Perth Amboy Tire co-founder David Koplowitz dies
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — David Koplowitz, 89, co-founder of Perth Amboy Tire Inc., died April 20 of heart failure.
Commercial Tire Industry
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Merger/acquisition activity continues to drive North American commercial sector
AKRON — 2018/19 will go down as one of the commercial tire industry's most active periods in terms of mergers/acquisitions, with as many as 75 points of sale/service and 14 retread plants changing hands over the past 12 months.
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Yokohama revises expectations at Mississippi truck tire plant
TOKYO — Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has scaled back production expectations for its U.S. truck tire factory in West Point, Miss., due to a combination of facility- and personnel-related issues.
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Will import duties cause shortage of TBR tires?
AKRON — Will the newly imposed countervailing and antidumping import duty orders on truck and bus tires from China lead to shortages of tires and/or rising prices?
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Natural rubber/silica technology could lower truck tire rolling resistance
HANOVER, Germany — Rubber reinforcements producer Evonik Industries A.G. has developed a silica/silane technology for use in natural rubber compounds it claims could help reduce rolling resistance in medium truck and bus tires.
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Economy, aging fleets spur boom in trucking industry
LAS VEGAS — A strong economy and cyclical truck replacements will spur significant organic growth in demand in the trucking industry through 2019, according to IHS Markit research.
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Continental hires John Cox for new post to support ContiLifeCycle customers
FORT MILL, S.C. — Continental A.G. has hired retread industry veteran John Cox to the newly created position of global technical services to enhance process technologies for its ContiLifeCycle retread partners worldwide.
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Fourth Marangoni Ringtread franchise opens in India; more to come
CHENNAI, India — A fourth Marangoni Ringtread franchised retread plant has opened in India, in Chennai, and Marangoni Group has four more in "various stages of commissioning" around the country.
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Commerce levies antidumping duties on Chinese steel trailer wheels
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued preliminary antidumping-duty margins of 38.27 to 44.35 percent against imports of 12- to 16.5-inch steel trailer wheels from China.
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TBC introduces Trailer King radial ST trailer tire
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — TBC Brands L.L.C. has introduced the Trailer King RST, a radial ST tire in eight 13- to 16-inch rim diameter sizes for trailer applications.