What Drives Sizing
ition of rim diameters, profiles, widths or even tire appearance in some time. While attending a recent auto show, the wide variety of new tire sizes was impressive. As you might expect, futuristic concept cars, SUVs, and light duty pickups provided the most expansive array of new tire designs and sizes. Aggressive, macho and rugged
Fast Furious Fun
By now, loyal readers of Tire Review and Wheel Turnings know that we spend a great deal of time and effort to bring you the most up-to-date articles covering real-world performance tire and custom wheel topics. This month starts a two-part series that will showcase several tire/wheel dealers around the country who have set the
Growing Up Fast: Focus on Hot Segments Helps Federal Build N.A. Business
Federal Tire President Jamie Ma is only 29 years old, but he has been relentless in working to build up the company his grandfather started in Taiwan almost a half century ago. Ma, who joined Federal in 1998, majored in accounting and finance at the University of California at Berkeley. Federal has expanded its distribution
Tangled Program Web
The question of whom is responsible – and ultimately accountable ®“ for tires and wheels in any given trucking organization is one that has been considered by the industry for decades. Answers have been varied, sometimes innovative, and often overly complex. Occasionally, the responsibility has been fragmented, resulting in conflicting rather than complementing interests. Major
Playing to Strengths: Yokohama Looks to Technology to Bolster Its Global Position
As the man ultimately in charge of Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) tire efforts, Hisao Suzuki is in a unique position to see the global tire industry from multiple perspectives. Suzuki has been instrumental in Yokohama’s recent worldwide successes and growth, and in the recovery of Yokohama Tire Corp. here in the U.S. Suzuki, 63, was
Covering the Bases
Focus on the Things That Make a Successful Business Complacency is the kiss of death for any business owner. Some have an innate unwillingness to change or to try something new, but the successful business owner wants to know everything about his business. He never says, "Well, that just doesn’t matter." In business, everything is
Making an Impact
Science and tire manufacturing have always gone hand in hand. From rubber compounding to tread design, virtually all elements that make up a tire – passenger or commercial ®€“ have a degree of science behind them.
Rema North America Celebrates 50 Years
In today’s business climate, many companies are wondering if they’ll still be around 50 weeks from now. Maybe even 50 days. That’s why, when companies celebrate a 50th anniversary – as Rema Tip Top/North America did on Mar. 11 ®€“ people take notice.
Reinventing the Wheel
Companies on the leading edge of the wheel industry are always taking chances and coming up with hot new ideas. This month, we’ll take a closer look at what is arguably one of the hottest design concepts since the invention of the wheel itself. I’m talking about the various types of free-spinning or constant-motion wheels
Industry Report
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. gained some breathing room from its short-term financial obligations by renegotiating loan agreements, but Wall Street analysts and the tire industry are keeping a close eye on Goodyear as it struggles to gain positive momentum.