In the past year in North America, the revolving door of tire brands has been getting a workout of late, with new brands popping up on a regular basis and some long-time "evergreens" fading away.

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has phased out the Dayton medium truck tire brand, eight years after reviving it as an entry-level product targeted at independent drivers and small fleets.

By most industry metrics, the commercial trucking industry—and by direct association, the commercial tire and retreading sector—is on track for a solid year.

Indian tire maker JK Tyre is broadening its product portfolio for the U.S. market into radial truck tires.

In a year marked by negatives, Thailand shored up its status as the No. 1 source of tires imported to the U.S. in 2020, accounting for nearly 21 percent of tire imports last year by value.

NASCAR's decision to turn back the clock for a Cup Series race on dirt—the first in more than 50 years—meant drivers in NASCAR's top-tier racing series were racing on bias-ply tires for the first time in more than 30 years.

Bridgestone has agreed to pay $1.49 million toward the cleanup of Superfund waste sites in Alliance and Ravenna, Ohio.

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has approved a three-year business plan covering 2021-23 that company management said will "deepen" the firm's core strengths while seeking to create new value "that responds to the needs being generated by this new era of great change."

Production by U.S.-based tire makers fell by double-digits last year in all key categories, including a 25.5 percent drop in passenger tire output.

Hankook Tire is targeting 10 percent growth in 2021 after suffering a 6.2 percent drop in revenue this past year, due in large part to a down global economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hankook Tire America Corp. plans to invest $85 million in 2021 as part of a Phase II expansion of its 4-year-old tire plant in Clarksville, Tenn.

The continuing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the debut of a pair of much-anticipated technical changes in the racing world.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China should remain in place.

Hwa Fong Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. has added its support to the proposal four other Taiwan tire companies put forth a week ago as an alternative to import duties.

The United Steelworkers union has notified the Department of Commerce it opposes adoption of a proposal from Taiwan's leading tire makers to suspend the pending antidumping investigation into imports of passenger and light truck tires from Taiwan in exchange for pricing oversight provisions.