SEMA Show 2006: Reliable Tire Names Promo Winners
(Las Vegas/Tire Review) Reliable Tire Distributors will draw the winners of its two major 2006 promotions during the SEMA Show this week. These two promotions are part of a year-long celebration of Reliable Tire’s 50th anniversary.
SEMA Show 2006: Conti Launches New ContiSportContact 3
(Las Vegas/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America is using the SEMA Show to launch the new ContiSportContact 3 performance tire line. Released in Europe earlier this year, the tire makes its North American debut this week in Las Vegas.
Sice/Auto 4: New Concept Tyre Changer
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Auto 4 and Sice have announced the launch of the S450 Super-Automatic tyre changer, which they describe as “a new radical development in tyre changer design and operation.”
API Names Fenner VP, Sales and Marketing
(Akron/Tire Review) American Pacific Industries Inc. has named Jack R. Fenner vice president of sales and marketing as of Oct. 15.
CTNA Reaches Tentative Agreement With Mayfield Workers
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America Inc. (CTNA) said it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers over its planned closure of its Mayfield, Ky., plant.
Bridgestone Wins Run-Flat Tyre Test
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The U.K.’s first independent magazine run-flat tyre test has named the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT as “Best Buy 2006.”
Allexim Takes Service Centre Concept to China
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) One trade company, which isn’t exactly a major market player but nevertheless has a long and successful history in China, is the Alltyre Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. which is owned by a German entrepreneur.
Wholesaler Establishes Chinese Retail Business
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The fact that Singaporean wholesaler Stamford Tyres operates both a service centre chain (Mega Mart) as well as a tyre retail chain (Tyre Mart) in Southeast Asia and China shows that the people’s republic is more than just a production base for the company.
Kings Road’s Wide Range
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Kings Road Tyres is a leading truck tyre wholesaler, holding what is probably the largest range of tyres available in the UK and Ireland.
ACCC Names Kravitz as Chairman
(Akron/Tire Review) American Car Care Centers Inc. (ACCC) has appointed Ben Kravitz as its new chairman of the board of directors, effective Oct. 1.