Goodyear to offer E-commerce option for commercial tires
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Four years after rolling out an e-commerce tire-buying program for consumer tires, Goodyear is launching a similar platform for commercial tires.
Commercial Tire Industry
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BKT to open Midwest warehouse distribution center
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — BKT USA Inc. is looking to open a third U.S. warehouse, somewhere in the Midwest, to service its growing customer base, BKT Vice President Doug Kershaw told those attending the 2019 TIA OTR Tire Conference at the...
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PEGGY FISHER: Plowing through the development of ag tires
Farm tires certainly have come a long way since the days of solid rubber fronts and rears with steel wheels and molded rubber lugs. Today's farm tires are highly engineered marvels that carry incredible loads while treading lightly to keep soil...
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TIA to hold 2020 OTR Tire Conference at California resort
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tire Industry Association will hold the 2020 Off-the-Road Tire Conference — the 65th annual edition — at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa in California's Coachella Valley, Feb. 19-22.
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Rice Tire expands to 11 locations with Central Tire acquisition
FREDERICK, Md. — Rice Tire Co. has acquired Central Tire Co., a 73-year-old commercial/retail dealership in Verona, Va., expanding its reach to 11 locations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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Continental opens BestDrive locations in Texas, California, Arkansas
FORT MILL, S.C. — Continental Tire the Americas' BestDrive L.L.C. commercial tire and retread operation opened locations in Houston, Los Angeles, and Little Rock, Ark. at the end of 2018.
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In many respects, 2018 was 'boom' year for industry
AKRON — By many business measures, 2018 was a record year for the tire and automotive service industries in North America, starting with record U.S. tire shipments and rebounding U.S. tire production.
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Dan Marinucci to deliver seminar at NETSA Trade Show/Convention
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — Tire Business automotive service columnist Dan Marinucci will be one of the featured speakers at the 30th annual New England Tire & Service Association Trade Show and Convention, to be held March 29-30.
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Continental's Shawn Rasey to keynote OTR Tire Conference
TAMPA, Fla. — Shawn Rasey, Continental A.G.'s director of global business development for earthmover tires, will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Off-the-Road Tire Conference that runs Feb. 20-23 at Saddlebrook Resort & Conference Center...
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Commerce issues import duties on truck/bus tires from China
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce has handed down final countervailing and antidumping duty orders on truck and bus tires from China, two weeks after the International Trade Commission reversed its original determination on the...
