The following directory consists of U.S. and Canadian companies that manufacture and/or distribute one or more brands of specialty or industrial tires. In addition to manufacturers, the directory includes private brand marketers and importers with exclusive access to one or more brands.
Airboss of America Corp., 130 Adelaide St. W., Suite 3210, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5. Tel: (416) 368-2677. Fax: (416) 368-4448. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.airbossofamerica.com.
Key personnel: Robert L. Hagerman, President.
Products: non-pneumatic, segmented tires for skid-steers, wheel loaders, backhoes and rough-terrain lift trucks; one-piece, non-pneumatic tires for baggage carts and personnel carriers.
Brand: AirBoss.
U.S. subsidiary:
AirBoss of America (Michigan) Corp., 1425 Kalamazoo St., South Haven, Mich. 49090. Tel: (888) 258-7252 or (616) 637-6356. Fax: (616) 637-8955.
Key personnel: Gerald M. Van Vlack, President; Jerry Goodrich, Sales/Customer Service.
Alliance Tire Co. U.S.A. Ltd., 204 Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland, N.J. 07068. Tel: (973) 364-5100. Fax: (973) 364-8177.
Key personnel: Leslie Gurland, General Manager.
North American representative of Alliance Tire Co. (1992) Ltd., Israel.
Products (pneumatic): industrial, forklift, flotation (including lawn & garden).
Brand: Alliance.
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., 50 Century Blvd., Nashville, Tenn. 37214. Tel: (800) 851-7000 or (615) 872-5000. Fax: (615) 872-1414. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.bridgestone-firestone. com.
Key personnel: Masatoshi Ono, Chairman & CEO; Kenji Shibata, President; John Lampe, Executive Vice President, BFS Tire Sales Co.
Subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., Japan.
Products: industrial, forklift (pneumatic and solid), go-cart, garden tractor, skid-steer.
Brands: Bridgestone and Firestone.
Canadian subsidiary:
Bridgestone/Firestone Canada Inc., 5770 Hurontario St., Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3G5. Tel: (416) 890-1990. Fax: (416) 890-1991.
Carlisle Tire & Wheel Co., 23 Windham Blvd., Aiken, S.C. 29801. Tel: (803) 643-2900. Fax: (803) 643-2919. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: carlisletire.com.
Key personnel: Rick McKinnish, President; John L. Kiehl, Vice President of Marketing and Sales; Luther Kelly, National Sales Manager for Aftermarket Tires; David Bender, Product Manager.
Subsidiary of Carlisle Companies Inc., Syracuse, N.Y.
Products (all pneumatic): industrial, ATV, lawn and garden, wheelbarrow and material handling, golf cart, boat trailer, snow thrower.
Brand: Carlisle.
Cheng Shin Rubber USA Inc., 545 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, Ga. 30024. Tel: (770) 962-5932. Fax: (770) 962-7705. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.maxxistires.com.
Key personnel: James Tzen, President; Scott Griffin, Sales Manager; John McCalley, Northwest Regional Sales Manager; Andy Tuggle, Lawn and Garden Sales Coordinator.
North American representative of Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd., Taiwan.
Products (all pneumatic): industrial, forklift and skid steer, ATV, lawn and garden, golf cart, wheelbarrow, boat trailer, motorcycle and scooter, bicycle, wheelchair, go-cart.
Brands: Cheng Shin and Maxxis.
China Manufacturers Alliance L.L.C. (CMA), 23929 W. Valencia Blvd., Suite 204, Valencia, Calif. 91355. Tel: (800) 944-8414 or (805) 253-2318. Fax: (805) 253-4012.
Key personnel: Wayne Hung, President; Jeff Kreitzman, CEO.
Products: pneumatic industrial tires.
Brands: Dynastar, Advance and Armour.
Continental General Tire Inc., 1800 Continental Blvd., Charlotte, N.C. 28273. Tel: (704) 583-8974. Fax: (704) 583-8737. Internet: www.continentaltire.com or www. generaltire.com.
Key personnel: Bernd Frangenberg, President; Tom Reese, Executive Vice President, Commercial Division; Curtis Brown, Account Executive.
Subsidiary of Continental A.G., Germany.
Products: industrial (pneumatic and press-on solid), forklift, multipurpose tires.
Brand: Continental.
Countrywide Industries Inc., 11151 Greenbrier Road, Minnetonka, Minn. 55305. Tel: (800) 328-0773. Fax: (800) 447-4864 or (612) 546-4527.
Key personnel: Sandy Friehe, Purchasing-tires.
Products: golf cart, forklift, skid-steer, slow-speed implement, bias low-profile trailer tires and boat trailer tires.
Brand: Rubber Master.
Del-Nat Tire Corp., 2365 Texas Drive, Memphis, Tenn. 38106. Tel: (901) 775-5002. Fax: (901) 942-9094.
Key personnel: Don Helker, Vice President.
Products: industrial, lawn and garden, ATV, boat trailer.
Brands: Delta and National.
Denman Tire Corp., 400 Diehl-South Road, Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430. Tel: (330) 675-4242. Fax: (330) 675-4232. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.denmantire.com.
Key personnel: Charles R. Wright, President and CEO; James Pearl, Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales; Angie Dellimuti, Sales Administration Manager.
Subsidiary of Pensler Capital Corp., New York.
Products: industrial, forklift, all-terrain vehicle, lawn and garden, boat trailer, golf cart, wheelbarrow.
Brand: Denman.
Dick Cepek Inc., 17000 Kingsview Ave., Carson, Calif. 90746. Tel: (800) 992-3735 or (310) 217-1805. Fax: (310) 217-0091. Internet: www.dickcepek.com.
Key personnel: R. Thomas Cepek, CEO.
Products: ATV tires.
Brand: Dick Cepek.
Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc., P.O. Box 720, Batesville, Miss. 38606. Tel: (800) 647-6133 or (601) 563-7601; Fax: (601) 563-0019. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.dktire.com.
Key personnel: Danny Jones, Sales Manager.
Products: ATV tires.
Brand: Gateway (including the Gumbo and Buckshot mudders).
Dynatex Tire Resources Ltd., 433 Lane Drive, Florence, Ala. 35630. Tel: (800) 788-4062 or (256) 764-2900. Fax: (256) 764-8601.
Key personnel: Tommy Morgan, Plant Manager.
Products: ATV, high-speed trailer, material handling, skid-steer—pneumatic; press-on, solid resilient and polyurethane.
Brand: Dynatex.
Everhard Material Handling L.L.C., d.b.a. Everhard U.S.A., Linbrook Office Park, 10420 N.E. 37th Circle, Kirkland, Wash. 98033. Tel: (425) 454-8404. Fax: (425) 827-1100. E-mail: [email protected] com. Internet: www.everhardtires.com.
Key personnel: Vance W. Mylroie, President.
Product: flat-proof polyurethane wheelbarrow tire.
Brand: Everhard.
Foreign Tire Sales Inc., 2204 Morris Ave., Suite L5, Union, N.J. 07083-5914. Tel: (800) 634-8335 or (908) 687-0559. Fax: (908) 687-0231. E-mail: [email protected] worldnet.att.net. Internet: www.foreigntire.com.
Key personnel: Richard Kuskin, President; Ron Smith, V.P. Sales
Products: (bias-ply pneumatic): industrial, forklift, skid-steer.
Brands (imported): YKS, Westlake.
Galaxy Tire and Wheel Inc., 25858 Clawiter Road, Hayward, Calif. 94545. Tel: (800) 676-4267 or (510) 786-4267. Fax: (510) 786-2975. E-mail: [email protected] galaxytire.com. Internet: www.galaxytire. com.
Key personnel: Neil Ganz, Managing Director.
Products (pneumatic): skid-steer, forklift, golf course and turf tractor, aerial platform lift, trailer.
Brand: Galaxy.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1144 E. Market St., Akron, Ohio 44316. Tel: (330) 796-2121. Fax: (330) 796-1817. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.goodyear.com.
Key personnel: Samir G. Gibara, Chairman, President & CEO; William J. Sharp, President, North American Tires; Jim Bamer, Product Manager, Farm and Terra Tires.
Products (all pneumatic): industrial, forklift, ATV (some run-flat), lawn and garden (some run-flat), wheelbarrow, boat trailer.
Brand: Goodyear.
Canadian subsidiary:
Goodyear Canada Inc., 450 Kipling Ave., Toronto, Ontario M8Z 5E1. Tel: (416) 201-4300. Fax: (416) 253-3030.
Greenball Corp., 2525 El Presidio, Long Beach, Calif. 90810. Tel: (213) 636-2364. Fax: (213) 636-5178. Internet: www.greenball.com.
Key personnel: Jenny Tsai, Vice President; Glynne Miller, Marketing Director.
Products: boat trailer, lawn and garden, golf cart, wheelbarrow, forklift, skid-steer, industrial, mobile home, utility cart.
Brands: Towmaster, Dune Hopper, Dune Slider, Dune Tracker, Ground Buster, Mud Shark, Shredder, Mud Buster, Pro Track, Aero Track, Greenmaster, Greensaver, Homaster.
Heafner Group: J.H. Heafner Co. Inc., 2105 Water Ridge Parkway, Suite 500, Charlotte, N.C. 28217. Tel: (800) 277-8473 or (704) 735-3003; Fax: (704) 735-8151. Internet: www.heafnet.com.
Key personnel: Daniel K. Brown, Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Tom Dawson, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Heafner/ITCO Tires & Products.
Products: Industrial tires.
Brand: Dynatrac.
Hwa Fong Rubber (USA) Inc., 350 S. Pioneer Blvd., Springboro, Ohio 45066. Phone: (513) 743-8035. Fax: (513) 743-8379. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.durotire.com.
Key personnel: Marshall Lu, President.
North American representative of Hwa Fong Rubber Industry Co. Ltd., Taiwan.
Products (all bias-ply pneumatic): industrial, forklift, ATV, lawn & garden, golf cart, trailer.
Brand: Duro.
Interco Tire Corp., 2412 Abbeville Highway, Rayne, La. 70578. Tel: (800) 299-8000 or (318) 334-3814. Fax: (318) 334-9796.
Key personnel: Warren L. Guidry, President.
Products: ATV tires.
Brand: Interco.
Jetzon/Telstar Tire, P.O. Box 28, Norristown, Pa. 19404. Tel: (800) 345-5002 or (610) 272-7211. Fax: (610) 275-3980.
Key personnel: Bill Hirst, Vice President, Sales & Marketing.
Owned by Treadways Corp., which does business as Sumitomo Tire (U.S.).
Products: Industrial tires.
Brands: Jetzon and Telstar.
Kenda U.S.A., 7095 Americana Parkway, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. Phone: (614) 866-9803. Fax: (614) 866-9805.
Key personnel: James Yang, President.
North American representative of Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd., Taiwan.
Products (mainly pneumatic): skid-steer, ATV, lawn & garden, golf cart, trailer.
Brands: Kenda, Loadstar.
MaineTire, 9 Laurence Road, Gorham, Maine 04039. Tel: (207) 856-6381. Fax: (207) 856-6213. E-mail: [email protected]
Key personnel: George Street, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Gordon Southward, Director of Product Marketing.
Subsidiary of Maine Rubber International, Westbrook, Maine.
Products: forklift (rubber pneumatic, solid, pneumatic-shaped solid and press-on; polyurethane press-on)
Brand: Maine Tire.
Michelin North America Inc., One Parkway South, Greenville, S.C. 29615. Tel: (864) 458-5000. Fax: (864) 458-6359. Internet: www.michelin.com.
Key personnel: James Micali, Chairman and President.
Subsidiary of Group Michelin, France.
Products: pneumatic fork lift.
Brand: Michelin.
Mitco Inc. (Mitchell Industrial Tire Co. Inc.), P.O. Box 71839, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37407. Tel: (800) 251-7226 or (423) 698-4283. Fax: (423) 697-7143.
Key personnel: Benton Hood, President.
Products: resilient, press-on, pneumatic and solid ``pneumatic replacement`` industrial tires; lawn and garden; skid-steer.
Brand: Mitco.
MRF Ltd.—U.S. sales office: 1764 Calvert Drive, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223. Tel: (330) 929-1594. Fax: (330) 929-2306. E-mail: [email protected]
Key personnel: James L. Killian, Sales Rep.
North American representative of MRF Ltd., India.
Products: bias-ply pneumatic fork lift.
Brand: MRF.
Nankang USA Inc., 300 W. Artesia Blvd., Compton, Calif. 90220-5530. Phone: (310) 604-8760. Fax: (310) 604-637-8952. E-mail: [email protected] com. Internet: www.nankangusa.com.
Key personnel: Robert Liu, President; David Jones, Vice President Sales.
North American representative of Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd., Taiwan.
Products (all pneumatic): trailer, forklift, golf cart, ATV, industrial, lawn and garden.
Brand: Nankang.
Original Tire Mart Inc., 1815 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. 63103. Tel: (800) 645-2006 or (314) 621-8954. Fax: (314) 621-5396. E-mail: [email protected]
Key personnel: Carolyn Glassman, President; Jerry Peters, Sales Manager.
Products: forklift, skid-steer, ATV, low-platform trailer, mobile home.
Brand: Temco.
Orion Tire Corp., 1010 Calle Recodo, Suite A, San Clemente, Calif. 92673. Tel: (714) 361-0030. Fax: (714) 361-0034. E-mail: [email protected]
Key personnel: Nicholas G. Clarke, President.
Majority owned by China Tire Holdings Ltd., China.
Products: pneumatic and solid industrial tires.
Brands: Orion, Nordic, Skandic.
OTR Wheel Engineering Inc., P.O. Box 5811, Rome, Ga. 30162-5811. Tel: (706) 235-9781. Fax: (706) 234-8137.
Key personnel: Tony Brown, Tire Product Sales Manager.
Products: non-directional, heavy-ply skid-steer, aerial construction lift boom.
Brand: Wearmaster.
President Tire Canada, Div. of A. Picard & Sons Inc., 303 St. Elzear Blvd., West Laval, Quebec H7L 3N5. Tel: (514) 381-8665. Fax: (450) 668-6107.
Key personnel: Antoine Picard, President; Denis Monette, Sales Manager.
Products: industrial, lift truck.
Brand: President.
Professional Industrial Tire Co. Inc., 1532 Riverside Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37406. Tel: (888) 776-8473 or (423) 629-2781. Fax: (423) 629-4337.
Key personnel: Larry Webb, President.
Products: solid and pneumatic industrial tires.
Brand: Pro.
Roadrunner Rubber Corp., P.O. Box 11291, Houston, Texas 77293-1291. Tel: (800) 231-6691 or (713) 697-0633. Fax: (713) 697-6233. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.roadrunnertires.com.
Key personnel: Dave Tompkins, President.
Products: fiberglass-reinforced, solid rubber forklift tires.
Brand: Roadrunner.
Rott-Keller Supply Co. Inc./Mimco Inc., P.O. Box 390, Fargo, N.D. 58107. Tel: (800) 437-4188 or (701) 235-0563. Fax: (701) 232-7900.
Key personnel: Herbert Rott Jr., President
Products: industrial tires.
Brands: Bilt-Mor and Ram.
Seyen Trading, d.b.a. G.T. Tire USA, 800 W. 6th St., Suite 1680, Los Angeles, Calif. 90017. Tel: (213) 689-2688. Fax: (213) 622-9886. E-mail: [email protected] com. Internet: www.gttireusa. com.
Key personnel: Carl Fino, Senior Manager, Sales & Operations.
North American representative of P.T. Gajah Tunggal Tbk., Indonesia.
Products: bias-ply pneumatic forklift.
Brand: GT (Gajah Tunggal).
Solideal Group. E-mail: [email protected] com. Internet: www.solideal.com.
This industrial tire maker, based in Belgium, operates three distribution companies in North America:
Industrial Tire Exchange Inc., 321 Atando Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 28206-1908. Tel: (704) 374-9700.
Key personnel: Earl Garrick, President.
Territory: U.S. East Coast.
United Solideal Co. Inc., P.O. Box 689, Lebanon, Ind. 46052. Tel: (800) 258-4731 or (765) 482-9603. Fax: (765) 482-7620.
Key personnel: Al Harker, President; Larry Durr, Director of Branch Operations.
Territory: U.S., from the Midwest west to Hawaii.
Unitrac Industrial Tires Inc., 297 Carlingview Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5G3. Tel: (416) 674-5441.
Key personnel: Mel Horowitz, President.
Territory: Canada.
Products (all): Pneumatic, resilient solid and press-on 100% natural rubber tires for forklifts, material-handling vehicles and skid-steers.
Brand: Solideal.
Specialty Tires of America, 1600 Washington St., Indiana, Pa. 15701. Phone: (724) 349-9010. Fax: (724) 349-8192.
Key personnel: Donald Mateer, President and CEO; Mark Grant, Vice President of Marketing.
Subsidiary of Polymer Enterprises Inc., Greenville, Pa.
Products (all pneumatic): industrial, forklift, ATV.
Brands: SPA, Trailbreaker.
Summit Tire & Battery Inc., 780 W. Lumsden Ave. Suite A, Brandon, Fla. 33511. Tel: (813) 654-0467. Fax: (813) 654-0521.
Key personnel: Jerry Ball, Exec.Director; Mark Valentine, Marketing/Sales Manager.
Products: industrial tires.
Brand: Summit.
Superior Tire & Rubber Corp., P.O. Box 308, Warren, Pa. 16365. Tel: 800-289-1456 or (814) 723-2370. Fax: (814) 726-0740. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.superiortire.com.
Key personnel: Hank LeMeur Jr., President; Bill LeMeur, Vice President.
Products: solid rubber and polyurethane industrial/forklift press-ons; solid rubber (pneumatic replacement) skid-steers.
Brands: Superior and Cushomatic.
TBC Corp., 4770 Hickory Hill Road, Memphis, Tenn. 38141. Tel: (901) 363-8030. Fax: (901) 541-3647.
Key personnel: Ken Dick, Senior Vice President, Sales; Gary Paulson, National Sales Manager.
Products: ATV, boat trailer, golf cart, lawn & garden, industrial.
Brands: Cordovan, Multi-Mile, Sigma and Harvest King.
Thombert Inc., 316 E Seventh St. N., Newton, Iowa 50208. Tel: (515) 792-4449. Fax: (515) 792-2390. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.thombert.com.
Key personnel: Walter W. Smith, CEO; Richard J. Davidson, President.
Products: polyurethane tires/wheels for electric forklifts and material handling.
Brands: Dyalon and Vulkollan.
Tire Group International Inc., 6695 N.W. 36th Ave., Miami, Fla. 33147. Tel: (305) 696-0096. Fax: (305) 696-5926.
Key personnel: Antonio R. Gonzalez, CEO/COO.
Products: Solid and pneumatic industrial tires.
Brand: Astro.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc. (formerly Monarch Industrial Tire Co.), P.O. Box 430, Hartville, Ohio 44632. Phone: (800) 666-8473 or (330) 877-1211. Fax: (330) 877-2346. Internet: www.monarchtire.com.
Key personnel: Ted Vanke, Marketing Area Manager, Americas.
Subsidiary of Trelleborg Industri A.B., Sweden.
Products: pneumatic, semi-pneumatic and solid industrial and forklift
Brands: Monarch and Bergougnan.
Trintex Corp., P.O. Box 309, Bowdon, Ga. 30108. Tel: (770) 258-5551. Fax: (770) 258-3901.
Key personnel: Kirk Dortch, President; Joe Ostrwoski, Sales & Marketing Manager.
Products: semi-pneumatic industrial.
United Tire & Rubber Co., 275 Belfield Road, Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5C6. Tel: (416) 675-3077. Fax: (416) 675-4337. E-mail: [email protected]
Key personnel: Alistair Robertson, Vice President, Sales & Administration.
Subsidiary of Pensler Capital Corp., New York.
Products: industrial and forestry tires.
Brand: United.
Vredestein: 467 Middlesex Ave., Suite 101, Metuchen, N.J. 08840. Tel: (800) 221-3422. Fax: (732) 549-2450.
Key personnel: Al Smoke, Sales Rep.
North American representative for Vredestein Banden B.V., Netherlands.
Products: lawn and garden, forklift, ATV, golf cart, wheelbarrow, boat trailer.
Brand: Vredestein.
Watts Industrial Tyres USA, 708 Marks Road, Suite B, Valley City, Ohio 44280. Tel: (800) 288-8977 or (330) 273-8233. Fax: (330) 273-1824. Internet: www. watts-tyres.co.uk.
Key personnel: Susan Lynch, Business Administrator; Nick Riggs, Sales Manager.
Subsidiary of Watts Industrial Tyres Ltd., England.
Products: solid, pneumatic and press-on tires for forklifts and material handling equipment.
Brands: Watts and Freightmaster.