Kentucky Offers Tax Breaks to MNA
According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Commonwealth of Kentucky is offering some $7 million in tax breaks to Michelin North America in a move to nudge along a major expansion at the American Synthetic Rubber facility in the city. The hoped for $26 million investment would help assure the future of 336 jobs at the
2007 Top Shop Winner: Gatto’s Tires & Auto Service
Convention just doesn’t seem to fit in. Not always, and not with statements like, “We just do our own thing.” Or, “Sometimes the customer isn’t right.” Not that Gatto’s Tires & Auto Service has succeeded by living on the fringes. Far from it. As the first winner of the Tire Review Top Shop Award presented
Happy Birthday Goodyear!
Goodyear turns 111 this year, and is celebrating by recounting its Top 111 Innovations, Inspirations and Historic Firsts. The list, said the tiremaker, “reflects Goodyear’s pioneering spirit of innovation throughout the years, which has been felt across the earth, the skies and even the moon.” “Innovation is what has made Goodyear what it is today,”
New Moon Vehicles Will be ‘Springy’
Goodyear and NASA have developed a new airless space tire that may have applications here on earth.
It Was Just a Little Scratch
(Glen Beanard – Brake & Front End) MRSA. No, it’s not a new automotive acronym, and no it does not mean “mister service advisor.”
Sumitomo Certified as an ‘Eco-First Company’
Sumitomo Rubber Industries has pledged its Eco-First Commitment to the Japanese minister of the environment.
Freedom from the ‘Black Gold’
By 2013 Sumitomo Rubber plans to be selling tyres containing absolutely no petrochemical materials.
Michelin Develops its own Lunar Tire
Groupe Michelin has developed a new lunar wheel for the next generation of NASA lunar rover vehicles.
TIA Boosts Membership Offerings
The Tire Industry Association launched three new member programs for the year so far: NASA Federal Credit Union, free Web page service and The Business Owner newsletter.
Michelin Hits 3 Million Mark
Michelin North America celebrated production of its 3 millionth aircraft tire at its plant in Norwood, N.C.