Michelin: 'Retread Market to Rebound Slowly'

GREENVILLE, SC - It's going to take a few years for the retread market to return to 2005-2006 levels. This past year was a challenging one for retreads, but the new truck tire market had it even worse.

Bridgestone Launches New All-Weather Trucking Tire with Enliten Technology

Bridgestone said it designed its W920 tandem-axle radial drive tire to perform in all weather conditions. It features the company’s Enliten technology and focuses on sustainability.

Michelin Reveals ‘Wheel with No Air’ Tire Concept

Looking not unlike a lushly blue life form on James Cameron’s cinematic world of Pandora, the prototype of Michelin’s Visionary concept tire glowingly held center stage at the tire maker’s Movin’ On global conference on sustainable transportation.

Michelin Debuts X One Pre-Mold Retread Lines Designed for Long Haul Applications

Michelin X One Line Energy D2 Pre-Mold is designed for the long haul market across the U.S. to optimize fuel efficiency.

Michelin Develops Built-In Tire Identification Transponder

Michelin Americas Truck Tires Focuses on Sidewall Protection

Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) is introducing two tires for on/off road applications: the Michelin X Works XDY and the Michelin XDY-EX2.

Michelin Issues Voluntary Safety Recall of Select Light Truck Replacement Tires

Michelin said it is voluntarily recalling certain sizes of its Michelin LTX M/S 2, Michelin X Radial LT2 and Michelin Latitude Tour tires. Michelin is recalling 100,000 tires in order to retrieve about 2,500 affected tires.

Michelin Will Raise Consumer Tire Prices Up to Seven Percent on Mar. 3

GREENVILLE, S.C. – As a result of continuing increases in raw material, energy, and transportation costs, Michelin North America Inc. will increase prices on its consumer, OTR, and industrial product lines.

Michelin Issues Voluntary Safety Recall For Some Of Its Light Truck Replacement Tires

Michelin North America, Inc. announced a voluntary safety recall of approximately 100,000 tires in order to retrieve an estimated 2,500 tires – about 2.5 percent of the recalled population – that could have partial or full sidewall perforations