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Take A Bow

Ever want to feel good about this industry’s place in the scheme of things?

Jim Smith
By Jim Smith
Longtime Tire Review Editor Jim Smith passed away on Feb. 18, 2016. He was 57. With 30 years in the tire and automotive industries, Jim's communications experience included stints as a newspaper reporter and editor, a public relations manager and a variety of creative and management roles with a B2B marketing communications agency. A Kent State University journalism major, Jim served as editor for a number of community newspapers in Northeast Ohio before joining Modern Tire Dealer in 1984. After four years in brand and corporate public relations roles with Bridgestone Americas, Jim joined Nashville's Stumpf Bartels Advertising in 1992. He became Tire Review's editor in October 1999. Jim was honored with the Ed Wagner Tire Industry Leadership Award by the Tire Industry Association in November 2014.
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Our sister magazine Counterman recently published its annual Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers list, developed in conjunction with AASA.

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Tire manufacturers – specifically Bridgestone/Firestone, Goodyear, Michelin, Continental Tire North America and Cooper held five of the top 10 positions. BFS, Goodyear and Michelin, in fact, were among the top five; oil giants Shell and Exxon held the other two slots among the top five.

The gap (in 2007 sales dollars) between first-place BFS and 10th place Federal-Mogul was an eye-popping $12.6 billion. That’s billion with a B.

Thought you’d like to know just how important we really are.

If you have comments to share, send to me at [email protected].

– Jim Smith

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