Two of a Kind: Mixing Sizes, Construction Leads to Trailer, Dually Disasters
Why do people seem to lose their ability to reason when selecting tires for trailers and dually trucks? Since tire manufacturers build a specific tire designated as ST – Special Trailer – it is reasonable to assume that they did so for a purpose. Maybe to keep the scene depicted below from happening? Take a
MNA and TCI Launch Disaster Response Service Unit
(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America (MNA) and its subsidiary TCI Tire Centers unveiled a new disaster response service unit that will be used in areas hit by natural disasters.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Surviving the Severe Weather Season
Last year, worldwide insurance andreinsurance losses related to the five major hurricanes that hit the U.S. wereestimated at $57.6 billion, according to Advisen Ltd. For any tire dealershipto survive disasters like these, it must have a recovery plan. If you don’t already have acontingency plan built into your business operations, now is a good time
All About the ‘S’s: Small OTR Success Sits Squarely on Service and Supply
Commercial dealers: Are you offering customers the most complete range of tires possible? Do you consider yourself a ‘full-service’ dealer with the ability to recommend tires for every sort of commercial application? If you already offer medium truck and OTR tires, it may be worth your while to consider other segments of the commercial tire
Record Sales Help Goodyear Double Profits
(Akron/Tire Review) Thanks to improved pricing and product mix and increased unit sales – and despite a shaky final quarter – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported record yearly sales and its highest net income in eight years.
Goodyear Shares Fall Hard on Financial News
(Akron/Tire Review) Investors reacted negatively to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s pre-2005 financial report, pushing the tiremaker’s shares down some 17% on Jan. 31.
MNA Employees Donate $10,000 to Red Cross
(Akron/Tire Review) Employees at Michelin North America’s (MNA) Sandy Springs, S.C. and Starr, S.C., tire component plants gave up a free lunch and instead donated $10,000 to the American Red Cross for its hurricane relief efforts.
Trust Fund Donations Top $3 Million
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding said that the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund donated more than $3 million to nearly 700 U.S. charities and non-profits in 2005, including more than $800,000 to charities in Middle Tennessee.
Brain Drain: Businesses in Pursuit of Educated Employees Still Empty-Handed
Skilled workers will be harder to find next year. Problem is education. Some college or advanced training is needed for about 85% of new jobs, but only 60% of Americans get that far. Businesses need two million more scientists and engineers by 2012, and that will not be met. Why They Stay Workers were asked
Disaster!: How to Survive When One of Four Businesses Perish
In the movie Forrest Gump, the lead character steps to the curb, scrapes stuff off the bottom of his shoe and says, “(Bleep) Happens!” What would Forrest say about a business that just stepped in it – or was just stepped on? “Disaster Happens!” You can’t prevent disaster, but you can survive it. What will