Ultimate Driving Experience for Millennium Winners
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Viking International is pleased to announce the winners of its recent Millennium competition.
Bandag Announces Cost Cutting Programme
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Bandag Inc. announced that it has closed its pension plans to new hires in the U.S. and Canada, and will freeze the existing pension plans for U.S. employees and for salaried Canadian employees effective 31 December 2006.
Michelin Renews Mining Essay Contest
(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America’s (MNA) earthmover tires group will accept entries for its second annual Michelin Mining Essay Contest. Two winners will be selected, each earning a $3,000 prize.
Falcon Tyres Posts 300% Growth in Profit
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Falcon Tyres Ltd. has recorded a 300% increase in net profit since it was bought by the Indian Ruia group.
Tires & Rubber Moscow Awaits its Jubilee
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The fact that the Russian tyre market is among the most interesting in the world could not have failed to raise expectations about the Tires & Rubber Moscow exhibition, which took place for the ninth time in March.
USW and Titan Seem Together on CTNA Plant Buy
(Akron/Tire Review) Not surprisingly, the United Steelworkers (USW), which is facing difficult contract and cutback talks with Continental Tire North America (CTNA), publicly “welcomed” news that Titan International is seeking to buy CTNA’s Bryan, Ohio, OTR plant.
Dunlop India to Make Industrial Rubber Products at Ambattur
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Dunlop India is planning to set up an industrial rubber products plant at its existing truck and bus tyre manufacturing facility at Ambattur in Chennai.
Japanese Tyre Sales up 1.3%
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Japanese domestic tyre shipments rose 1.3% year-on-year in March, to 11.87 million units.
NHTSA Tire Study Results Due Tomorrow
(Akron/Tire Review) A tire fuel efficiency study authorized by NHTSA has concluded, and the results are supposed to be announced Apr. 4 by the National Academy of Science, which NHTSA assigned to conduct the survey.
ASE to Manage NASTF
(Akron/Tire Review – aftermarketNews.com) Many changes are afoot at the National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF), the not-for-profit group that takes responsibility for identifying and rectifying gaps in the availability and accessibility of automotive service information and tools to independent repair shops.