Wilson County Tire expanding truck service, retread capacities
LEBANON, Tenn. — Wilson County Tire & Retreading has expanded its Lebanon retread plant/commercial tire service location to accommodate growing demand for its goods and services.
Commercial Tire Industry
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Conti adding trailer version of PressureCheck TPMS for trucks
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. — Continental Tire the Americas has developed stand-alone version of its ContiPressureCheck tire-pressure-monitoring system, designated for use on trailers.
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BKT signs R&D pact with Kultevat to study dandelion rubber
BHUJ, India — India's Balkrishna Industries Ltd. has begun working with U.S. biotechnology company Kultevat Inc. to develop processing methods that would lead to the use of dandelion-based latex in rubber compounds that could be used in...
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Marangoni to explore using graphene to improve tread rubber technology
ROVERTO, Italy — Retread industry supplier Marangoni S.p.A. has agreed to collaborate with fellow Italian firm Directa Plus S.p.A. on developing a range of graphene-based rubber compounds for truck and bus tread rubber.
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Mergers, acquisitions reshuffle commercial tire/retread industry picture
AKRON — In a year influenced heavily by mergers and acquisitions, one could arguably say the biggest influence on the commercial tire sector last year was a company that technically doesn't exist any more.
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STTC adding aluminum-wheel cleaning system business
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Service Tire Truck Centers Owner Walt Dealtry has established a separate business in Bethlehem to promote a process for cleaning aluminum wheels that is said to be both environmentally friendly and price competitive.
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Camso to help commercialize RFID system for solid tires
NORCROSS, Ga. – Industrial tire and track maker Camso Ltd. and FineLine Technologies Inc., a developer of radio frequency identification systems, have agreed to cooperate in commercializing an RFID solution for solid tires.
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A dozen tire suppliers among WasteExpo 2018 exhibitors
LAS VEGAS — A dozen tire makers/distributors and a handful of tire service sector suppliers are among the hundreds of exhibitors on tap at WasteExpo 2018, set for April 23-26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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GRI to debut three materials-handling tires at German show
HANNOVER, Germany — Global Rubber Industries wiill debut three materials-handling tires — Globestar WT, XPT SS and Liftex — during CeMAT Germany 2018, which runs April 23-27 in Hannover.
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FISHER: Shifting trends impact truck tire, retread industries
Despite all of the marketplace challenges, commercial tire dealers and retreaders are very optimistic about the future, as am I.
