Tire Discounters Joins AMRA/MAP

Cincinnati-based dealer becomes service provider member for AMRA/MAP.

Published: January 30, 2014

The Automotive Maintenance and Repair Association made Tire Discounters as its newest service provider member.

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Tire Discounters has more than 900 employees at 87 stores throughout the Midwest. It is currently expanding into Nashville, Tenn., with 12 locations planned to open later this year.

Nils Olsson, director of business development for Tire Discounters, said the company has followed MAP standards with AMRA for years in order to assure stronger service and repair for customers. Olsson said he will join MAP’s technical committee and be an active member of its Tires/Wheels/TPMS subcommittee to represent the industry in improving operations standards.

Yokohama Rubber holds groundbreaking for Mexico tire plant

The facility is set to begin production in early 2027 with a planned annual output of five million tires.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 22, 2024

Yokohama Rubber held a groundbreaking event on April 15 for its new consumer and light truck tire plant at the Alianza Industrial Park in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The company said the event was well attended by a crowd of state and local officials, as well as management from Yokohama companies, including YRC Chairman and CEO Masataka Yamishi; Yokohama Corporation North America (YCNA) CEO Shinichi Takimoto; and Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) President and CEO Jeff Barna.