The 1 million square-foot Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi plant in West Point, Miss., will sit on a 570-acre site, employ 500 and include production, warehousing? and operations facilities. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi ...
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Discount Tire Co. Inc. has opened an America's Tire store in Orange, Calif. The store has nine employees and is managed by Jason Andrade, who has been with the company for 17 years. The company says it offers the largest tire and custom ...
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According to Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research, every trailer category posted month-over-month order gains in August, 2013. The data is in the most recent update on industry performance reported in ACT's "State of the Industry: ...
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Kal Tire has partnered with insurance provider Aviva Canada to discount the price of qualifying winter tires purchased by the insurer's customers between Sept. 16 and Nov. 30, 2013. Under the partnership, Aviva Canada existing customers ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has opened a sales office in Moscow, Russia. The office is headed by sales manager Alex Kolkov, who joined Cooper after serving in leadership positions at multinational companies with sales and production facilities ...
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In his training efforts, Sean Lannoo will promote the benefits of VDO products and instruct and educate customers on their proper application and use. Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket has named a new Sales Technical Training ...
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TransForce has submitted a proposal to Vitran's board of directors to acquire any outstanding shares of Vitran they don't already own for USD $4.50 per share in cash. TransForce said they made the proposal with the intention of "entering ...
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In 2013, Shanghai Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (SDEC) achieves good results in promoting new products and wins wide acknowledgement in the engine industry. At the beginning of July, SDEC's first batch of 12L E series engines equipped to ...
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TransForce has made a bid for Vitran, proposing a takeover at $4.50 per share. TransForce already controls 9.51% of the outstanding shares of Vitran. Vitran recently sold its US LTL division to the Moroun family in Detroit, which also ...
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With a history dating back to 1840, The Raymond Corporation is donating several historical items and memorabilia for display in two New York state museums. Originally established as Lyon Iron Works in Greene, N.Y., the foundry was purchased ...
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Tire Discounters Inc. announced it will remodel multiple locations in the blueprint of its "Store of the Future" design launched earlier this year. The company says the updated stores will have remodeled showrooms and waiting rooms, ...
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Matco Tools will kick off its second annual Tools for the Cause campaign to raise money for breast cancer research on Oct. 1, 2013. Tools for the Cause is a year-long program where Matco offers special edition pink products and donates ...
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Nokian Tyres P.L.C. announced it will integrate its heavy tires and truck tires profit centers and form a new commercial tires profit center on Jan. 1, 2014. The company says the combined net sales of the two profit centers were ...
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Hikomitsu Noji, president of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., will be based in Japan as he also serves as CEO of all of Yokohama's North America operations. Now that Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM), the new manufacturing ...
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The New England Tire and Service Association (NETSA) has distributed $24,000 in fundsto twelve recipients of $2,000 scholarships for 2013. To be eligible for a NETSA scholarship, applicants must be employees of NETSA members or the ...
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