PARIS — A pair of Group Michelin researchers have earned European inventor of the year recognition for the company's "auto-regenerate' truck tire design, which allows the tire's tread design to evolve as the tire wears.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone Americas Inc. is offering users of its Firestone OTR tire lines a chance to win an expenses-paid trip to the 2019 Indianapolis 500 in a sweepstakes running through Sept. 17.
ALA, Italy — Tyre Retreading Machinery (TRM), part of Marangoni Meccanica S.p.A., is "looking with high interest" into investing in South America, particularly Brazil, the Ala-based company said recently.
NOVA PRATA, Brazil — Brazilian retread materials producer Borrachas Vipal S/A has received the Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake Alpine Symbol certifications on two more treads, VM729 and VDE2, bringing to six the number of verified treads made ...
MADISON, Tenn. — Representatives of the U.S. retreading industry, coalesced under the "Retread Instead" banner, will gather June 20 in Washington to lobby Congress to consider imposing import tariffs on Chinese-sourced truck and bus tires...
PUENTE SAN MIGUEL, Spain — Bridgestone Corp. is investing $28 million in its Puente San Miguel, Spain, factory to support the launch of a line of 24-inch radial truck tires suited for on- and off-road applications.
MANILA, Philippines — The FIA has extended Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations S.A.'s contract as the exclusive supplier of competition tires for the European Truck Racing Championship for three more season, through 2021.
CHENNAI, India — OTR tire producer Alliance Tire Group is considering building a fourth factory to meet rising demand for its products.
BRABAND, Denmark — Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems of India has purchased a solid tire plant near Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Starco Group and has agreed to continue making tires for the Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. subsidiary.
WESTLAKE, Ohio — TravelCenters of America L.L.C. has purchased a retread plant in Bowling Green, Ohio, that it will use to supply its upper Midwest TA Truck Service facilities, located within a 150-mile radius around Bowling Green.
