TR Launches Industry’s First Blog
Tire Review was the first magazine to cover the North American tireindustry, and now it is the first with a tire industry blog – the OneWay Street Blog.
Conti Reports No Contact Over Truck Tyres
Continental has responded to claims from German news sources that Italian rival Pirelli is interested in buying the German manufacturer’s truck tyre business, stating that they have yet to be contacted.
Turkish Workers Strike at Four Major Tire Plants
About 4,000 Turkish tire manufacturing workers went on strike over the weekend at four factories, demanding a 12% wage increase for the first six-month period of a two-year labor agreement, and the Turkish rate of inflation for each six-month period thereafter.
Discount Tire Opens Store 700
Discount Tire opened its 700th store nationwide, in Waxahachie, Texas, on May 20.
Tire Prices and Turbulence
Pirelli execs, say news reports out of Europe, are not ruling out additional tire price increases in both the third and fourth quarters of this year.
Notes & Scribbles
Almost let the month get away without noting that May was the 20th anniversary of Bridgestone Corp.’s purchase of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. for a then unheard of $2.6 billion.
Random Notes from Essen
Just got back from Germany where I was able to spend a few hours at the fabled Reifen Essen, perhaps the best industry tradeshow I have ever attended.
Misc. Folder: NTSW, Checkoffs, Greening, Spending, Shops & a Really Odd EU Scheme
You don’t necessarily see all of this, but I find it quite interesting to watch so many tiremakers, car dealers and non-tire dealer retailers jump aboard the National Tire Safety Week boat. Come April, we get flooded with news about free inflation pressure checks, tire gauges, educational events, press conferences, spokespeople…the list goes on and
Tiremakers Increase Prices
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire and Pirelli Tire North America both announced tire price increases that will kick in on June 1.
Industry Concerned New EU Standards Won’t Control Low-Cost Imports
(The Guardian) Tyre makers in Europe fear that new standards that the European Commission wants to impose will make it more difficult to compete against their Asian rivals.