Giti Tire Sponsors NHRA Racer Latino
Giti Tire USA announced it will sponsor Eric Latino in the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) upcoming season to help introduce the Giti name to American auto enthusiasts. “We have been providing tires to American families for years and people don’t know about it,” said Armand Allaire, executive vice president of sales and marketing. “We
GT Radial Rolls Out Maxtour All-Season Tire
Giti Tire’s GT tire brand is releasing the new GT Radial Maxtour all-season passenger tire to North America. The new all-season tire has great mileage, sure-footed all-season traction and a quiet and smooth ride from the tires variable pitch tread blocks, Giti Tire said. The tire’s new tread compound and lateral grooves that pump out
Giti Rolls Out Two New Tires
Giti Tire (USA) has unveiled two new GT Radial branded truck tires. The company introduced the GT Radial GDR619 regional drive tire for medium-sized and light duty trucks, and the GAM835 mixed service tire, for heavy haul service use. “This has been one of the most aggressive years ever for our company introducing new GT
Ex-Nexen Man Aben Joins Giti as Sr. VP
Former Nexen Tire Corp. sales executive John Aben has joined Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. as its new senior vice president. The tire industry veteran will “work with the Giti executive team to strengthen the position of the Giti family of brands with distributors, dealers and retailers in the North American replacement tire market, as well
Giti Disappointed in DOC’s AD, CVD Determinations
Giti officials are “very disappointed,” by the Department of Commerce’s antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) final determination, according to the tiremaker. Giti has received an antidumping margin of 14.54% and a countervailing duty margin of 36.79%. Duties are still subject to a final decision by the International Trade Commission on July 27. Once
Giti Launches New Motorsports Site
Giti Tire (USA) has unveiled a new site motorsports website – www.gtradical.com. The site provides visitors an inside look at GT Radial teams competing in Formula DRIFT and allows them to connect with other enthusiasts, the tiremaker said. “This new website is designed to connect GT Radial with enthusiasts by allowing them to get up
GT Radial Rolls Out New Drive Tire
Giti Tire (USA) has introduced a new long haul drive tire – the GT Radial GDL617FS. Developed at Giti’s North American Technical Center, the GDL617FS features a wider tread and compounding for higher mileage, the tiremaker said. Additionally the tire’s central groove and supplementary grooves help prevent stone retention and zigzag sips provides traction and
Giti Adds New Line Haul Trailer Tire
Giti Tire (USA)’s newest GT Radial tire, the GTL922 FS premium line haul trailer tire, was designed specifically for North America, the tiremaker said. The Smartway-verified GT Radial GTL922 FS features a four straight groove design for enhanced driving stability and effective water flow as well as sipes and microsipes on the ribs for wet
Giti Names Sales Technical Service Manager
Giti Tire (USA) Inc. promoted Matt Hanchana to the position of sales technical service manager. Previously Hanchana served as technical service coordinator for Giti. He joined the company in Dec. 2012. In this position, he will be responsible for delivering the development and execution of the company’s sales technical service activities for passenger, light truck
Giti Breaks Ground on First North American Manufacturing Facility
Giti Tire (USA) Inc., along with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and other state and county officials, broke ground on the company’s $560 million radial passenger and light truck/SUV plant in Chester County, S.C., on Feb. 12. The Chester County plant is the first North America plant for the Singapore-based tiremaker and is expected to
Industry Veteran Passes
Longtime veteran of the tire industry Carl J. Fino, 81, passed away in his sleep last Feb. 4., in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, Pa. Fino was born in Hanover Township, Pa., on July 1, 1933. He graduated G.A.R. Memorial High School in 1951 and received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from
Duties Lead to Additional Price Raises
Giti Tire (USA) Inc. will increase prices on all passenger and light truck tires (excluding ST tires) the company sells in the U.S. by 5.5%, effective immediately. The price raise is in response to the 30.91% duty rate (the sum of 11.74% countervailing duties and 19.17% anti-dumping duties) assessed to Giti Tire. In total, the