation Products (CTP) to American Industrial Partners (AIP) of New York, N.Y., for $375 million in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory ...
Global players vie in market known for brand loyalty Tire makers from home and abroad are on a roll in China as they rapidly expand their sales outlets to compete for a share of a market estimated at 120 million replacement units ...
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Michelin announced today a new breakdown service that covers more than just tires. ONCall 2.0 is an expansion of the company's previous roadside service program. Customers can now call for help if they've suffered mechanical breakdowns. ...
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Uncle Dick's Bead Slip is a lubricant that helps install tight clincher and tubeless tires. It helps get tire beads onto the rim and helps tubeless beads to pop into place to create a seal and allow the tire to run true. The product was ...
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The new MaHa MCL 15 holds 15,000 pounds per column and features a 20-inch fork length and an extended base. MaHa USA L.L.C. has redesigned its Mobile Column Lift (MCL) family of ball-screw-powered mobile column lifts. The wireless lifts ...
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VIP Tires & Service (VIP) recently gathered managers from its 56 locations for an annual conference to discuss business issues, receive training from more than a dozen key suppliers and honor managers who achieved "TOP 10" status for sales ...
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WTB is entering the market for tubeless cyclocross tires and rims, thanks largely to one 'cross nut at the company. WTP product manager Chris Feucht decided that he needed a tubeless 'cross tire, so set about adding the new rim and tire ...
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Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone, is set to invest JPY41.6bn ($422.8m) in its new passenger car radial tires(PSR) plant in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. This move of the company is aimed at ...
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