Hankook Tire added two new products in its truck and bus radial tire lineup – the AH32 and e3 WiDE DL12.
Bridgestone Americas has named Steve Kinkade vice president, communications.
Les Schwab Tire Centers Inc. is for sale. The Bend, Oregon-based company’s board of directors and its shareholders, who are all relatives of founder Les Schwab, have hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to find a buyer.
The Bridgestone M704 tire is designed to withstand the high-scrub environments that regional fleets encounter daily.
When it comes to its commercial truck tire business, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. has traveled a slightly different route than some of its competitors – sometimes due to necessity and in other cases, by choice.
The imposition of aggressive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese-made medium truck tires arguably has been the most significant development to hit the domestic retreading industry in many years, and the impact of those actions is something that the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) is monitoring closely.
China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) has added two sizes to its FT115 and RSD3 mixed service tires.
Goodyear is expanding its service footprint in the Midwest with the acquisition of the Raben Tire Company
The latest onboard tire-management systems go far beyond just monitoring and maintaining tire pressure on the road, using telematics, data analytics, and machine learning, as we saw in several announcements at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show.
The Yokohama 114R UWB tire is designed to meet the demands of high-scrub operations, the company said, while delivering improved fuel efficiency.