Shrader Tire expanding business in Michigan

ROSEVILLE, Mich. — Family-owned Shrader Tire & Oil has added to its portfolio with the acquisition of Macomb Tire Inc.

Toledo, Ohio-based Shrader Tire & Oil, a distributor of commercial truck tires and lubricants, recently bought Macomb Tire, a 15-year-old commercial tire business in Roseville, a community of about 47,000 located in southern Michigan, between Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.

"We are excited to expand our business in the metro Detroit area and bring Macomb Tire into our family," Shrader Tire & Oil President and CEO Joe Shrader said.

"The business that Cliff McCoy and Jim Collier started together in 2005 is a perfect fit for our customers in that area, and we look forward to servicing them as part of Shrader Tire & Oil."

The purchase price was not disclosed. All six Macomb Tire employees, including both company founders, will integrate into Shrader Tire & Oil, which has 210 employees.

Shrader, which operates 14 locations prior to the acquisition, said it will be consolidating the Macomb operation into a full-service fleet store in the area.

Shrader operates a location a few miles away — Warren Fleet Services in Warren, Mich. — which offers truck and trailer repair, truck alignments and 24-hour truck service.

Shrader services customers throughout northwest Ohio, southern Michigan and northeast Indiana, offering 24-hour emergency road service, fleet services, tire repair and bulk oil distribution through the Michelin Commercial Services Network.

According to Shrader Tire, Messrs. McCoy and Collier began working in the tire business in the 1990s at the former Oakland Tire. They opened Macomb Tire in Roseville in 2005 and have operated it at its current site for nearly four years.

Shrader Tire & Oil Marketing Manager Jim Miller said the combination of both company's assets and resources will "build an organization that is better positioned to serve customers in the metro Detroit area in changing marketplace."