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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.
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 
    Tire industry analyst John Healy told MTD he believes “the awareness and presence and popularity of Dunlop is probably much stronger in Europe.”
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    What the Dunlop Sale Means for Goodyear 

    Mike Manges
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Tire industry analyst John Healy says Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s sale of the Dunlop brand represents “continued progress" for the tiremaker.
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    “Sam Gibara, Goodyear’s CEO, chairman and president, said Goodyear will get the rights to Dunlop brand tires virtually worldwide, including two plants in the U.S. and eight plants and 350 retail outlets in Europe,” wrote then-MTD Editor Lloyd Stoyer.
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    MTD Flashback: How Goodyear ‘Met’ Dunlop

    Mike Manges
    Jan. 8, 2025
    In February 1999, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced it would acquire 10% of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
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    “I think overall end user demand has been consistent with previous years, but as always, the devil is in the details,” says Stan Chandgie, chief operating officer and executive vice president of sales, Yokohama Tire Corp. “The economy, particularly the current state of inflation and the subsequent high prices on the entire basket of goods, is definitely having an impact on the consumer.”
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    On-Point: More Quotes That Defined 2024

    Mike Manges
    Jan. 2, 2025
    Tire dealers, manufacturers and industry observers had plenty to say in 2024. Here are more quotes that defined the year that was.
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    Do I want more locations? Absolutely,” says Beth Barron, CEO of Chabill’s Tire & Auto Service and MTD’s 2024 Tire Dealer of the Year Award winner. “But I want them to be in the right place at the right price and right now, that’s a little difficult because things are really expensive.”
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    They Said It! Quotes That Defined 2024

    Mike Manges
    Dec. 30, 2024
    Tire dealers, manufacturers and others weren’t shy when it came to sharing their thoughts with MTD during 2024, providing a month-by-month snapshot of the industry.
    Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc.
    While other tiremakers continue to invest in manufacturing in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc. shuttered its plant in Buffalo, N.Y.
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    Manufacturing Investments Continued in 2024

    Mike Manges
    Dec. 26, 2024
    This year was one of substantial tire manufacturing investment within the NAFTA trade zone – and in the case of one tiremaker, a major plant closing.
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    “Data from the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association shows a notable upward trend in all-weather tire sales,' says Robert Nasca, product training manager for Hankook Tire America Corp. (Pictured, the new Hankook Weatherflex GT all-weather tire at a recent ride-and-drive event.)
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    Why the All-Weather Tire Segment Is Growing 

    Mike Manges
    Dec. 19, 2024
    In this MTD exclusive, Robert Nasca, product training manager for Hankook Tire America Corp., discusses what's driving the all-weather tire segment’s growth.