In a little more than two weeks, the first Future of Tire Technology conference and exhibition will be held Oct. 28-30, 2013, at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The three-day event will be hosted by Smithers Rapra Inc. All the sessions ...
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Sullivan Tire's new store was completely renovated before opening on Oct. 7, 2013 Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. announced it has opened its newest location in Weymouth, Mass., this week, becoming the second Sullivan Tire store in Weymouth and ...
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"We produce (Falken and Ohtsu) in three factories located in Japan, Thailand and Indonesia," says Sumitomo's Ii Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. (SRI) has multiple brands. Although it sells a brand that bears its name, Sumitomo's ...
The Toyo Tires Treadpass is a new passageway connecting the Central and South Halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. says it will have a bigger presence than ever before when the 2013 Specialty Equipment ...
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Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone has unveiled plans to ramp up production at its facility Pune, Maharashtra, India, by 2015-end, with an investment of INR26bn ($421.2m). Bridgestone India operations managing director Tomio Fukuzumi was ...
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Vehicles are often termed as wheels as they are one of the most important and prime parts of a Vehicle. Naturally, you need to take intense care of them. These wheels are the parts upon which your vehicle runs and are the ones which ...
Vittoria Industries North America has joined The Bike Cooperative's roster of supplier partners. Bike Co-op members will earn rebates from the purchase of VINA products, including Vittoria, 3T, Geax and Selle Italia Co-op members also ...
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Michelin North America Inc. is in the process of reducing production of BFGoodrich consumer tires in the United States. The reason is a drop in demand. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, the company began implementing an "indefinite" layoff of ...
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A third Big O Tires LLC location in Grand Junction, Colo., has been opened by Kevin and Valerie Brooks. The Grand Junction store is the ninth Big O location the Brooks own and operate in the Western Slope of Colorado. “We truly ...
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Tire Pros held grand opening events for two new Tread Town playgrounds. Pictured in Massillon, Ohio, are (from left) Doug Nist, Parks and Rec Department; Kathy Carassaro-Perry, mayor; Russ Boughman, owner of Discount Tire Outlet Tire Pros; ...
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Titan International Inc. has closed the acquisition of a majority interest in Voltyre-Prom from Cordiant for $94 million. Titan will assume the company's debts as part of the deal. The acquisition of the Russian company, a leading ...
Celebrating their OE partnership are, from left to right: Doug Betts, Chrysler executive vice president of quality; Hyun Bong Lee, Nexen Tire CEO; Scott Garberding, Chrysler executive vice president of manufacturing; and Travis Kang, Nexen ...
Hornsby Tire Distributors, an independent regional wholesale tire distributor headquartered in Dothan, Ala., has hired Scott Sulsberger as director of sales and marketing. Sulsberger, a 13-year tire industry veteran, comes to Hornsby Tire ...
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Brisa Bridgestone Sabanc Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret, an affiliated company of Japanese tire maker Bridgestone, has signed an agreement with Aksaray Province Organized Industrial Zone over the purchase of a site for the construction of a new ...
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German autoparts maker Continental is set to invest EUR40m at its tire manufacturing plant in Korbach, Hesse, Germany by 2018. This new investment will be used for the production of 19- to 22-inch tires for passenger trucks and light ...
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