New Marketer Adds Color-Coded Tread Wear Warning
A new private label tire company based in Oregon has launched its first product, one with an interesting twist.
States Lent Support to 2008 NTSW
RMA says that 25 states issued proclamations or statements supporting National Tire Safety Week, which comes to a close tomorrow.
All Cued Up: Planning Done, Q Tires Looks to Launch Unique Line in 2008
Planning Done, Q Tires Looks to Launch Unique Line in 2008
Cash Injection Helps Tyre Startup
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) A U.S. startup tyre company that has developed a winter tyre with retractable studs has become the recipient of a US$200,000 investment from SC Launch, an organisation specialising in the provision of seed funding and mentoring for new, innovative businesses.
Dealer Titan Les Schwab Dies
(Akron/Tire Review) Les Schwab, one of the most recognizable and respected people in the tire industry, died May 18, in Prineville, Ore. He was 89.
Idaho Considers Retractable Studs
(Akron/Tire Review – Spokane Spokesman-Review) Studded tires could be legalized all year ’round in Idaho and Washington – if the studs could retract at the push of a remote-control button.
Woman’s Recycling, Recovery Network Extends From Connecticut To Brazil
(Akron/Tire Review – Hartford Courant) – Twenty years ago, Anne Evans never dreamed that the recycling business she launched with $1,000 in cash and a $5,000 line of credit would propel her to such heights: business owner, jet-setter, junk tire lady.
New West Coast Account Manager for ASA
(Akron/Tire Review) ASA Tire Systems has hired Chris Light as a western U.S. account manager. He will work with customers in California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Departing Schwab Donates to Help Area Economic Development
(Akron/Tire Review) Les Schwab Tire Centers will provide a grant of $50,000 to help support the continued economic health and prosperity of the Prineville and Crook County (Ore.) region, home base since the tire retail and wholesale giant was founded in 1952.
Information Overload?: New Data Collection Tools Can Help Dealers – But at a Price
When a telephone installer in Canton, Ohio, leaves his service truck, his boss back at headquarters knows. If the installer moves more than 100 yards from his truck, the boss knows that, too. If that installer checks out his son’s baseball game, the boss can ‘see’ the company’s service truck parked at the ball field,