Right Tire, Right Time: Smart Inventory Strategy is Key to Serving Fleets’ Immediate Needs
While the new year is still fresh, the question of how many tire and wheel spares a fleet – large or small – has available on short notice might be a good one to re-examine. The sheer complexity of modern, axle-specific truck tire designs, new vocational niche market tires, increasing use of higher quality retreads,
Affinia Group Closing Plants
(Akron/Tire Review) Affinia Group Inc. is pressing ahead with its restructuring plan and will close three plants by year’s end.
Cooper Posts Loss for 2005
(Akron/Tire Review) Citing a number of factors, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted a net loss of $9 million for 2005, down considerably from 2004’s net profit of $201 million.
Plans to Import Chinese Cars Hit Snags
(Akron/Tire Review – USA Today) Problems with everything from money to pollution have disrupted plans to sell Chinese cars in the U.S.
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
(Akron/Tire Review – Reprinted from Fast Company) Every year, thousands of executives venture to Bentonville, Ark., hoping to get their products onto the shelves of the world’s biggest retailer. But Jim Wier wanted Wal-Mart to stop selling his Snapper mowers.
CTNA Said to be Considering HQ Move
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America (CTNA) is considering moving its U.S. headquarters from Charlotte, N.C., to another part of the city, possibly even to nearby South Carolina, according to reports this weekend.
Analysts Predict Higher Sumitomo OP than Management
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Deutsche Bank analysts are more optimistic than the management when it comes to predicting future results.
CTNA, Union Still at Odds Over Charlotte Plant
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America (CTNA) and union representatives met for two days this week but reached no agreements, according to the Charlotte Observer newspaper.
Heffernan’s: First on the MAP in Ireland
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) It was back in January 2005 that Michelin launched its Michelin Accreditation Programme (MAP), aimed at recognising excellence in independent tyre dealers and raising standards of professionalism and customer services to the highest possible level.
Union Unloads on CTNA Over Charlotte Statement
(Akron/Tire Review) Relations between the United Steelworkers (USW) and Continental Tire North America (CTNA) continue to deteriorate, with most of the focus on CTNA’s demands for major cuts at its Charlotte, N.C., passenger and light truck/SUV tire plant.