What’s a Dealer to Do?: Dealers Can Still Win Even if the Economy is a Big Loser
All one has to do is look at the prices – in large, doomsday-sized letters – that hang outside most establishments selling gasoline or diesel fuel. Then the calculator in the left side of the brain begins to register. The results are usually the same: Holy Refinery! Everywhere you look gasoline hovers around $4 a
Rising Tyre Prices Turn Finns to Korean, Chinese Suppliers
(Helsinki Times) High oil prices are extracting their toll from Finnish drivers also when they go to change their tires.
Not Rocket Science
The news that Bridgestone/Firestone is keeping its tech center in Akron is certainly good news for the city and the state, both of which could use some good economic vibes, to be sure.
Brickyard Blues
If you want to know why we don’t spend a lot of ink covering tire-company racing activities, look no further than this past weekend’s Brickyard 400.
Tyler Workers OK Closure Plan
USW members at Goodyear’s Tyler, Texas, tire plant have voted to allow the tiremaker to shutter the facility ahead of schedule.
Take A Bow
Ever want to feel good about this industry’s place in the scheme of things?
Nay-Sayers Beware: Titan Designs, Builds, Tests 63-Inch Radial in Seven Months
Titan Designs, Builds, Tests 63-Inch Radial in Seven Months
Nothing Positive Here
Been watching the Conti takeover situation carefully, and I don’t see this ending well.
Tyre Industry Response to REACH Legislation
Due to be phased in over the next 10 years, the European Union’s chemical usage legislation REACH – dealing with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances – holds implications for many at all levels of the tyre industry.
TR Launches Industry’s First Blog
Tire Review was the first magazine to cover the North American tireindustry, and now it is the first with a tire industry blog – the OneWay Street Blog.