Experts from Ford, Firestone Polymers and Pirelli are among the many tire industry leaders who will be sharing their expertise at Smithers Rapra Inc.'s first Future of Tire Technology conference and exhibition. The event will take place ...
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"Seventy years as a customer is a significant milestone," said Phillip Kane (right), vice president of Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. Kane is pictured with Clark Tire owner John D. Clark. Clark Tire & Auto, a 21-location tire ...
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Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business unit of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, says operators who equip their vehicles with new Firestone-brand commercial tires can save up to $1,200 a year. During an event kicking off its ...
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DLS Retreading Inc. in Lancaster County, S.C., will eventually produce 200 retreaded truck tires per day. DLS Retreading Inc. opened the doors of the first all-new ContiTread licensed truck tire retreading facility in the United States on ...
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Firestone and North America's owner/operators and small fleets have much in common: they've both been essential to getting trucking to where it is today, and they both deserve a lot more respect and attention than they've been getting of ...
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Pirelli & Cie SpA has developed new tires for the Audi Group that are designed to reduce noise for occupants of the car. For the first time, the Milan-based firm is supplying the "Pirelli Noise Cancelling System" as original equipment: a ...
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City Tire Co., with 11 stores in a four-state area, is celebrating 85 years of business in July 2013. Founded in July, 1927, by Irving Greenberg, who had recently arrived in the United States from Russia, the company is now run by his ...
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has entered into an agreement with TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters.) TA Truck Service and Petro:Lube locations will carry thee additional Goodyear Fuel Max truck tires: The G399A LHS Fuel Max ...
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US-based Kajima Associates/Architects & Engineers, PC (KA/AEPC) has secured a contract from Japanese firm Yokohama Tire (YTC) to design its new commercial tire manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi. Under the deal, the KA/AEPC ...
Michelin North America Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling approximately 100,000 tires in order to retrieve an estimated 2,500 tires -- about 2.5% of the recalled population -- "that could have partial or full sidewall perforations that ...
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Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) has released version 1.3 of its iPad app for the truck tire industry, the Yokohama Commercial Tire Navigator. It is available on iTunes for free download by clicking here. The Yokohama Commercial Tire Navigator ...
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The Ohtsu FP8000. Falken Tire Corp. has released two new tires for the Ohtsu tire brand, the FP8000 and ST5000. Othsu, an associate brand of Falken Tire, has grown to become a full line brand in the last few months, according to the ...
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Trelleborg says that Massey Ferguson tractors equipped with Trelleborg tires combine well-proven, cutting edge technology with the latest fuel efficient engines as well as operator comfort. Trelleborg AB, the Sweden-based global parent ...
Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn (right) and Dr. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz (left) give the Volkswagen Group Award to Pirelli board member Alberto Pirelli. Pirelli & Cie SpA has won the 2013 Volkswagen Group Award, given to the Volkswagen ...
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Bosch's new ACS 625 Digital A/C Refrigerant Handling System is user-friendly, the company notes. The Bosch Group's new ACS 620 and ACS 625 Digital A/C Refrigerant Handling Systems are fully automated, accurate and user friendly, and are ...
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