Despite Government Action, Province Won't Mandate Winters
February 3, 2012
If politicians have their way, winter tires won't become mandatory in Newfoundland and Labrador.
So says a report by the CBC,...
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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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LITDA Sets Tradeshow and Convention Plans
February 3, 2012
The Louisiana Independent Tire Dealers Association will hold its annual convention and tradeshow from Mar. 1-3, at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. ...
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OTR Conference Adds Education Sessions
February 3, 2012
TIA's upcoming OTR Tire Conference will add a new component: break-out sessions covering critical elements of the OTR segment.
The break-out sessions will be held on Feb. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. The OTR Tire Conference runs Feb. 15-18 at t...
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Consider Lead Weight Ban
February 3, 2012
The state of Wisconsin is considering a ban on all lead wheel weights.
Assembly Bill 483, introduced on Jan. 24, would ban the sale and installation of all lead wheel weights. The bill is currently sitting in the state assembly’...
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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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ASA Outlines Administration's Small Biz Proposal
February 3, 2012
President Obama has proposed to Congress a $48 billion legislative package to aid small-business growth.
According to the Automotive Service Association’s rundown on the proposal, it includes:
• Eliminate...
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NHTSA Seeks Labeling Input in San Fran
February 3, 2012
According to a notice from SEMA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will be in San Francisco today holding a public workshop to gather additional information on how to implement a tire fuel efficiency consumer information program. ...
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ASA Board Elections Now Open
February 3, 2012
The Automotive Service Association's annual board of director election is well underway, running through the end of March.
All members in good standing are eligible to vote for one position of general director; mechanical members may v...
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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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N.C. Men Charged in Truck Tire Thefts
February 3, 2012
A pair of Sanford, N.C., were arrested and charged in the theft of some $20,000 worth of truck tires from area businesses over a two-week period.
Lee County sheriff’s deputies captured the men, charging them with two counts each...
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F-M Launches Online Information System
February 3, 2012
Federal-Mogul introduced a new online communications program to reach out to service shops and technicians.
The e360 effort will deliver “the latest news regarding the company’s products and programs” and allow use...
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When is Bob Jane Not Bob Jane?
February 3, 2012
The name 'Bob Jane' has been one of the most recognizable in the Australian tire trade for several decades. ...
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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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Top Management Change at Canada's Integra Tire
February 2, 2012
The founding president of Integra Tire & Auto Centres has left the tire retail franchise operation.
Darrell Sept, who helped found the Edmonton-based Integra Tire & Auto Centres in 2008, left the company sometime over the past ...
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New OTR Equipment TPMS Option Unveiled
February 2, 2012
Electronics designer AM Bromley Ltd. has launched the Tire Monitor System for large OTR equipment.
The new pressure monitoring...
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Analyst Advice: Take the Money and Run!
February 2, 2012
That's the hard advice to Pep Boys shareholders from Anthony Cristello of BB&T Capital Markets, who sees the $15 per share offer from investment firm Gores Group as the best available option.
Cristello said Pep Boys, which earlier ...
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Georgia Wants to Rededicate Missing Fees
February 2, 2012
Georgia lawmakers are trying to rein in misappropriated tire fees and bring focus back to cleaning up illegal tire dumps.
Fees such as the $1 per new tire purchase that consumers pay to clean up tire dumps and recycle tires could no lo...
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