HILTON HEAD, S.C. — If your product is involved in a catastrophic road accident, Peter C. Knudson, public affairs officer at the National Transportation Safety Board, has a piece of advice: "Give us a call."
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.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Forbes magazine has ranked Michelin North America Inc. and Continental A.G.'s North American activities among its best large employers — those with at least 1,000 employees — in the U.S.
TOKYO — Bridgestone Corp. is monitoring and rating its suppliers in terms of sustainability as part of its long-term strategy to use "100-percent sustainable materials" by 2050.
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.
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.
HANOVER, Germany — Mergers and acquisitions definitely are a disruption in the tire and rubber industry, but they also serve many useful purposes, including the transfer of knowledge and technology.
RICHBURG, S.C. — Since the groundbreaking four years ago for its 1.7-million-sq.-ft. facility in Richburg, the subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered Giti Tire Group began producing tires in late 2017, hired more than 700 employees and has...
TOKYO — Bridgestone Corp. is claiming a win in a 3-year-old design-rights infringement lawsuit against Chinese tire maker Shengtai Group.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Construction and farm equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. has recognized Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. for the seventh straight year with platinum level recertification in its Supplier Quality Excellence Process.