Discount Tire Opens First Pennsylvania Store

Discount Tire's new Pittsburgh store will help meet demand for tires and wheels in Allegheny County, the company says.

Published: February 14, 2020

Discount Tire has opened the company’s first location in Pennsylvania.

The new Pittsburgh store, located at 7601 McKnight Road, will help meet demand for tires and wheels in Allegheny County.

“Our new Pittsburgh location makes Pennsylvania the 36th state that Discount Tire serves,” said Zach Ratliff, Discount Tire store manager in Pittsburgh. “We are honored to become part of Pittsburgh’s historic community and look forward to playing our part in keeping drivers safe on the road.”

Since 2013, Discount Tire has opened stores in 11 additional states and surpassed 1,000 stores in 2018.

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Yokohama Rubber holds groundbreaking for Mexico tire plant

The facility is set to begin production in early 2027 with a planned annual output of five million tires.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 22, 2024

Yokohama Rubber held a groundbreaking event on April 15 for its new consumer and light truck tire plant at the Alianza Industrial Park in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The company said the event was well attended by a crowd of state and local officials, as well as management from Yokohama companies, including YRC Chairman and CEO Masataka Yamishi; Yokohama Corporation North America (YCNA) CEO Shinichi Takimoto; and Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) President and CEO Jeff Barna.