Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo Announces Schedule of Speakers
Speakers for the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo have been announced.
Tire Industry Veteran Bill Hirst Dies
William “Bill” Hirst Jr., longtime tire industry veteran, died unexpectedly March 13 at the age of 57. Hirst was a marketing executive with more than 34 years of experience in the industry. Hirst’s took on his most recent position in 2012 as vice president of program sales for Tire Group International’s domestic division. Prior to
Offering a Value
The private brand tire segment has seen its marketshare fall throughout the 2000s as a result of a hurting tire industry stricken by global recession and additional duties placed on passenger tires imported from China. Although the segment has seen better days, it adapted to market pressures and restructured itself. Despite pressures, private branders reacted
Offering a Value
The private brand tire segment has seen its marketshare fall throughout the 2000s as a result of a hurting tire industry stricken by global recession and additional duties placed on passenger tires imported from China. Although the segment has seen better days, it adapted to market pressures and restructured itself. Despite pressures, private branders reacted
TGI Names Hirst VP of Program Sales
Tire Group International has hired Bill Hirst as the new vice president of program sales for its domestic division. Hirst, who has been in the tire industry for more than 33 years, has experience in the passenger, light truck, truck, industrial, agricultural and OTR tire segments. He most recently served as executive vice president of
BKT Get Together Helps Dealers, Tiremaker Grow Together
It would seem counterintuitive that an Indian tiremaker would entertain a large group of North American tire dealers for a week in northern Italy. Oh, and call it a "day out."“At BKT, we believe in ‘Getting Together,’ which is a process that helps us in ‘Growing Together,’” said Arvind Poddar in his welcome letter to
Monro to Purchase Virginia’s Kramer Tire
Monro Muffler Brake will purchase all assets of Norfolk, Va.-based Kramer Tire Co., which operates 20 retail locations, two wholesale tire centers and two truck tire centers.
Del-Nat Units in Cooper Recall
Among the 48,000 LT-metric tires Cooper has been recalling are 968 Del-Nat tires in size LT265/75R16 load range E.
Cooper Recall Includes PBs, Nokian; BFNAT Has Recall
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s recent recall of 48,037 light truck radials includes private brand and off-take models produced for and sold by TBC, American Car Care Centers, Nokian Tyres and Sure Tire.
Tighter Squeeze: Low-Cost Options Add Pressure, But Private Branders Remain Strong
What do you do when all around you is chaos – a shrinking market, harsh price-based competition from overseas, lost domestic business and predictions of an early demise? U.S. private brands have seen this movie before, back when the first Japanese-produced tires hit these shores and again when South Korean tires made their way here.