First-Time Event Tyrexpo Africa Was a Sell Out
(Douglasdale, South Africa/Southern Africa Treads) Twelve months ago, the notion of South Africa hosting its own dedicated Tyre Show was all but a dream.
Investment Group May be Making Another Play for Conti
(Akron/Tire Review) Various news reports out of Europe indicate that a consortium of investment companies may make a play to buy controlling interest in Continental AG.
More Strikers Crossing Picket Lines, Goodyear Says
(Akron/Tire Review) According to Associated Press reports, Goodyear officials said that “hundreds” of striking United Steelworkers employees have returned to their jobs at Goodyear plants. USW locals, however, dispute that assessment.
Super Wides: Can Super Wide Tires Cut Fuel Costs?
Smart fleets and progressive tire dealers opt for a symbiotic relationship – one in which the dealer helps the fleet lower its operating costs, while the fleet ensures continued business for the dealer. After all, a supplier relationship in its ideal form should be a partnership, not just a sales contract. Still, commercial tire innovation
Conti Supports Global Business Program
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America has created a three-year, $75,000 educational scholarship program to Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
TIC Becomes TyreSafe
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) From January 2007, the Tyre Industry Council will be known as TyreSafe, a move the group says will raise its profile and allow it to become more a proactively consumer-facing organisation.
Stamford Has Changes at the Top
(Akron/Tire Review) Stamford Tires & Wheels announced that Jim Seidel, the former Continental Tire North America executive who joined the company last fall, has left the tiremaker.
CTNA Goes Mobile With Ad Effort
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America (CTNA) has hooked up with Lowen Color Graphics, Concentric Marketing and Direct Motor Freight to create billboard-size brands advertisements that now appear on the sides of 12 tractor/trailers used to haul CTNA tires.
USW Says Goodyear Looks to Tap Ex-Conti Workers
(Akron/Tire Review) The United Steelworkers claims that Goodyear has placed ads in “several North Carolina newspapers” apparently looking to attract experienced tire plant workers to work as replacements at its plants.
More HP Tyres for Polish Motorists
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The tyre market in Poland is growing continuously.