Movers. Shakers. Shifters. Shapers. Every year the tire industry sees a vast abundance of these four, and the past
year has been no different. With everexpanding globalization heavily impacting our industry, what will the coming
12 months bring to the tire dealers, marketers, manufacturers and suppliers?

In other words, who will be this year’s real movers, shakers, shifters and shapers – the Market Influencers?

Click here to see the 2007 Market Influencers

Tire Review’s annual review of Market Influencers – now in its eighth year – looks at the 10 people, products,
issues and things that we think will have a major impact on this industry over the coming year. Sometimes we’re right, sometimes we’re wrong, but over the past seven years, Market Influencers has become the best read, most referenced and most discussed part of our annual Sourcebook.

Tire Review’s Market Influencers was the first to point out the expected impact of China and its growing tire
industry, the first to recognize the upward pressure raw material costs would place on dealers, the first to
reveal the real impact of this nation’s micro-economy, the first to discuss such issues as hybrid vehicles, globalization, trade unions, super wide tires, capacity issues, and much more.

Some of those making the 2007 list are past “winners” – some many times over – and others are entirely new. Plus, we’ll take a look back at last year’s list to see how well our 2006 predictions fared.

This is a purely subjective list, determined by the editors from a lengthy list of suggestions gathered over the past
year. Tire Review’s editor makes the final selection.

Agree? Disagree? We’d love to hear your take on Market Influencers. Letters, e-mails or phone calls are
always welcome. And if you have some candidates for next year’s list, please pass them along.