LAS VEGAS—BKT approaches business a little differently than most tire manufacturers. Case in point: Instead of searching the globe for a carbon black supplier, BKT builds its own plant.

FORT WORTH, Texas—Bridgestone Americas continues to refresh the Firestone brand with a pair of new light truck products designed to improve the depth and reach of the portfolio.

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico—While it's been notably quiet this year, Continental Tire the Americas explained its reason in the wake of a disruptive 12 months in the tire industry.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif.—Federal has launched a hybrid product that is a cross between a mud-terrain tire and a directional, ultra-high-performance tire.

GRAPEVINE, Texas—The evidence of permanent shifts that have occurred in the past few years in how we think or act—what Goodyear CEO Rich Kramer calls an "inflection point"—is about as apparent as a flat tire.

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.—Robbins has developed a rubber sealing ring system for the retread market that company officials say will allow shops to save money and time.

GRAPEVINE, Texas—Rich Kramer used his keynote address that highlighted the final day of the Goodyear Customer Conference to urge dealers to adapt to the severe disruptions in the industry, but proceed with "balance."

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Goodyear introduced two new products, expanded the size offering of another and touted the mileage performance of a fourth product during the company's annual dealer meetings.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—More than three decades after first introducing the Blizzak winter tire line, Bridgestone Americas has rolled out the latest iteration of the Blizzak that it claims will last longer than previous versions.

LAS VEGAS—Minoo Mehta has been attending the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show for more than 30 years. This year's event, however, felt quite a bit different for the president of BKT USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Mumbai, India-based Balkrishna Industries Ltd.

AKRON—The first thing you sense while you tour the Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing facility in Akron is the enormous amount of pride, workmanship and know-how that goes into each of the 4,000-plus racing tires.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Bridgestone Americas Inc. has notified American Tire Distributors Inc. it is discontinuing distribution of its passenger and light truck products through ATD.

Steven Smidlein, senior vice president of Apollo Tires North America, talked with Tire Business about his company's plans to increase its market share, especially with its Vredestein-brand line.

ORLANDO, Fla.—Equipment maker Davis-Standard rolled out a global brand refresh at NPE2018 in Orlando, focusing on the customer.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico—In a land that celebrates its past and present, Continental Tire the Americas laid out its future before a record 356 tire dealers and distributors during the firm's annual Gold Dealer program trip.