Bruce Davis Special Projects Reporter [email protected] See All Staff Page Recent Stories Cambodia now among leading tire exporters to U.S. The seemingly endless upward trajectory of tire imports into the U.S. has ended — quite abruptly — in the first quarter of 2023. Sailun adding RoadX brand in U.S. through ITDG Rollout of the brand in the U.S. coincides with the ramping up of production capacity at Sailun Group's Cambodian plant. Commercial tire sector facing headwinds After two straight years of double-digit growth in shipments of medium truck tires, demand this year in the U.S. could drop by as much as 5.5 percent. ITC votes to retain import duties on Indian OTR tires The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to keep in place antidumping and countervailing duties on off-the-road tires from India. Pirelli to supply women-centered F1 Academy series Pirelli Motorsports has agreed to supply race tires to the new F1 Academy racing series, a competition for female drivers that's considered a stepping stone into top-flight formula car competition. Liquid Gold makers partner to advance rubber-mixing uses The developers of the 'Liquid Gold' rubber mixing technology are partnering with synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers to explore potential applications of the technology. Vietnamese energy company Tin Thanh Group building S.C. retread plant Tin Thanh Group, a Vietnamese energy company, has broken ground in rural South Carolina on a project that eventually will include a truck tire retreading plant, tire distribution facility and renewable energy resources. Tire company forecasts: No to low growth in 2023 Following a relatively upbeat year in 2022, when most of the world's larger tire companies registered double-digit growth, the tire industry is bracing itself for a tough year in 2023. ITC to report India OTR duties ruling April 27 The International Trade Commission has set April 27 as the date it expects to issue its determination on whether to continue antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of certain OTR tires on India. DOT issues 27 new tire factory codes Codes for factories in Cambodia, China, India, Sri Lanka among the 27 new U.S. Department of Transportation tire plant identification codes issued in the past year. Titan's stock price drops 19% Titan International Inc.'s failure to issue a concrete business forecast for 2023 earlier this week led to a 19.5% drop in the company's stock price. Value of U.S. tire imports increased 55% last year After gaining over 18 percent in value in 2021 over 2020, the value of imports last year shot up an unprecedented 54.9 percent over 2021 to $19.6 billion. Truck sector leads U.S. tire market; consumer down Much like the "Tale of Two Cities," the U.S. tire market in 2022 was a tale of two divergent trends, one quite positive, one rather disappointing. WTD launches American Road Star brand, upgrades Arroyo, Zestino brands Wholesale Tire Distributors has created a new brand, American Road Star, that will complement its existing Arroyo and Zestino brands in a multi-pronged approach to the U.S. market. Passenger, LT tire imports cool in Q3 as TBR heats up The pace of importing passenger and light truck tires into the U.S. cooled off considerably in the third quarter, but imports of medium truck and bus tires ramped up and are headed for another record year. Load More