Don Detore

Road building and mining sectors look solid this year, while high interest rates and inflation continue to hit construction sectors.

The 2025 Off-The-Road Tire Conference (OTR), put on by the Tire Industry Association, took place last month at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino.

Twelve of the new DOT codes were issued for companies in China, two each in Indonesia and India, and one each in Algeria, Brazil, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam.

Tire Business Editor Don Detore recounts his harrowing flight back from a tire trip.

Yokohama will close a 43,000-sq.-ft. plant in Spartanburg, S.C. The plant opened in 2016 and manufactures radial agricultural tires under the Trelleborg brand.

Goodyear is eliminating approximately 850 positions as part of its previously announced transition of its tire manufacturing plant in Danville, Va.

Nokian Tyres has returned to the UHP all-season category with the launch of the Nokian Tyres Surpass AS01.

Goodyear has signed a long-anticipated agreement to sell the venerable Dunlop tire brand—which has roots back more than 130 years—to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) for approximately $701 million in cash.

The founder and president of AME International passed the gavel and the presidency to Debra Hamlin, director of operations at Bridgestone Commercial Dealer Network, during TIA's annual membership meeting Nov. 4 in Las Vegas.

Goodyear CEO and President Mark Stewart told Tire Business, a sister publication of Rubber News, that the venerable Dunlop brand—which dates back to the late 1880s—has increased its market share in Europe despite what he called a "flat to overall declining" market there.

Goodyear and Continental Tire North America Inc. are owed more than a combined $200 million in unsecured credit by American Tire Distributors Inc.

American Tire Distributors Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time since 2018.

Bridgestone has named Scott Damon vice president, senior officer and Bridgestone West CEO as part of a global management shakeup. He replaces Paulo Ferrari.

Turbo Wholesale Tires is entering the commercial truck tire segment with a portfolio that includes four lines with a combined 40 SKUs under its Rolling Big Power brand.

Omni United has designed bulletproof tires to help drivers in crime-ridden South Africa.