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    • Mike Manges

    Editor
    Phone: (330) 598 - 0368
    Mike Manges is Modern Tire Dealer’s editor. A 25-year tire industry veteran, he is a three-time International Automotive Media Association award winner and holds a Gold Award from the Association of Automotive Publication Editors. Mike has traveled the world in pursuit of stories that will help independent tire dealers move their businesses forward. Before rejoining MTD in September 2019, he held corporate communications positions at two Fortune 500 companies and served as MTD’s senior editor from 2000 to 2010.
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    Tire manufacturers agree that 2025 will bring growth opportunities for enterprising OTR tire dealers.
    Commercial Business

    OTR Tiremakers Talk Trends, Opportunities

    Mike Manges
    March 4, 2025
    OTR tire manufacturers are looking forward to a growth market in 2025. They explain why in this MTD exclusive.
    Cassidy Tire & Service 
    The Ahern family recently celebrated the opening of Cassidy Tire & Service’s 18th location – a new store in Chicago, Ill., that replaces an older location that closed in 2021. Family patriarch William J. Cassidy founded the dealership in 1914.
    Retail

    Cassidy Tire Marks ‘Homecoming’ With New Store

    Mike Manges
    March 3, 2025
    The opening of Cassidy Tire & Service’s new store in Chicago, Ill., “was kind of like a homecoming,” Rick Ahern, one of the 111-year-old dealership’s owners, told MTD.
    Photo: Bridgestone Americas Inc.
    Bridgestone Americas Inc.’s TBR tire manufacturing plant in LaVergne, Tenn., will close its doors in July 2025.
    Commercial Business

    Editorial: TBR Tire Production Continues to Shift

    Mike Manges
    Feb. 24, 2025
    Commercial medium truck tires are back in the news again, as two manufacturers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Bridgestone Americas Inc., recently announced big changes within...
    MTD
    The United States mining industry remains healthy, Kevin Rohlwing, TIA’s chief technical officer, told attendees during his annual economic outlook presentation. “There’s some good news on the horizon.”
    Commercial Business

    OTR Tire Sector ‘Poised For Growth’ 

    Mike Manges
    Feb. 21, 2025
    Legislation, tariffs and the impact of autonomous trucks were hot topics at the 2025 Tire Industry Association OTR Tire Conference.
    MTD
    Chris (left) and Brian Chase of Frederick, Md.-based Rice Tire Co. were among the 500 people from 35 states and 12 countries who attended the 2025 TIA OTR Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Photo Galleries

    Photos: Inside the 2025 OTR Tire Conference

    Mike Manges
    Feb. 20, 2025
    Exclusive photos from the 70th edition of the Tire Industry Association OTR Tire Conference!
    MTD
    TIA President Debra Hamlin presented the Marvin Bozarth ETS Technician of the Year Award to Tony Pass of Jim Whitehead’s Best-One Tire & Service in Oakwood, Ga. “I feel like I’m in a dream,” said Pass upon receiving the honor in front of 500 OTR Tire Conference attendees.
    Suppliers

    OTR Tire Conference Spotlights Safety

    Mike Manges
    Feb. 20, 2025
    The first day of the 2025 Tire Industry Association OTR Tire Conference put the spotlight squarely on tire technician safety.