Category: Wheels & Tires

Industry Overview Shows Severe Shortage of Skilled Technicians

Industry Overview Shows Severe Shortage of Skilled Technicians

| January 6, 2022

Stertil-Koni Industry Overview Shows Advanced Shop Equipment can Help Mitigate Severe Shortage of Skilled Vehicle Technicians While it’s no secret that the vehicle repair and maintenance industries are suffering from a skilled labor shortage, one potential solution to help mitigate the supply-demand imbalance in the labor force can be found in the very equipment used […]

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HERE and Goodyear enable predictive tire maintenance

HERE and Goodyear enable predictive tire maintenance

| January 6, 2022

Together, Goodyear and HERE help minimize vehicle downtime and make fleets more efficient HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced that its location services are being integrated into Goodyear Total Mobility one-stop fleet management solution. Together, they offer a suite of vehicle-to-fleet operation management tools that are fully customizable.   The one-stop fleet management solution combines data from Goodyear’s Tire Pressure   Monitoring System (TPMS) with HERE location services. Goodyear […]

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GOODYEAR EXTENDS AIRLESS TIRE TECHNOLOGY TO AUTONOMOUS STARSHIP ROBOTS

GOODYEAR EXTENDS AIRLESS TIRE TECHNOLOGY TO AUTONOMOUS STARSHIP ROBOTS

| January 6, 2022

Goodyear developed a specially engineered airless tire designed to extend tire life and reduce maintenance activities for Starship’s delivery fleet The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announced it has developed and is testing a custom-engineered non-pneumatic (airless) tire (NPT) to support Starship delivery robots. Starship Technologies, a Goodyear Ventures portfolio company, builds and […]

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Ryder Completes Two Acquisitions to Expand E-Commerce Fulfillment Network and Add Multi-Client Warehousing Capability

Ryder Completes Two Acquisitions to Expand E-Commerce Fulfillment Network and Add Multi-Client Warehousing Capability

| January 5, 2022

Whiplash and Midwest Warehouse & Distribution System deals to accelerate growth in Ryder’s higher-return supply chain solutions business; add proven e-commerce technology and operating platform Ryder System, Inc. has completed the acquisitions of Whiplash, a national provider of omnichannel fulfillment and logistics services, and Midwest Warehouse & Distribution System (Midwest), a provider of warehousing, distribution, and […]

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John Holbeck Named CFO of Epika Fleet Services, Inc.

John Holbeck Named CFO of Epika Fleet Services, Inc.

| January 4, 2022

Epika is a network of mobile and in-shop preventative maintenance service centers focused on commercial fleets across the country Epika Fleet Services, a leader in commercial fleet maintenance services, is pleased to announce that John Holbeck has been named Chief Financial Officer. As Chief Financial Officer, John will lead Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Treasury and Tax […]

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Murata and Michelin Co-develop RFID Module to Improve Tire Management Operations

Murata and Michelin Co-develop RFID Module to Improve Tire Management Operations

| January 3, 2022

Michelin co-develops RFID module to improve tire management operations Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has co-developed a new generation of RFID modules with Michelin that are embedded into tires. The robust passive RFID tags require no external power supply and will continue to operate while being driven on for extremely high mileages. This simple yet elegant […]

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