Wingfoot Celebrates 10 Years, Looks Ahead
On June 4, Goodyear’s Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems celebrated 10 years of providing tires and tire services at more than 180 commercial tire sales, service and retread facilities across the U.S.Wingfoot also offers preventative maintenance and tire services at 36 on-highway truck care centers in 15 states. The anniversary was celebrated with a picnic for
Wingfoot Commercial Opens New Center
Goodyear’s Wingfoot Commercial Tire continued its expansion by opening a truck care center in Matthews, Mo., the 37th in the chain. The new service center in Matthews is located on Interstate 55, exit 58, on the Flying J property, and provides preventative maintenance service, including oil changes and light mechanical service, as well as new
EC Approves Kwik-Fit Acquisition
Following the approval of its acquisition by Itochu Corp., investment in new Kwik-Fit outlets is continuing with plans to open 10 new centers this year and a similar number in 2012. Prior to the launch of the latest centre investment programme, Kwik-Fit operated a 669-center network, supported by a mobile fleet of more than 200
Monro Muffler Brake Upgrades Aftersoft POS Software
Aftersoft Network N.A. said Monro Muffler Brake has upgraded to a new version of the software company’s VAST POS application. Monro Muffler Brake uses a customized version of the system, which has been modified to meet the company’s specific service and tire store requirements, in all of its 780 retail locations. As the company continues
Smitty’s Offers Nostalgic Merchandise Mix, but Shop is Cutting-Edge
Remember when tire dealer showrooms featured rows of refrigerators, washing machines and big television sets, in addition to displays of the latest road rubber? Those showrooms are the stuff of memories now, except at Smitty’s Tire and Appliance Repair.At its two stores in northeast Iowa, in Manchester and Cedar Falls, the family-owned and operated Smitty’s
New Wireless Column Lift Available
Using patented technology, Rotary Lift said its new Wireless Mach 4 mobile column lift does away with cords and cables. Each Wireless Mach 4 column is powered by batteries and communicates with the other columns wirelessly. As a result, technicians no longer have to worry about knocking the lift out of service by running over
T/A, Petro Take on Continental Lines
Continental Tire the Americas has signed a multi-year agreement to sell Continental brand medium truck radials at TravelCenters of America and Petro Stopping Center sites throughout the U.S. and Canada. The T/A and Petro network is comprised of more than 220 locations with truck maintenance and repair centers. Additionally, through TravelCenters of America’s RoadSquad program,
Hybrid Service: Nissan Altima
The hybrid version of the Nissan Altima was introduced in 2007, but only as a limited production model (about 40,000 cars a year). Unlike the Prius, the Altima is not a purpose-built hybrid car, but a hybridized version of a regular production vehicle (similar to what Honda did with its hybrid version of the Civic).
Handling Hybrid Vehicle Service
In light of unstable fuel costs, consumers are once again returning tobasic transportation by trading in their old gas-guzzling SUVs for moreeconomical vehicles, especially those powered by hybrid electricvehicle (HEV) technology. This was especially evident in thegovernment’s Cash For Clunkers program, which had to be extended due tothe surprisingly swift consumer response to the program.Hybrid
The Changing Face of Automatic Transmissions
By Dennis Madden, CEO of ATRA Did you ever wonder how automatic transmissions became a specialty, separate from general auto repair? For the first 40 years or so since automatic transmissions began rolling off the assembly line, the transmission was a completely separate entity from the rest of the vehicle. Back then, if the transmission