SWOT: Honest, Four-Square Analysis Helps You Make Profitable Decisions
Honest, Four-Square Analysis Helps You Make Profitable Decisions There are two old business adages that have been proved time and time again: • Change or perish. • It’s hard to hit a moving target. If you read the stories in last month’s issue of Tire Review about the winner and finalists of our first Top
Florida Company Launches Phone Number Leasing Program
(Akron/Tire Review) Tele-Name Communications has launched a new telephone number leasing service for tire dealers in the U.S. and Canada.
Goodyear Lines Way for Marathoners
(Akron/Tire Review) Entrants in this Sunday’s Philadelphia Marathon will have their 26.2-mile course clearly marked – by the tread pattern of Goodyear’s Fortera TripleTred.
Tyre Technology – What’s Next?
(Douglasdale, South Africa/SA Treads) People often ask me what drew me to the tyre business. Why, the dynamism, creativity and sophistication of the industry I promptly reply.
Direct Importing: Do the Risks Outweigh the Reward?
(Akron/Tire Review) MEMA recently issued a special report dealing with the direct importation of automotive parts – including tires.
Hankook Signs Deal with ALMS Team
(Akron/Tire Review) Hankook Tire Co. has signed a sponsorship and supply agreement with Corsa Motorsports, which will compete in the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in the GT2 Class.
Pamela Krebs Named Aftermarket Woman of the Year
(Akron/Tire Review) The Car Care Council Women’s Board has named Pamela Krebs, director, advertising and sales promotion for Robert Bosch Corp., as the fourth annual “Aftermarket Woman of the Year.”
It’s All About Relationships
“So, what’s new?” A common pitfall is to answer that question only in terms of individual products or services and not to appreciate fully the synergies that flow from component interactions that are becoming more common. For many years, truck manufacturing was accurately viewed as an assembly operation rather than an integrated engineering endeavor. Surely,
New RMA Chairman Outlines Plans
(Akron/Tire Review) Jim MacMaster, executive vice president of Yokohama Tire Corporation, was recently elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA).
JV Formed for Shock Absorber Supply in Europe
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) ArvinMeritor and TRW Automotive have laid out plans to form a joint venture for the distribution of aftermarket shock absorbers in Europe, with the planned operation covering all light vehicle shock absorbers both companies’ produce for the region.