Category: Wheels & Tires

Yokohama Tire’s New Distribution Center in Texas is Now Open

Yokohama Tire’s New Distribution Center in Texas is Now Open

| August 16, 2021

The 430,000 square-foot, full-service facility is located about 15 miles southeast of Dallas Yokohama Tire Corporation’s new 430,000 square-foot distribution center in Wilmer, Texas is officially open. The state-of-the-art, full-service facility, located about 15 miles southeast of Dallas, is LEED-certified, verifying that it’s a best-in-class sustainable building. It will first be used to distribute Yokohama’s passenger […]

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Bridgestone Partners with Electric and Autonomous Freight Leader Einride to Create Cleaner, Safer, Low-Carbon Fleet Mobility

Bridgestone Partners with Electric and Autonomous Freight Leader Einride to Create Cleaner, Safer, Low-Carbon Fleet Mobility

| August 13, 2021

Bridgestone will be the exclusive tire supplier for Einride electrified and autonomous trucks in the U.S. market Bridgestone Americas and Einride will partner to co-create innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for electrified and autonomous Class 8 vehicles. The collaboration will allow Einride to collect new layers of safety and efficiency-related data from Bridgestone’s smart-sensing tires, […]

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AMBEST 2021 Driver Satisfaction Survey Highlights

AMBEST 2021 Driver Satisfaction Survey Highlights

| August 13, 2021

This year’s responses shine light on AMBEST as one of the top truck stops in the country Each year, AMBEST, the member-owned, nationwide network of independent truck stops and service centers, reach out to their drivers via email and their mobile app, asking them to respond to a satisfaction survey. With the use of this feedback, […]

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Love’s Travel Stops opens tire retread plant in El Reno, Oklahoma

Love’s Travel Stops opens tire retread plant in El Reno, Oklahoma

| August 11, 2021

Location is also a distribution center allowing direct point of sales to customers Love’s Travel Stops has opened a tire retread plant and distribution center in El Reno, Oklahoma. The 220,000-square-foot facility doubles the size of the one it replaces in Grand Prairie, Texas, allowing Love’s Truck Care and Speedco to increase capacity and better […]

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McDermott Awarded FEED Contract for Waste Tire Recycling Project

McDermott Awarded FEED Contract for Waste Tire Recycling Project

| August 9, 2021

Michelin’s first new generation of tire recycling plant McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from the Michelin Group in France for an innovative waste tire technology enabling large-scale production of recycled carbon black—a key ingredient in advancing the next generation of sustainable tires. This award follows a similar FEED […]

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Boss Truck Shop Joins Hyundai Translead Preferred Service Provider Program

Boss Truck Shop Joins Hyundai Translead Preferred Service Provider Program

| August 4, 2021

Hyundai Translead is one of North America’s leading trailer manufacturers Boss Shop, Inc. has joined Hyundai Translead’s Preferred Service Provider (PSP) program. Hyundai Translead is one of North America’s leading trailer manufacturers, and Boss Truck Shops throughout the U.S. will now offer maintenance and warranty services to Hyundai’s trailer customers. “We’re excited to partner with such a great trucking […]

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