Arkansas Retreader Gets ISO Certification
(Akron/Tire Review) Ft. Smith, Ark.-based Trans-American Tire announced that its North Little Rock, Ark., Bandag retread plant has earned ISO 9001:2000 certification. “We’re joining a North American network of Bandag dealers to offer consistent, quality results to trucking fleets’” says R. Scott Hembree, Trans-American’s chairman. “Implementing the Bandag quality management system and working towards certification
Vredestein Wins Auto Express Tire Test
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Vredestein is celebrating its fifth straight win in the annual Auto Express tyre test.
2006 Market Influencers
Many play a huge role in this big old industry. But, which are the real movers and shakers – the real Market Influencers? Tire Review’s annual review of Market Influencers looks at the 10 people, products, issues and things that we think will have a major impact on this business over the coming year. Sometimes
Conti’s Nikolin Discusses Products, Price Increases and the new Chinese Factory
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The last time Tyres & Accessories met with Continental AG’s executive board member responsible for truck tyres, Dr. Hans-Joachim Nikolin, he and Continental UK commercial tyre business director, Arthur Greg, extolled the virtues of the company’s wide single tyres.
Michelin Wins London Central Contract
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Michelin has won a tyre contract with London Central, a division of the Go-Ahead Group, which operates 600 buses in southeast and central London from depots in Bexleyheath, Camberwell, New Cross and Peckham.
Wider Availability for Dunlop Industrial Tyres
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The Dunlop range of industrial tyres is now available directly from Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK, rather than through a single authorised distributor as previously.
The 350 mph JCB
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Most of us have cursed at one time or another when caught behind a slow-moving digger, travelling on the road. Well, there’s one JCB that will easily leave you standing, as the JCB Dieselmax recently achieved a stunning 350mph (563kph) at the Bonneville Salt Flats to break its own land speed record for diesel-powered cars.
Tiremaker Shares Gain as Rubber Costs Decline
(Akron/Tire Review – Bloomberg) Rubber planters in Asia are tapping trees faster than ever, pushing down prices and helping a recovery in shares of tiremakers Bridgestone Corp., Groupe Michelin and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Titan Layoffs Contested, Arbitrator to Review
(Akron/Tire Review) Were the cuts because of a softening market for ag tires or for other reasons?
Great Googly Moogly: What Are the Hot Tire Search Trends? Just Google It.
Steve Rushin, a columnist for Sports Illustrated, recently explored the wonders of Google’s new Trends service. Rushin put Trends to the test with a series of sports-related terms. He found, for example, that residents of Dublin, Ireland, Google “golf tips” and “Guinness” more than folks anywhere else in the world. Ever wonder what city Googles