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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	TIA Contact: Roy Littlefield
July 11, 2007	301-430-7280

TIA Selects Board of Directors’ Candidates
for Upcoming Membership Election

Bowie, MD – (July 11, 2007) The Tire Industry Association (TIA) today announced the selection of candidates for TIA’s annual Board of Directors’ election that was approved by the TIA Board of Directors at their recent meeting in Toronto, Canada. The TIA membership will vote in open elections to place ten individuals onto the TIA Board for three-year terms. Members will receive ballots in the mail before the end of July and their ballot must be received or postmarked by September 1, 2007 to TIA’s office in Bowie, Maryland.

A copy of the ballot, along with background information and photos of the candidates, is available on TIA’s website at www.tireindustry.org (see bottom of this page).

The following is a list of the nominees for TIA’s Board of Directors:

GARY ALBRIGHT, Becker Tire & Treading, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas, Current TIA Board Member

MICHAEL BAGGET, Yokohama Tire OTR Division, Santa Rosa, Florida

MIKE BERRA, JR., Community Tire Retreading, St. Louis, Missouri, Current TIA Board Member

GEORGE W. BIRSIC III, Lakewood Firestone, Lakewood, Ohio

LARRY BRANDT, MSB Tires, LLC, Port St. Lucie, Florida

ERNIE CARAMANICO, Amityville Firestone, Amityville, New York

MIKE COULTER, Petoskey Plastics, Inc., Petoskey, Michigan

RANDALL GROH, U.S. Oil Co., Inc., Combined Locks, Wisconsin

BOB KATZ, Nu-Tread Tire Co., Inc, E. Boston, Massachusetts, Current TIA Board Member

GUY MOZZICATO, Meridian Operations, LLC, Plainfield, Connecticut

JAMES RABEN, Raben Tire Company, Inc., Evansville, Indiana

BOB ROSS, Hercules Tire Company of Canada, Ontario, Canada

WARREN SECORD, Warren Secord Tire Factory, Kent, Washington, Current TIA Board Member

JIM SHORT, Radial Tire and Bandag, Jasper, Alabama, Current TIA Board Member

DOUG SWANSON, Modern Auto Care, Inc., Eden Prairie, Missouri, Current TIA Board Member

MIKE WOLFE, Southeastern Wholesale Tire Co., Raleigh, North Carolina

STU ZURCHER, Transwheel Corporation, Huntington, Indiana, Current TIA Board Member

Vote. Win Prize!
Members who submit their ballot by September 1, 2007 have the option of receiving one of the following four training programs (see below).

Passenger Wheel Retention
Road Service Safety
Disc Wheel Inspection
Tubeless Truck Tire Safety

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TIA is an international association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry. The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has a history that spans more than 80 years and includes several name changes. Originally known as the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA), the organization gave birth over the years to the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and the Tire Association of North America (TANA). ARA changed its name to the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) and merged with TANA in 2002 to form the current Tire Industry Association (TIA), which now represents every interest in the tire industry.

Nominee Bios

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