Aperia Technologies Earns 2019 Acterra Business Environmental Award

Aperia Technologies has received a 2019 Business Environmental Innovation Award from Acterra, a recognition program for sustainable business practices.

Published: April 26, 2019

Aperia Technologies has received a 2019 Business Environmental Innovation Award from Acterra, a San Francisco Bay-area recognition program for sustainable business practices.

Aperia was honored in the Environmental Innovation category for its Halo Tire Inflator, a tire inflation solution for the commercial trucking industry. The award recognizes companies which have demonstrated exceptional environmental leadership or innovation.

Thirteen local companies and organizations reached the finals. The winners were selected from five different categories. Aperia Technologies will accept its award at an Acterra ceremony honoring the winners May 22 in San Francisco.

Used in heavy-duty trucks since 2015, the Halo is an automatic tire inflation system for trucks and trailers.

RNR Tire Express honors the legacy of franchisee Richard Rose

Rose was posthumously awarded with the franchise’s second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 20, 2024

RNR Tire Express (RNR) recently closed out its annual franchise conference, where it honored the legacy of Richard Rose, who it considered one of its “trailblazing franchisees.” Rose was posthumously awarded with the franchise’s second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

Members of the Rose family were in attendance at the conference to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award on Richard’s behalf. Rose's two sons will continue to operate their father’s franchise locations in Virginia and ensure his legacy continues within the RNR system and throughout the communities he services, RNR Tire Express said.