The Tire and Rubber Association of Canada News
Bridgestone Americas has announced changes to its senior leadership structure, effective from September 16.
Aligned with the global leadership changes within its parent company Bridgestone Corporation, the new changes are a part of its initiative to develop global leaders throughout the company.
FINDLAY, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has published its seventh annual Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability report, which outlines the company’s efforts on a number of fronts.
Pirelli recently announced that its P Zero tire has been the best ultra-high performance tire by Evo magazine.
Evo, an international publication for car enthusiasts worldwide, was founded in 1998. The slogan of the magazine is “the thrill of driving”.
NEW YORK — Summer tire sales from independent tire dealers increased 14% in the first half of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, according to point-of-sale data from research and analytics firm GfK.
“With 1.8 million units sold, summer tires have accounted for $291 million in revenue so far this year,” GfK said in an Aug. 27 release.
The transducers mounted in the smart tire must be low cost if the tire is to remain affordable. The challenge with low cost is that it is often the partner of low reliability, low resolution and low accuracy, and if those attributes are fed to a CMS computer, it will amount to rubbish being fed in and the result will be, rubbish out.
Washington — Alarm bells are ringing at carmakers after the latest round of retaliatory tariffs that will hit cars exported to China from the United States. China said Friday it will impose tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, including cars, in response to President Donald Trump’s plans to levy tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods before the end of the year.
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has progressed with the use of rice husk ash (RHA) silica in its tires as a bio-alternative to traditional sand-based silica.
The company started the production of rice-silica tires at its factory in Pulandian, china in 2015, using silica, provided by Yihai Food and Oil Industry.
In its 2018 corporate responsibility report, Goodyear said it had introduced RHA silica in ‘several of its global manufacturing facilities over the past two years.’
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scandinavian Enviro Systems A.B., the Gothenburg, Sweden-based tire pyrolysis technology firm, is moving forward with plans for a tire recycling plant in Buffalo jointly owned by Enviro Systems and a Canadian recycling concern.
Houston, Texas – US supplier of rubber products Singer Equities Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Hydraulic Hose and Assemblies LLC of Gorham, Maine.
HH&A will operate as a division of PRC Industrial Supply, a sales and service company also owned by Singer, according to a company news release.
Singer did not disclose the details of the agreement but said the newly acquired company would be managed by Kevin Easler, vice president and general manager for PRC.
Getting more students interested in the automotive aftermarket is key to the industry’s future.
Using the ‘Show and Tell’ method is a great way for students to learn what jobs and positions are available throughout the Canadian aftermarket industry. Jobs are waiting, and how better to gain this interest and knowledge than through schools with a great Motive Power program?