28,000 Tires and Two Tons of Pasta Later
Wanna be THE tire supplier for Formula One? Think ya got what it takes to make and provide service to the world’s premier motorsport series (so sorry NASCAR)? Based on these stats Pirelli provided from its first year back on the circuit, you might want to reconsider your ambition: • Total race tires provided for
Cooper Tire Partners With AskPatty.com
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is broadening its outreach to women, signing a partnership agreement with noted women’s automotive resource AskPatty.com. According to Cooper, its research shows that 74% of American women feel automotive marketers could understand them better, “a concern that Cooper is working to change by developing female-targeted brand messages with a focus
Live at SEMA: Four Giants Join Tire Industry Hall of Fame
Bill Fountain, John Gamauf, Onkar Kanwar and Ralph “Buddy” Snow were inducted into the Tire Industry Hall of Fame last night.
Hankook Gets Exclusive Winter Tire Deal in Canada
Hankook Tire Canada Corp. is supplying Canadian Tire with an exclusive Hankook-brand "all-weather" tire. The Hankook Optimo 4S, which carries the mountain/snowflake symbol that the Rubber Association of Canada and its U.S. counterpart, the RMA, assigns to approved winter tires, will be available only at Canadian Tire locations across Canada. "We are proud to partner
Four Named to Tire Industry Hall of Fame
The Tire Industry Association announced the inductees of the 2011 Tire Industry Hall of Fame: Bill Fountain, founder of Fountain Tire; John Gamauf, president, Consumer Replacement Tires (retired) for Bridgestone North American Tire; Onkar Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres, Ltd.; and Ralph "Buddy" Snow, vice president and counsel (retired) for Oliver Rubber. Bill Fountain is the
China Looking at Big Growth for Tire Retreading
[China Economic Net] A realistic problem facing China’s comprehensive utilization of waste and old tire resources at present is the country’s low tire retreading rate."Accelerating the development of tire retreading is an important way for China to make up scarce rubber resources, as well as an important method of realizing that waste and old tire
Rubber Asphalt Conference Set for Texas
The Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation (STREF), a non-profit foundation established by the RMA along with the Rubber Pavements Association, Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Asphalt Institute, National Asphalt Pavements Association and the National Center for Asphalt Technology, will co-host the fifth National Conference on Rubber Modified Asphalt. The event will be
Daniels Tire Service Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Back in 1911, when residents of Whittier, Calif., and its surrounding communities needed new tires for their Ford Model Ts, they turned to R.F. Daniels. And while much has changed over the past 100 years, Southern California still depends on the Daniels family for tires, automotive service and expert advice. From its humble beginnings as
RAC Prepares for Tire & Rubber Summit
The Rubber Association of Canada will host a Tire & Rubber Summit June 16 in the Toronto area. The event, themed "Driving Sustainability," will focus on the issues and challenges facing the industry today – and how the industry responds to these challenges. Covered topics will include the factors that are driving volatility in the
Unsavory Slashings of Tires and a Salty Plea
Sure you have been following the goings-on across our Northern border, and know that it is once again National Election Season in Canada. Seems a confidence vote didn’t go in favor of sitting Prime Minister Stephen Harper or his entire Conservative Party. So, as is custom in a parliamentary system, the ‘no confidence’ vote resulted