Conferences to Help Business with an Eye on Eastern Europe
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) It is no secret that Russia and Eastern Europe hold much potential for global automakers, and also for those in the tyre and related industries.
New Web Site Focuses on Ride Control Education
(Akron/Tire Review) As part of an industry-wide consumer awareness program, Tenneco’s new Web site can help teach drivers about the role of shocks and struts play in daily driving and vehicle safety.
AASA Launches New Marketing Council
(Akron/Tire Review) The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) has created the AASA Marketing Council “to advance the automotive aftermarket manufacturing industry through collaborative marketing and communication solutions,” AASA said.
New DynoMax Catalog Now Available
(Akron/Tire Review) DynoMax Performance Exhaust new catalog features 95 new part numbers in addition to the more than 162 part numbers added in 2005.
Popular Monroe Training Program Expanded, Renamed
(Akron/Tire Review) Monroe’s Ride & Drive training program has reached thousands of service technicians nationwide, and will return this year with an expanded format and a new name – the Tenneco Technology Tour.
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Reports Say Georgia Site of Planned Toyo PlantIt’s existing capacity stretched to the limit, Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. took a giant step forward, announcing on Feb. 17 plans for a new $150-million passenger and light truck/SUV tire plant that would come on stream in 2006. News reports out of Atlanta in early February indicated the company received approval to build the plant in Bartow County, Ga., about 60 miles north of Atlanta. Toyo said the plant would have the capacity to produce two million consumer tires per year.
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With a new three-year labor contract in hand, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. turned its attention to other restructuring issues as it works to right its financial ship. The tiremaker formally announced the closing of its Huntsville, Ala., plant, then laid off about 200 employees from its Tyler, Texas, facility.
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TIRES UNDER FIRE – AGAINContis, Generals, Dunlops and Firestones Eyed