Continental Tire North America said it will continue its unique joint marketing partnership with Wholesale Tire and Wheel Corp. (WTW), marketer of the Giovanna wheel brand.

A super wide for consumer trucks? That’s what Pirelli Tire North America has brought to this year’s SEMA Show – a 405/25R24 Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico.

Pirelli SpA announced that it will boost tire prices by up to 5% by the end of 2006 due to raw material costs.

Pirelli SpA said it sees east and central European demand for tires growing by 10% per year and is planning to expand its newly launched plant in Slatina, Romania.

Measurement Ltd. today announced the launch of a new product that combines its Accutire sensor-based digital technology with a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).

Bridgestone brand Dueler A/T RH-S tires in size P255/70R18 112S will be fitted on the next generation 2007 Jeep Wrangler Sahara.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is voluntarily recalling 79,857 tires, which had been manufactured at its Albany, Ga., plant earlier this year.

Toyo Tire USA Corp. has upgraded its Web site.

Michelin picked up two prizes at the 7th annual Greenfleet Awards yesterday. The Stoke-on-Trent based company won tyre manufacturer of the year (the runner-up was Bandvulc Tyres) and the Industry Innovation award.

U.S. tyre shipments have fallen in almost every segment in the first nine months of 2006.

The Indian government has put provisional anti-dumping duty (ADD) on tyres imported from China and Thailand, with effect from Oct. 9 the Business Standard reported.

Groupe Michelin is planning to phase-in a 40-hour week to workers at the company’s five German production plants.

The U.K.’s first independent magazine run-flat tyre test has named the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT as “Best Buy 2006.”

Bridgestone Corp. announced today that it will raise prices on 1 February 2007 for tyres, tubes and flaps sold in the replacement market in Japan.

North American tire plants on limited production, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is temporarily laying off some 330 hourly workers at its Asheboro, N.C., steel wire plant.

DaimlerChrysler has selected two Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) products to be OE tires on its 2007 Chrysler Sebring.

Goodyear-owned tyre maker Sava Tires, one of Slovenia's largest exporters, has become part of a new organisational structure of 11 Central and Eastern European countries.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. appears at no. 327 on Fortune's Global 500 list this year, with $19.7 billion in turnover; a 7.4% increase over the previous year.

Yokohama Rubber Co. has partnered with N.Technology to supply Advan race tires for the International Formula Master race series.

Nokian Tyres announced that Invesco Asset Management, as a result of a share transaction concluded on July 17, now represents more than 5% of the voting rights and share capital in Nokian Tyres.

Moody's Investors Service has reportedly downgraded Groupe Michelin’s long-term debt rating to Baa3 from Baa2, and the short term rating to Prime-3 from Prime-2.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s largest single stock owner, Shapiro Capital Management LLC, cut its stake in the Findlay, Ohio-tire company by some 73%.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 4, 2006) Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) is looking ahead to the winter months with a number of new offerings to its highly acclaimed Bridgestone® Blizzak(TM) tire line-up.

Yokohama Rubber Co. said it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary named Yokohama India in New Delhi, India, in January 2007.

Union workers at 12 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants walked off the job this afternoon after negotiations with the United Steelworkers failed to deliver a new master labor contract.

With a name like Eurotire, it might sound surprising that Eurotire Inc. has barely been present in the Western European market before now, despite having production capacity on the continent.

Goodyear Wrangler SR-A tires in size P215/65R17 will be the OE tire on the 2007 Jeep Compass, a new compact SUV from DaimlerChrysler.

Tire & rubber segment of Ukrainian Internet expirienced renovation - Rosava launched it's new website www.rosava.ua

The answer needed to win Michelin’s Truck Challenge competition was that 28.69 litres of fuel were saved by using Michelin A2 Energy truck tyres on the 1,250 kilometre route between Clermont-Ferrand and Hanover.