In this episode of Auto Pros On The Road, Joe Keene and Jacqui Van Ham visit Rob “Dutch” Silverstein, owner of A&M Auto Service. Family
Auto Pros on the Road puts the Babcox Media team on location in shops across the USA. This episode is sponsored by Autolite.
Auto Pros on the Road puts the Babcox Media team on location in shops across the USA. This episode is sponsored by Autolite. In Episode
Pirelli Elect is now widely available for the aftermarket and
The new Alliance 590 flotation radial from Yokohama Off-Highway Tires
BKT has launched its new FL 695 tire, an agro-industrial
Fleet tire consumption is growing along with population and middle-class expansion regardless of the economic and transportation setbacks related to COVID-19. Thanks to the shift
Auto Care Association President and CEO Bill Hanvey explains what the tire industry is up against, and what to truly expect in the battle for maintenance and repair data.
As the co-CEO of Virginia Tire & Auto, I’ve had the great fortune of building on the legacy that my parents created when they started
Fleet tire consumption is growing along with population and middle-class expansion regardless of the economic and transportation setbacks related to COVID-19. Thanks to the shift
Auto Care Association President and CEO Bill Hanvey explains what the tire industry is up against, and what to truly expect in the battle for maintenance and repair data.
As the co-CEO of Virginia Tire & Auto, I’ve had the great fortune of building on the legacy that my parents created when they started
Launch Tech USA has released its third-generation professional ADAS system calibration stand for passenger cars, the X-431 ADAS Pro Plus. The stand is made of an aluminum
Hunter Engineering customers can now order genuine Hunter consumable parts on the Hunter company website, hunter.com, the company says. The company says the new Shop
OEMs do not just manufacture vehicles out of steel, rubber and plastic. They are producing code for software or firmware at a staggering rate. This
Launch Tech USA has released its third-generation professional ADAS system calibration stand for passenger cars, the X-431 ADAS Pro Plus. The stand is made of an aluminum
Hunter Engineering customers can now order genuine Hunter consumable parts on the Hunter company website, hunter.com, the company says. The company says the new Shop
OEMs do not just manufacture vehicles out of steel, rubber and plastic. They are producing code for software or firmware at a staggering rate. This
When front-wheel drive first became popular around the 1980s, I wasn’t even alive or thought of. However, constant-velocity or (CV) joints were thought into existence in the industry then, and have been connecting your vehicle’s transmission to its wheels since. Sometimes though, CV joints can fail or wear, usually caused by a torn, cracked, or […]
A 4×4 locking hub is an automatic hub used on many 4×4 trucks to disengage the front wheels when four-wheel drive is not needed. But like, how does it work, and how do you service them if they end up going bad? Let’s go over how a 4×4 locking hub works, what the main problems […]
Everything seems like it is getting bigger nowadays, right? I mean, our phones barely fit in our pockets. Things are getting bigger in the auto industry, too. Take, for example, the trend of increasing tire rim diameters- namely in the 18- to 22-in. rim-diameter range in recent years, which has seen double-digit growth since 2015. […]
Curtis Brison is moving on from his role as president of Hankook Tire America Corp., effective July 1. According to a statement from Hankook Tire, Sooil Lee, CEO of Hankook Tire & Technology, will assume the role of interim president. Lee previously served as president of Hankook Tire America Corp....
After a 17-year career at Big O Tires, a subsidiary of TBC Corporation, Jim Bull, vice president and general manager of Big O Tires, will retire effective July 1. Big O says over the past three years, and under Jim’s leadership, the company has achieved record sales and record profitability, including becoming one...
Jim MacMaster, Yokohama Tires’ former executive vice president and chief operating officer, passed away on June 14. He was 75. MacMaster, who spent 39 years in the tire industry, retired from Yokohama in 2010 after 30 years with the company. He also served as chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers Association...
TireHub has hired Grant Dismore to fill the role of vice president of operations. Dismore has previously served in executive roles at Interstate Batteries, the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages. He has extensive experience in customer-facing delivery operations, distribution strategy implementation, large fleet operations and complex...
Winhere Brake Parts has added Tony McKey as its new director of friction category. Prior to joining Winhere, McKey spent 26 years with NAPA Auto Parts and most recently was the director of category management for the NAPA Brakes offering. Winhere says McKey’s aftermarket experience spans a variety of leadership...
The Tire Industry Association has reorganized its leadership team in a move to create an organizational structure that will better serve TIA’s mission into the future, CEO Richard Gust has announced. The changes include new titles and responsibilities for long-time TIA executives Sandra Martinez, who becomes chief operating officer; Kevin...
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has begun practical testing of its tire air pressure remote access System as a tire solution service for taxi companies. The testing began in May and is being conducted together with the company’s tire sales subsidiary Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd., and with the cooperation...
TIA says it continues to monitor two big pieces of legislation that could see movement this summer from the privately owned and small business perspective. The first of these items is a yet-to-be-negotiated new iteration of the “Build Back Better” legislation. The Build Back Better Act provides funding, establishes programs, and...
You may not be seeing electric vehicles in your shop now, but, as market data predicts, they are coming, and tiremakers are preparing in a variety of ways to provide for this new vehicle segment. Thanks to its OE relationships and technology-driven development, one OE that is making significant strides...
Curtis Brison is moving on from his role as president of Hankook Tire America Corp., effective July 1. According to a statement from Hankook Tire, Sooil Lee, CEO of Hankook Tire & Technology, will assume the role of interim president. Lee previously served as president of Hankook Tire America Corp....
The average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the U.S. rose to 12.2 years this year, increasing by nearly two months over the prior year, according to new research from S&P Global Mobility (formerly the automotive team at IHS Markit). This is the fifth straight year the average...
Bridgestone is certainly no stranger to advancing sustainable tire manufacturing practices. Be it addressing end-of-life tire waste, investing in rubber alternatives like the Guayule plant or sourcing tire plant electricity from renewable energy sources like hydro, geothermal, solar and wind energy, Bridgestone has made sustainability-minded headlines in the past year...
For the last several years, the one word that constantly comes up in conversations about the tire business is supply–No. 1 getting the tires, and No. 2, getting the ones you need. Inflation has caused logistics and transportation costs to rise, and we’re still seeing port congestion and other ripple...
Even when Jarid Lundeen worked in the restaurant and banking industries, one thing about the customer experience always stood out to him: Consistency. Early on, he learned consistency creates success, which is what he looks to instill in his four Tires Plus locations in Minott, North Dakota. But how do...
During his recent AMN Drivetime podcast interview with Babcox Media CEO Bill Babcox, Neil Sethi, president and CEO of Transtar Holding Company, shared his fascinating journey from studying biology and medicine as an undergrad to shifting gears and finishing with an MBA focused on finance. Throughout this journey, which continues...
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