Kathy McCarron

An employee of A Expert Tire & Service in Fort Myers, Fla., was killed Aug. 5.

<p>Dynamic Tire specializes in distributing opening-price-point tires and that strategy has been to its advantage, especially this year when customers are more cost-conscious.</p>

<p>The agricultural tire market is expected to remain fairly stable for the rest of the year, except for one possible disruption: the end of Ukraine’s war with Russia.</p>

<p>Yokohama TWS recently marked its one-year anniversary since YRC acquired and renamed it Trelleborg Wheel Systems.</p>

<p>With increasing demand for metals and minerals, the largest group of OTR tire applications (mining, construction and ports and handling) are forecast to grow 5.6% globally over the next five years.</p>

<p>Smaller construction tires may see a bump in sales this year as federal funds fuel the replacement of highways, bridges and other urban projects.</p>

<p>Agriculture tires account for about two-fifths of the North American OTR sales but they are expected to have the best growth rate in the next five years.</p>

<p>Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and drought impacting water levels at the Panama Canal are delaying tire shipments and raising prices.</p>

<p>AJ Nealey, owner of Nealey Tire & Auto Service, has aspirations to build an auto repair service chain in the Maryland/D.C. market.</p>

<p>Your automotive technicians may not know what you think they know, at least that’s according to Today’s Class, which offers a training app and assesses the knowledge of test takers.</p>

<p>Your automotive technicians may not know what you think they know, at least that’s according to Today’s Class, which offers a training app and assesses the knowledge of test takers.</p>

<p>Aftermarket tire unit sales across most categories have fallen so far this year, compared with 2022, yet increased pricing has helped boost retail revenue.</p>

<p>U.S. consumers are continuing to hang on to their old vehicles longer, pushing the average passenger/light truck vehicle age to a record 12.5 years. This is good news for the aftermarket repair industry.</p>

<p>Years of promoting and encouraging high school graduates to pursue a career in the automotive aftermarket finally seems to be making an impact, according to the TechForce Foundation’s latest report.</p>

<p>New report predicts the average service shop may need to invest $80,000 to $270,000 to remain competitive in the EV service market.</p>

<p>When Ted Jorgensen opened his tire dealership, Dixon Tire Pros & Auto Repair, in April 2002, only two cars came in the first day. Now, customers come from miles away.</p>

TIA is working on an update to its Earthmover Tire Service training program to meet the changing needs of the industry.

U.S. single-family home construction market is slumping while infrastructure projects on the rise, and that’s not the whole story.

CMA has big plans to boost its presence in the North American OTR tire market this year.

The government push to increase the number of electric vehicles (EV) on the road and the shift toward renewable energy technologies are proving to be a boon for the mining industry.