Madeleine Winer is Editor of Tire Review magazine. She joined the Tire Review staff as a senior editor in 2017. Before joining the tire industry, she worked as a producer and reporter at the Louisville Courier Journal. She is a graduate of Kent State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and speaks Spanish fluently.
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While rain and grey skies covered the San Diego skies, camaraderie and cheer buzzed throughout the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, which welcomed more than 400 Tire Pros dealers and their families last week for the 2023 Tire Pros National Business Conference.
During the conference and afternoon-long tradeshow, dealers received industry updates, learned about new programs, products and initiatives from the Tire Pros franchises and networked with each other about the business. Take a look below at some of the scenes we captured from the show.
Continental revealed that Rob Schroeder, former Sr. manager of operations, marketing and analytics, will take over the responsibility of head of region for the United States and Canada. In this role, he will oversee all of material handling, port, earthmoving and agriculture tire business in the United States and Canada. The appointment took effect April 1.
Executives discuss the future of sustainable tire manufacturing, the relationship between EVs and tire waste and what’s next for airless tire technology.