Tire Kingdom Launching New Brand
(Akron/Tire Review) Tire Kingdom International Inc. has replaced the Goodyear-produced Hallmark brand with a new line – Cyclone.
Tire Kingdom Promotes Friedman to VP, International Wholesale
(Akron/Tire Review) Lenny Friedman has been named vice president of Tire Kingdom’s international wholesale division.
Al Diaz, Tire Kingdom Exec, Dies
(Akron/Tire Review) Tire Kingdom International president Al Diaz, 59, died Sept. 26 after an illness.
Editor’s Notebook: People Make Perfect in the Tire Industry
In the tire industry, it’s all about the people. Why? Because in today’s world, that’s just good business.
Tire Review’s Vehicle Care Rockstar: Tim Winkeler, CEO of VIP Tires & Service
Winkeler’s leadership redefines what it means to be a rock star in the tire industry.
TIA Honors Hall of Fame Inductees, Tire Dealers at Awards Ceremony
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) honored its latest Hall of Fame inductees and awarded other industry leaders at its Tire Industry Honors Awards Ceremony hosted at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 31, prior to the start of the Global Tire Expo/SEMA Show from Nov. 1-4. Tire Review Editor Madeleine
Marvin Bozarth, Retired ITRA Executive Director, Dies
Marvin Bozarth, one of the retread industry’s foremost experts and a past managing director of the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and executive director of the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA), died Sept. 1, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Missouri. He was 85, according to his obituary. Born Dec. 10, 1936, in
Four Selected as 2022 Tire Industry Hall of Fame Inductees
The Tire Industry Association’s (TIA) Hall of Fame Committee has selected four new inductees for the 2022 Tire Industry Hall of Fame: the late Larry Day, retired chairman and CEO of TBC Corp; Christine Karbowiak, retired Bridgestone Americas executive; Joe DePaolis, tire dealer and former president of the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA);
Big O Tires Earned $1 Billion, Now Its Eyes are On the Future
The “O” in Big O Tires stands for opportunity. That sentiment was the driving force throughout Big O’s 60th Anniversary Celebration and Conference in Dallas, Texas – along with this one: “it is only the beginning.” If this is only the beginning for the tire dealer, it hit the pavement speeding, leaving the most gnarly
Big O Tires Exec. Interview: Nationwide Expansion on Horizon
Do you realize how hard it is to win three straight championships in a row in professional sports? The last time it was done was all the way back in 2002. The Los Angeles Lakers – stacked with Kobe Bryant and Shaq in their prime and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson – won three
