TravelCenters of America Opens First Retread Center
TravelCenters of America has opened the TA commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

TravelCenters of America has opened its first retread location, the TA Commercial Tire Network Retread Center, in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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TravelCenters of America has opened the TA commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
The Retread Center is part of the Goodyear Authorized Retread Network and customer-owned casings can be retreaded with Goodyear treads. The location features a 32,000-square foot retread center that offers Goodyear commercial tire retread products, including Goodyear UniCircle retreads, to fleets located within a 150-mile radius of Bowling Green.C
Customers will be able to purchase Goodyear retread tires at the facility, as well as shop a full line of new Goodyear brand tires in the remodeled showroom. Tire inspection and repair services, as well as roadside service, will also be available at the retread center. In addition, numerous TA Truck Service facilities will have access to Goodyear brand retread tires produced at this plant.
“We have a winning combination – a newly renovated facility in a great community, state-of-the-art retread equipment and an operations team with over 150 combined years of expertise in the retread business,” said Barry Richards, president and chief operating officer of TravelCenters. “Now we have the ability to provide a complete tire management system and retread tires for national and local fleets, local industries, regional construction and the agricultural segments.”
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