There is a wide range of tires types and size available from popular brands such as Bridgestone, Dunlop, Goodyear, Michelin, and Pirelli. It pays to know what is currently on your vehicle and to learn about your options. There are three ...
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TBC Corp. (TBC), one of the nation's largest marketers of automotive replacement tires, announced the addition of Regina Tracy as its director of Corporate Communications. With more than 25 years of experience in public relations and ...
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The average profitability of the global automotive supplier industry remains stable at an astonishingly high level: 6.5% EBIT margin for 2012 and for 2013. The most profitable sectors for suppliers are chassis, powertrain and tires, whereas ...
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Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has announced an investment plan to build the Hankook Tire Test Engineering Center in Sangju City, South Korea. Representatives of Hankook Tire signed an agreement with officials of Sangju City, located in the ...
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Snap-on Tools, a subsidiary of Snap-on Inc., has introduced a tire changer with a two-speed turntable that offers a forward speed of 14 rpm to provide faster throughput when mounting the initial bead. The company says the new Two-Speed ...
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The Tire Industry Association announced another class on the 17-city Certified Automotive Tire Service (ATS) Instructor Tour in Sarasota, Fla., at Sarasota County Technical Institute, Oct. 1-4, 2013. The four-day class will provide ...
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Tire's Warehouse Inc. (TWI) announced it has hired Gino Tagliaferri for the position of manager, Commercial Sales & Marketing, a newly created position that will be instrumental in the growth and expansion plans of TWI. Tagliaferri has ...
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Pep Boys–Manny, Moe & Jack posted net income of $5.4 million on net sales of $527.6 million for its 13-week second quarter ended Aug. 3, 2013. That compares to income of $33 million on sales of $525.7 million for the same period last ...
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The tire aging issue has yet to be settled. Should there be a time stamp on the tires? Should they be replaced every six years? 10 years? That is the dilemma faced by Modern Tire Dealer Editor Bob Ulrich, whose wife purchased a 2001 ...
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Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. will send one lucky fan on an exclusive, behind-the-scenes trip to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 167 in Las Vegas as the grand prize in the Toyo Tires "The Drive Within. What's Yours?" sweepstakes running now ...
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Double Coin Holdings Ltd. and China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) announced that the Double Coin RR680 tire has met the requirements for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Technology Program. CMA says the the ...
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Japan imported 4,536 mt of styrene-butadiene-rubber solids in July, up 22% from 3,732 mt in June but down 26% from 6,129 mt a year earlier, data released Friday by the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed. The country has imported ...
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Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, announced the start of the second leg of its Firestone Drives America Tour at the NCAA College Football game between Stanford and San Jose State ...
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Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore its competitiveness. Total plans indeed to develop new activities on the ...
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