Ga.'s Hill Tire Moves to ContiLifeCycle Retreads

Forest Park, Ga.-based retreader and commercial truck tire dealer Hill Tire Co. has signed on as the latest licensee of Continental Tire the Americas’ ContiTreads retread system.

Continental said Hill Tire has begun retreading truck tires with ContiTread brand flat precure treads at its facilities in Forest Park and Valdosta, Ga. The Forest Park retread facility, near company headquarters, is approximately 45,000-square-feet and employs 45. The 15,000-square-foot facility in Valdosta has 15 employees. Combined, the two locations can produce more than 110,000 retreads annually.

Hill Tire serves trucking fleets in Georgia, Alabama and northern Florida from these two locations, as well as facilities Cartersville and Doraville, Ga. and Birmingham, Ala.

Hill Tire needed a national brand of retreads to sell to its large commercial tire customers, and Continental offered retreads that matched the new tires with compounding and tread designs, plus SmartWay verified and fuel-efficient products, said Allen Hill, vice president of commercial sales.

GRI recently conducted programs in Sri Lanka to empower women and motivate children under its Green x Circle initiative. The company said these endeavors aimed to address the needs of the community, focusing on both women empowerment and youth motivation.

GRI recently organized a training program titled "Management of household finance under current economic conditions" at the Ingiriya Rubber Collecting Center in Sri Lanka, South Asia led by Shashika Nimali, an NLP practitioner and life coach. The company said this initiative provided women in the industry with essential skills and knowledge to effectively manage household finances. GRI's tailored training sessions equipped participants with tools for informed decision-making, ultimately fostering greater financial security and independence, the company said.