Faces of the Industry
A look at winners of the annual Tire Business Tire Dealer Humanitarian of the Year award.
Strikeforce Tire L.L.C. is a successful, single-store dealership that defies current trends in the retail tire industry: the business is located in a rural community, offers only tires and mounting services, and maintains a large inventory.
Cho was promoted to oversee U.S. passenger and light truck sales, while Jensen will focus on West-region sales and growth initiatives.
Minoo Mehta has been named managing director of Balkrishna Industries (BKT) Ltd. USA Inc. and BKT Tires Inc.
When Ted Jorgensen opened his tire dealership, Dixon Tire Pros & Auto Repair, in April 2002, only two cars came in the first day. Now, customers come from miles away.
For more than 62 years, 82-year-old Fay Kapke has worked for the same dealership, now called Walker Tire Point S in Lincoln, Neb., doing the same job.
Eastern Tire & Auto Service values its employees so much that it has created a number of unusual benefits to reward its staff, including recently transitioning to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Best-One of Indy is hailing two of its employees as heroes after they administered CPR to a co-worker.
What some would consider rotten luck — buying your first business right before the pandemic hit — turned into a good-will marketing opportunity for the new owner of Future Tire and Automotive.
Rico Austin's life can be distilled into three Ts: Tires, tequila and typing.