Goodyear has come out with two new retreads for wide-base tires, which it says will extend the service life of the tires. “The recently introduced G392 SSD UniCircle and G394 SST UniCircle products offer many of the same performance ...
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Ken-Tool Corp., supplier of tire servicing hand tools and equipment, has announced that Dublin, Ireland-based Wheelcare Ltd. has become a Ken-Tool distributor for its wheel and tire service bay customers. Wheelcare Ltd. has 30 years of ...
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In addition to exhibiting at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas Aug. 22-24, 2013, the Tire Retread and Repair Information Bureau's (TRIB) Managing Director David Stevens will join a panel of industry experts for a free ...
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Evonik Industries is now significantly expanding precipitated silica capacity at its Maptaphut site in Thailand. Funded by an investment in the lower double-digit million euro range, the expansion is to be completed in the first quarter of ...
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Wheels Task Force of Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a division of American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has developed a lightweight steel wheel which is claimed to be equivalent in mass to a comparable aluminum wheel but 40% ...
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American company Trimble has launched Trimble TirePulse Tire Monitoring System which claimed to help fleet managers cut down maintenance costs, boost fleet productivity and improve safety. The system wirelessly reports tire temperature ...
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Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. announced plans to invest approximately $207 million (20 billion yen) to expand production capacity at its Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. (TNA) plant in White, Georgia. The company says the expansion, ...
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The AZ01's outside tread pattern has balanced rigidity that makes pressure on the contact patch spread equally for dry surface handling. The Formoza AZ01 from Federal Corp. is an asymmetric passenger car tire that features strong ...
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Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. posted net income of 13 billion yen on net sales of 269.7 billion yen for the first half of its fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Operating income was 19.1 billion yen, down 4.2% compared to the year-ago period. ...
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Hankook Tire's concept tire, eMembrane, earns the honor with the Red Dot Award 2013 in the concept design category Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. announced that its concept tire eMembrane, produced in collaboration with University of Cincinnati, ...
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Goodyear's new UniCircle treads, including the G392 (above) and the G394, are for wide-base truck tires. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has rolled out two new UniCircle spliceless treads to help fleets extend the service life of popular ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted net income of $35 million on net sales of $884 million for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013. That compares to net income of $52 million on net sales of $1 billion for the same period last year. ...
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Apollo Tyres Ltd. posted net income of more than 1.6 billion rupees on net sales of 31.9 billion rupees for the first quarter of its fiscal 2014 ended June 30, 2013. That compares to income of 1.4 billion rupees on sales of 31.6 billion ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable Sept. 30, 2013. The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 5, 2013. The company ...
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Bruno Wessel opened his tire stud equipment business in 1972. Bruno Wessel, 81, founder of Bruno Wessel Inc., a supplier of tire studs and tire studding equipment, died Aug. 2, 2013, in Sarasota, Fla. Wessel was born in White Plains, ...
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