Giti Tire Co-Sponsors Campaign to Recognize Women in Trucking

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Giti Tire (USA) joined other trucking industry leaders and celebrities this month in sponsoring Mediaplanet’s “Empowering Our Female Truck Drivers” campaign to recognize the hard work and commitment of professional female truck drivers.

The month-long campaign, which kicked off on in conjunction with National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 9-15), involves a print ad campaign in USA Today (in the Houston, Dallas, Nashville, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City markets) with an estimated readership of 750,000. A comprehensive social media campaign is also delivering this important story across the nation.

Main campaign topics are centered …

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Giti Tire targeting social media influencers with Ambassador Program

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Giti Tire has started the global rollout of its ‘Giti Ambassador Program’, a new scheme that aims to bring together social media-savvy drivers who share a passion for driving and Giti tyres.

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Giti Tire introduces two wide base commercial truck tires

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Giti Tire USA introduces Giti GDL633 FS, an ultra-wide base tire for the drive axle position and the GTL933 FS, an ultra-wide base tire for trailers in long haul applications in North America.

The announcement on these “next generation” wide base tires, available in the 445/50R22.5 size, follows the announcement earlier this month introducing the Giti brand of commercial truck tires in North America with a comprehensive line-up for long haul, regional, urban/light duty and mixed service applications.

The GDL633 FS for the drive axle is SmartWay verified and features:

  • Special tread compound for reduced rolling resistance …

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Giti-brand commercial tires coming to North America

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. is launching the Giti brand of commercial truck tires in North America with products available for long-haul, regional, urban/light-duty and mixed-service applications.

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Giti focuses on ‘working with distributors’

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Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. continues to reap the benefits of its new plant and relocated technical center in Chester County, S.C.

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Giti Tire to supply GitiComplete GTR1 to inaugural FIA-Certified F3 Asian Championship

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Giti Tire has become the Official Tyre Partner of the F3 Asian Championship, a new five-round, 15-race series Certified by the FIA. At each event the tyre manufacturer will provide all teams with two sets of GitiCompete GTR1 tyres, part of the company’s comprehensive range of competition racing tyres which are used in events around the world.

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USTMA welcomes Giti Tire USA as newest member

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U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) welcomed Giti Tire USA as its newest member. The USTMA Board of Directors unanimously approved the company’s membership at the association’s spring Board of Directors meeting.

Tire manufacturers that produce tires in the U.S are eligible for USTMA membership. Giti began tire production at its new Richburg, S.C. facility in October of 2017. The company’s U.S. headquarters is in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

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Walmart honors Giti Tire with U.S. manufacturing award

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart Inc. has honored Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. with a U.S. Manufacturing Award that recognizes offshore suppliers that have initiated production in the U.S.

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Tim Fulton, Jim Mayfield Join Giti Tire Executive Team

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Giti Tire has named Tim Fulton as chief operating officer of Giti Tire Manufacturing USA and Jim Mayfield as senior executive vice president of sales and marketing in North America. It also promoted eight-year Giti veteran Lou Monico to vice president sales and marketing for Canada, with concurrent responsibility for corporate accounts.

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Sen. Tim Scott tours South Carolina’s Giti plant

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RICHBURG, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was introduced to the world of tire making on Dec. 4 during his tour of the new, $1.7-million Giti Tire Group manufacturing plant in Richburg.

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