Over There: New-Car Dealer Shares Trials, Tribulations of Dealing With TPMS
Tire dealers aren’t the only ones concerned about TPMS these days. Auto dealers, also, are handling an increasing number of TPMS-equipped vehicles in their service bays. While there’s stronger competition for vehicle service than meets the tire-dealer eye, TPMS is forcing both auto and tire dealers to cope with a new entrÉe on their service
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
Woman’s Recycling, Recovery Network Extends From Connecticut To Brazil
(Akron/Tire Review – Hartford Courant) – Twenty years ago, Anne Evans never dreamed that the recycling business she launched with $1,000 in cash and a $5,000 line of credit would propel her to such heights: business owner, jet-setter, junk tire lady.
Full Steam Ahead: Amtel-Vredestein Executive Charts Course For Core Vredestein Brand
Robert H. Oudshoorn has been CEO of Vredestein Banden BV since 1994. Prior to that, he was director of commercial operations at a Michelin-Okamoto joint venture in Tokyo and also worked as representative director for Groupe Michelin in South Africa. In April 2005, Russian tiremaker Amtel Holdings officially completed its $245 million cash purchase of
ELV Directive Takes Effect
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) On Jan. 1, the End of Life Vehicles Directive (ELV) took effect, forcing car manufacturers to pick up the cost of scrapping unwanted cars.
Technology ROI: A Different View
In the world of an independent tire dealer, calculating return on investment (ROI) is an everyday occurrence. Before you invest in an alignment machine, you calculate the number of additional alignments you could perform with the machine, estimate reduced comebacks and consider how your bay space can best be used. You do the same with
Anne Evans: Turning Waste Tyres Into Wealth
(India/Rubber Asia) Worldwide, more than 1.5 billion scrap tyres are removed from vehicles each year.
Speed Matters: Selling R-Compound Tires May Help Cement Customer Relationships
So you want to get into the business of selling unique tires? Let’s see…how about starting off with a low-volume product line with relatively low margins in a market that’s so small no one can seem to estimate its size – or potential? Hmmm. That sounds like a great opportunity. Okay, zap – you’ve now
New Jeep Models to Offer Bridgestone Dueler Tires
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone brand Dueler A/T RH-S tires in size P255/70R18 112S will be fitted on the next generation 2007 Jeep Wrangler Sahara.
Rockingham Adds Wet Grip Facility
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The Rockingham circuit is best known as the UK’s most modern and only purpose-built motor sport facility and the venue for exciting and action-packed motor racing.