Don Detore
Editor at Tire Business
Tire Business Editor at Rubber News
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1 week ago |
tirebusiness.com | Don Detore
BURLEY, Idaho — A business opportunity cropped up seven years ago, and the farmer in Jesse Wickel just couldn't resist. There's not much to it, he thought, an easy side business. "It's a tire store, so I can do this on my days off or whatever," he said, figuring he could continue to help his dad Ardel operate their 6,000-acre farm while running the tire store during downtime. The family has grown malt barley (for beer) as well as wheat and alfalfa for local dairies for the past 40 years. .
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2 weeks ago |
tirebusiness.com | Don Detore
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — It might seem strange to associate Death Valley — one of the harshest weather regions in the U.S. — with happiness, but somehow Pirelli Tire North America Inc. (PTNA) pulled it off.
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2 weeks ago |
tirebusiness.com | Don Detore
JOHNSTON, S.C. — If one story illustrates how far Forrest's Tire Point S Service has changed over the past two years, at least aesthetically, it is this: A longtime customer sent his girlfriend to the dealership to get service on her car. She was described by her boyfriend as, well, "boujie," a slang word for someone with luxurious, high-class tastes. Before she went in, the boyfriend told her that the staff at the dealership is great, that they would take great care of her.
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1 month ago |
rubbernews.com | Don Detore
TONAWANDA, N.Y.—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has amended both the number of employees affected and the closing date of its 102-year-old tire factory in Tonawanda,SRI reported the number of affected workers now stands at 1,397, 17 more than what was previously announced. The plant, which officially was to close on Feb. 15, will close May 15. The changes were reported in a New York State Department of Labor Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notice (WARN) filed last month.
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1 month ago |
rubbernews.com | Don Detore
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—So what does the off-the-road (OTR) tire industry look like in the months ahead? Kevin Rohlwing, chief technical officer at the Tire Industry Association (TIA), summed up the OTR forecast based on three letters: TII—tariffs, inflation and interest rates. Three of the major sectors of the OTR segment—residential construction, commercial construction and mining—will be affected by those factors, Rohlwing said during his annual review of the sectpr.
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