Back In Time: Retro Vehicle Styling Gaining Speed While Savvy Dealers Profit
Retro Vehicle Styling Gaining Speed While Savvy Dealers Profit It’s the middle of summer, and everywhere you turn, there’s a car show or cruise happening that attracts owners of hotrods, streetrods and classics. The baby boomers are pouring untold millions into this market segment. Earlier this year, several 1969 Camaros went ‘on the block’ at
Michelin Mining Essay Contest Opens
(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North American is now accepting entries for its third annual Michelin Mining Essay Contest, a program that challenges college undergraduates pursuing a mining-related degree to research and address a topic related to the mining industry.
Hankook Launching New Tire, Sizes at Truck Show
(Akron/Tire Review) Hankook Tire America Corp. plans to unveil its newest medium truck tire and extensions to existing lines at this week’s Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
Infinity Truck Tyres Roll On
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The Infinity tyre brand is a private brand, owned by the Dubai-based Al Dobowi group and manufactured by Chinese company Shandong Linglong Rubber Co.
Capacity Expansion on Books for Goodyear
(Akron/Tire Review) Flush with cash from the sale of its Engineered Products Group and from a recent stock offering, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to dramatically boost its tiremaking capacity and payoff some $300 million in debt.
Sumitomo Rubber Reports Half-Year Figures
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Sumitomo Rubber Industries has announced its consolidated interim financial results for the period between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2007.
Tenneco Launches Comeback Promotion
(Akron/Tire Review) From Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, consumers can be rewarded for replacing worn shocks and struts in Monroe shocks and struts’ “Monster Cash” promotion, earning up to a $60 comeback certificate on future automotive services.
FTS Starts China Tire Recall
(Akron/Tire Review) The long-awaited recall of China-made light truck/SUV tires by importer Foreign Tire Sales begins this week, the company announced.
Giti Tire Europe: Link Into Europe
(Staffordshire, U.K./ Tyres & Accessories) Since several years, Chinese tyre manufacturers are active on the European tyre market.
Update: OTR Probe Ruffling Feathers in China
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s two-day visit to China has conveyed his government’s desire for greater Chinese market access for overseas firms to officials in Beijing.