JohnDow Issues EBook, Video Series on Handling Fuel Safely
JohnDow Industries is releasing an eBook on safe fuel handling, What You Don’t Know Could Burn You, along with a video series based on the line of JohnDow fuel handling equipment. JonDows says this free eBook and video series is a blueprint for customers looking for the right fuel handling equipment for their shop or
Rubber Concrete Introduced into Residential Market
Working with RMIT University, researchers say they have demonstrated that crumb rubber concrete is a safe, green alternative for residential construction in Australia, proving a much-needed new market for end-of-life tires. Lead researcher, UniSA’s Professor Julie Mills, says that this research is the first to practically demonstrate and construct the new crumb rubber concrete mix
Tire Industry Mourns John Rainey, Former ARA President
John Allen Rainey, a past president of the former American Retreaders Association and a 2015 inductee into the North Carolina Tire Dealers Hall of Fame, died March 16 at his home in Henderson, N.C. He was 94. The owner and operator of City Tire Inc. in Henderson, Rainey assisted in the foundation of the North
Maxam Tire Releases New Industrial Solid Tires Lineup
Maxam Tire released the new MS601+ and MS701+, along with the MS702 as part of its industrial solid tire lineup. Maxam says the MS601+ is produced in an automated strip winding process that is fully owned and operated by the company. The MS601+ is designed to last longer than the previous generation. The MS601+ features
McCarthy Tire Service Acquired Classic Tire Service, Inc.
McCarthy Tire Service has purchased Classic Tire Service, Inc., a single location dealership in Barclay, Maryland, from owners Milton and Dawn Karbaum. Classic Tire Service offers farm tire sales and service to customers in the largely agricultural region of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, says McCarthy Tire Service. All Classic Tire teammates will be staying on with
Goodyear to Develop Domestic Source of Natural Rubber
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company introduced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE to work with Ohio-based farmed materials to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion. Goodyear says natural rubber has been classified as
Understanding Weight Transfer & Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is crucial to the health of a vehicle and its tires, and many things can affect the alignment. We’ll talk through what affects wheel alignment and explain the importance of understanding a vehicle’s weight transfer in this episode of the Tire Review Continental Tire Garage Studio series. When a vehicle rolls through an
Hercules Launches Ironman All Country HT
Hercules Tire and Rubber Company has launched the Ironman All Country HT, an entry-level, all-season highway touring tire for Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV), Crossover Utility Vehicles (CUV) and light trucks, in the U.S.. The new Ironman All Country HT offers a line-up with a number of sizes between 15- and 20-in. rim diameters. The tire
Yokohama Tire Launches New Regional Trailer Tire
Yokohama Tire says its latest commercial product – the 121T – is now on sale in the U.S. Debuting at the recent TMC trade show, the 121T is specifically engineered for trailer use only. The new tire is severe snow service-rated in all weather conditions and is offered in sizes 215/75R17.5 and 235/75R17.5. Yokohama says
Yokohama Promotes New Sr. Director of Supply Chain, Logistics
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) announced that Ray Polentz has been promoted to senior director of supply chain and logistics. He will report to Yokohama President and CEO Jeff Barna. Polentz, who works out of YTC headquarters in Santa Ana, California, joined Yokohama in October 2017 as regional distribution center manager. He was promoted to director
Goodyear Ventures Expands Portfolio with Nova Labs Investment
Goodyear Tire says that its venture capital arm, Goodyear Ventures, has added Nova Labs, to its investment portfolio. Goodyear says Nova Labs is the pioneer of decentralized wireless communications and the founder of the core technologies powering the Helium network. The Helium network provides public, long-range wireless coverage for a wide range of Internet of
Bridgestone Awarded Grant to Advance Guayule Research
Bridgestone has been awarded a research grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute to advance its optimization of guayule, a drought-resistant, desert shrub that shows promise as a new, domestic source of natural rubber for tire production. The DOE Joint Genome Institute research grant aims to sequence and map genes of
