Monroe Promotion Helps Consumers Battle Fuel Costs
Tenneco Inc. is offering relief to consumers facing escalating fuel costs through a $20 “Fuel Stop” mail-in rebate available with qualifying purchases of Monroe Ceramics and Monroe Dynamics brake pads.
Chemical Buyers, Manufacturers Look to Offset Higher Rubber Costs
(Purchasing Magazine) Like gasoline at the pump and oil in the barrels, natural and synthetic rubber prices keep breaking through historic barriers.
Analysts: ‘Massive’ Price Increases Needed to Offset NR Costs
Analysts have warned that tyre manufacturers will have to introduce “massive” price increases to offset the surging natural rubber cost.
Profits Skyrocket, but Apollo Concerned Over Rising Costs.
Apollo Tyres Ltd has reported a 125% increase in annual net profits, rising from 1.2 to 2.7 billion rupees (≤33.42 million).
ITWS Aims to Reduce Industrial and OTR Tyre Costs
With over 55 years of experience in the industrial and large earthmoving tyre industry, International Tyre & Wheel Solutions’ team has a vision to reduce its customers’ running costs by continually searching for innovative ideas.
Truckers Slow to a Crawl, Sit Idle to Protest Fuel Costs
(The Tennessean/AP) Independent truckers across the nation pulled their rigs off the road and others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
Truck Group Sees Record Diesel Costs
Just days after diesel raced passed the $4 per gallon mark, the American Trucking Association now projects that diesel will reach record highs in 2008.
Watts Chief warns on Rubber Costs, Tire Pricing
Watts Tyre Group CEO Jean-Paul Mindermann, in discussing ever rising raw material costs, warned forklift truck manufacturers that tire prices will continue to rise and that they must learn to adapt.
Elastomer Costs Equal Share Woes for Zeon
Shares in Japanese synthetic rubber manufacturer Zeon Corp. have experienced the largest fall in more than a decade after the company slashed its profit forecast.
‘TireVigil InTow’ Service Lowers Costs, Improves Safety
To address the increasing cost of tire maintenance, roadside delays and fuel, TireStamp Corp., a leading tire monitoring and tire asset management systems supplier, announced a major innovation in intelligent tire management for commercial fleet operators who are plagued with trailer tire problems.