University of the Aftermarket Foundation Increasing Scholarship Funding By $100,000

Published: December 16, 2014

The University of the Aftermarket Foundation will award an additional $100,000 in scholarships in 2015, according to Tim Lee, chairman of the University of the Aftermarket Foundation. The increase will bring the total amount of scholarships awarded to $230,000.

“I am pleased to announce that the University of the Aftermarket Foundation will fund an extra 100 scholarships in the coming year,” said Lee. “The auto care industry has really embraced the need to raise more funds to educate and train the next generation of leaders. On behalf of the foundation’s board of trustees, I want to thank the hundreds of individuals and industry organizations for their generosity.

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.