TPMS-Maker Gets Staff TIA Trained
(Akron/Tire Review) Sixteen Schrader Bridgeport International employees – from sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, training and customer service – have been trained and certified as Automotive Tire Service Instructors by TIA.
Akebono Makes Plant, OE Sales Appointments
(Akron/Tire Review) Akebono Brake Corp. announced that Seiji Onoda has returned to the U.S. arm of Akebono Brake Industry Co. Ltd. as director of manufacturing.
University Working Towards the Use of Recycled Tyres in New Tyres
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) According to the Environment Agency’s Tyre Watch Programme, every year in the UK around 450,000 tonnes of used tyres are produced and require some form of reuse or disposal.
Kumho Expands OE Sales Office
(Akron/Tire Review) Kumho Tire USA Inc. has hired new key personnel at its OE sales office in Detroit.
Tyre Manufacturing in SA: Will it Have a Future?
(Douglasdale, South Africa/SA Treads) The South African business sector is applauded the world over for its unflinching work ethic, its determination to succeed against all odds and its uncanny ability to come up with creative solutions whenever the occasion demands it.
Ground Connection: Tires Have to a Lot to Do – Here’s How They Do It
For most customers, performance is all look. From the wheel to the sidewall to the tread itself, the tire and wheel package has to look sharp. Lost in all of this focus on look is the actual performance of today’s performance tires. Not surprisingly, a lot of that starts and ends with the tread design.
New Man, New Focus: Armes Aims to Strenghten Cooper’s Base While Keeping an Eye on the Future
Roy V. Armes was named president and CEO of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. last December, following the August resignation of Tom Dattilo. A 31-year veteran of Whirlpool Corp., Armes held several senior-level posts in various departments at the appliance manufacturer, including engineering, project management and purchasing. He also had positions in Mexico and China
Wrappin’ Up: Finishing One Big Toy and Finding Another Lift Option
Picking up where we left off last month, there is one more quick lift product that I want to cover and it’s name is, well, QuickLift. Newly developed by the team at Rancho Suspensions (gorancho.com), this product allows you to raise the nose of most popular 1/2-ton trucks from 1-inch to 2.5 inches. This will
Continental Automotive Systems Starts India Operations
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Continental Automotive Systems has opened a liaison office near New Delhi and inaugurated a technical centre in Bangalore, India.
Continental Automotive Moves Offices to India
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Automotive Systems, a division of Continental AG, announced that its liaison office and a technical center have been moved to India.