CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Meineke Car Care Centers is planning to launch a new digital advertising campaign with the tagline, "Your doctor wouldn't make unnecessary repairs. Neither would Meineke." that is part of Meineke's strategy to reassure car owners they will receive only the services their car needs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A trio of South Carolina state agencies has launched a statewide initiative aimed at eradicating illegal tire dumps throughout the Palmetto State.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is calling on stakeholders up and down the tire-supply chain, as well as government and academia, to get more engaged in efforts to increase the rate of recycling of scrap tires.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association has raised its 2019 U.S. tire shipment forecast slightly, to 333.1 million units, buoyed by a stronger forecast for replacement passenger tire demand.

CANANEA, Mexico — Kal Tire has opened an OTR tire retread plant in Cananea to supply a number of the open-pit copper mines located in northwest Mexico.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Indian tire maker Apollo Tyres Ltd. has entered the Saudi Arabian market through a collaboration with tire distributor Al-Jomaih Tyres Co. Ltd.

TOKYO — Bridgestone Corp. is building an "innovation park" as part of its strategy to transform into a global leader in advanced mobility and sustainability.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is planning to issue a "call to action" on Dec. 4 at the 2019 Scrap Tire Recycling Conference in Greenville, S.C., to develop new "sustainable, circular end-use markets" for scrap tires.

AKRON — Smithers Group is planning a one-hour webinar for Dec. 4 on the use of silica in tire compounding featuring Bruce Lambillotte, vice president of technical consulting for Smithers and an industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience.