Small OTR: Rising Tire Demand Offers New Opportunities
Commercial tire dealers looking to explore other business opportunities shouldn’t overlook the small OTR market. Small OTR tires – which typically cover wheel fitments up to 25-inch wheel diameters – are outfitted on a number of vehicles. Equipment fitted with small OTR tires include backhoes, utility loaders, graders, forklifts, small earthmovers and dumps, and more.
Euro Tire Mart Is On the Up
Despite wide disparities, recent economic upturn is a ray of light to manufacturers
Sentury Tire Suing Toyo
Sentury Tire Americas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. and its U.S. affiliates for antitrust and unfair competition. Sentury Tire has also requested a declaratory judgment of both patent non-infringement and invalidity. In the complaint, Sentury Tire alleges that after Toyo
Tire Review Editor, Others Honored by TIA
The Tire Industry Association will honor three with the Ed Wagner Leadership Award; Jim Smith, editor of Tire Review; Mary Sikora, publisher/editor of Scrap Tire News; and Tom Wright, Sr., owner of Wright Tire Service. Jim Smith is the current editor of Tire Review. He has more than 30 years in the tire and automotive
Tire and Rubber Technology Accelerates Chinese Growth
Oliver Haiqing Hua, a tire business analyst, provides Tire Review readers with a periodic insider report on developments within the Chinese tire industry.
Tire Review’s China Tire Watch
Radial Truck Tire Capacity Expansions According to the recent Chinese “tire industry access conditions” draft issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China, future truck radial tire new plant or expansion projects should have production capacity of more than 1.2 million tires annually. By comparison, future radial light truck and car
USW Files Case Against Chinese Tires with ITC
On June 3, the United Steelworkers filed a petition for relief against Chinese passenger and light truck tire imports with the International Trade Commission. The petition requests antidumping and countervailing duty relief under Sections 701 and 731 of the Trade Act of 1930. “Unfairly priced imports of tires from China have resumed flooding the U.S.
Worn Tires on UK Conference Agenda
Dangerous and illegally sold part worn tires will be one of the topics of conversation at this year’s national Trading Standards conference, after safety campaign group TyreSafe confirmed its participation in the event. Running for three days from June 30 at the Harrogate International Centre, the event is the biggest gathering of trading standards officers
Nitto Tire Sponsors Award-Winning New York Festival Documentary
Journey to Washington: On the Trail of Senator Inouye, Japanese-American Pioneer, a documentary that was sponsored by Nitto Tire USA, won the bronze award in the 2014 New York Festival’s International Television and Film Awards’ “biography/profile” category. Fujisankei Communications International, the American arm of the Japanese media conglomerate Fujisankei Communications Group, produced the film. Journey to Washington
Bast Tire & Auto Service Ltd.
Many business owners will tell you one key to success is having an exceptional workforce and Bast Tire & Auto Service Ltd. owner Wayne Moser agrees. “As you grow, you have to realize that you can’t be in all places and you have to count on your leadership who will help you accomplish the things
