Goodyear Program Aims to Help Utility Trucks During Outages
February 3, 2012
2011 will go down as the year of natural disasters, as countries around the world suffered any number of weather-related and man-made turmoil. North America had its fair share of ...
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Nitto Brings 'Premium Digital Content' to New Site
February 3, 2012
Nitto Tire USA Inc. has launched a new website offering what it terms "original premium digital content."
Totally sep...
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Nankang Honored With Taiwan Excellence Award
February 3, 2012
Nankang Rubber Tire has been granted a Taiwan Excellence Award 2012 from the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bureau of Foreign Trade and the Taiwan External Trade ...
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Bridgestone Sets Mining Tire Unit, Reorganizes Commercial Group
February 3, 2012
Bridgestone Americas reshuffled the commercial tire unit deck once again, creating what it termed "an integrated mining tire business unit" while also making changes to its commercial tire group.
The new “Bridgesto...
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New Dealer Program and More in Hankook Plans
February 2, 2012
As annual dealer meetings go, last week's Hankook Tire America Corp. event in the Dominican Republic wasn't all "love fest" and it wasn't all "business." And it certainly wasn't all about "new products."
What it...
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Goodyear Gets Mobile With New Consumer Site
February 2, 2012
Goodyear is going mobile with a new offer to consumers everywhere that the tiremaker revealed earlier this week at its annual dealer conference.
The tiremaker launched a mobile website, giving tire shoppers increased accessibility to t...
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Jeremy Clarkson Calls Shotgun? No Thanks
February 2, 2012
In a new poll conducted by Continental Tyres in the U.K., Jeremy Clarkson has topped a poll of people British motorist would least like to share a driving adventure with.
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Latest Apollo Plant Reaches Milestone
February 2, 2012
Apollo Tyres' Chennai plant, which went on-stream in April 2010, has produced its one millionth radial truck tire. The facility has a production capacity of 4,000 truck tires and 7,500 passenger tires a day.
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Goodyear Adds to Truck, Retread Portfolio
February 1, 2012
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. rolled out four new commercial tire and retread products at its annual dealer conference this week, including a heavy lug radial for severe service ...
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Cooper Workers Hope Talks Restart Next Week
February 1, 2012
While Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is saying virtually nothing to the media, it appears that negotiations with workers at its Findlay, Ohio, tire plant may resume soon.
That’s the word from USW Local 207, which “hopes...
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Wisconsin Dealer Does 'More Good', Gets 'More Good' Honor
February 1, 2012
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. launched a new award to annually honor one of its dealers for outstanding service to their community. ...
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Toyo Extensa Recall Reaches Canada
February 1, 2012
The recall of some Toyo Extensa A/S passenger radials has extended to Canada.
Toyo Tire Canada is recalling an estimated 1,884 of the tire, a move announced a week after Toyo Tire USA Inc. announced its own recall of 68,763 Extensa A/S...
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New All-Season Run-Flat from Yokohama
February 1, 2012
Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched the Avid ENVigor ZPS (Zero Pressure System), a new run-flat line of five sizes that goes on sale today. ...
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Report: Sumitomo Sets $322 Million Brazil Plant
February 1, 2012
Reports say that Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. will invest $322 million to build a new tire plant in Brazil.
The report said the plant, slated for the southern Brazilian state of Parana, will be on-stream in 2013 and will produce 15,...
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Problems Freeze Michelin Hungary Plans
February 1, 2012
Although Groupe Michelin reportedly needs to increase output at its Nyiregyhaza plant in Hungary at least 400% to remain competitive, a question mark now hangs over when and if previously planned expansion work will take place.
On Jan...
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New NAT PR Head at Goodyear
February 1, 2012
After a nine-month search, Goodyear has hired Christopher Curran as the new vice president of public relations and communications for its North American Tire business.
Curran, 45, comes to Goodyear from ServiceMaster...
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Hankook Hires New Brand Comm Director
February 1, 2012
Mark Rowe joined Hankook Tire America Corp. in January 2012 as director of brand communications.
He joins the company after a 20-plus-year career with a range of advertising agencies, including BBDO, DDB Worldwide and Mullen.
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Turkish Tire Production Costs Too High – Goodyear's Rzonzef
February 1, 2012
Goodyear has been present in Turkey for half a century now, however the tiremaker hints it may need a little persuasion to maintain its production facilities there.
In an interview with Istanbul-based daily Hürriyet, Goodyear...
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BFGoodrich Adds to UHP Lineup with Sport Comp-2
February 1, 2012
Michelin North America unveiled its newest BFGoodrich UHP tire – the g-Force Sport Comp-2 – yesterday at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. ...
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New Tires Aplenty Coming from Goodyear
February 1, 2012
Goodyear dealers will see five new consumer tire products unleashed by the tiremaker this year, products unveiled earlier this week at Goodyear's annual dealer meeting. ...
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