Ron Jonnson, left, president of Johnson Tire Service, Clarendon,Pa., discusses the tread selection at Goodyear's booth with Stan Dorrell, Goodyear region manager, retreading systems.
Butch Hoffman, a Tire Resource Systems sales representative, demonstrates his firm's Eagle line of tire baling equipment.
Some 800 persons went rollin' down the Cumberland River aboard the General Jackson stern wheel river boat for an outing sponsored by Michelin North America.
Sushil Sarkar, left, Prem Chandran and Sudarsan Varadaraj from Elgitread (India) Ltd., were on hand to explain the firm's retreading system. Elgitread claims more than 500 licensees in 20 countries, but is still trying to break into the North American market.
Jack Waggoneer, left, A-Z Formen- und Maschinenbau GmbH's western U.S. representative explains how the A-Z cushion gum extruder automatically fills skives to Bob Piagentini of Babek Commercial Tire Systems.
A group of showgoers examines an Italmatic mold cure press at the Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. booth.