Very Excited’: Goodyear Shares Plans to ‘Get There’ With Dealers at Annual Meeting
Goodyear Shares Plans to ‘Get There’ With Dealers at Annual Meeting
Continental Buying Majority Stake in Slovakian Tiremaker
(Akron/Tire Review) Rebuffed in its attempts to buy Goodyear’s Engineered Products Group and Siemens VDO’s automotive electronics business, Continental AG will now acquire a majority stake in Slovakian tiremaker Matador Group.
Johnson Controls to Market Champion-Brand Batteries
(Akron/Tire Review) Federal-Mogul Corp. and Johnson Controls Inc. have signed an agreement whereby Johnson Controls will offer Federal-Mogul’s Champion-branded automotive, marine, commercial, utility and motorcycle batteries.
Malas Opens World-First Drivestyle Centre
(Douglasdale, South Africa/SA Treads) Expatriates coming to South Africa on specified work assignments frequently comment on the unprecedented high standards exhibited by the South African tyre retail sector.
Pirelli Won the Battle, but Who Will Win the War?
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) On Feb. 27, the FIA announced that Pirelli had won the tender to be the official tyre supplier to the 2008-2010 FIA World Rally Championships.
Process of Elimination: To Get the Most Out of Your Bays, Make Every Step Matter
Here’s some of the freshest thinking available about getting the most out of your service bays. Maybe you have a limited amount of space. Maybe you’re adding a couple of new bays. Either way, wasted steps are out, effective use of space is in. With each new generation of equipment and people who count every
Kumho’s Charles van Heusden Details New Dealer Training Program
To follow up on the “Sunny Days” article that appeared in this issue of Tire Review, we sat down with Charles van Heusden, manager of training and product development at Kumho Tire USA Inc., to uncover more details about EDGE – the tiremaker’s new online dealer training and support program, slated for release in the
SA Tyre Distribution Faces Its Biggest Challenge Yet
(Douglasdale, South Africa/S.A. Treads) When I first joined the tyre industry in the late 1980s, it was a booming trade.
Toyo Releases Latest Financials
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has presented details of its consolidated business results for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2006 (from Apr. 1, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2006).
TPMS Firms Strike Deal
(Akron/Tire Review) Ontario-based TireStamp announced that it had entered into a partnership deal with Vehicle Monitoring Systems in which both parties will offer TPMS products created by Taiwan’s Orange Electronic Co.