Northwest Tire Dealers Association Merges with NWACA

Published: December 21, 2022

The board of directors of the Northwest Tire Dealers Association (NWTDA) and the Northwest Auto Care Alliance (NWACA) have announced that the NWTDA will merge with NWACA effective Jan. 1, 2023.

Based in Lakewood, Washington, the NWACA has a four-person staff and annually produces the three-day Automotive Training Expo (ATE) each spring in Seattle.

NWACA is a member of the national Auto Care Alliance, a group of state and regional automotive trade associations that work together to provide nationwide benefits for members, as well as address issues facing service, repair, tire and specialty automotive businesses.

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.