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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	TIA Contact: Roy Littlefield
September 12, 2005	301-430-7280

TIA ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS
-- BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TREASURER AND STATE EXECUTIVE LIASION NAMED --

Bowie, MD – (September 12, 2005) The Tire Industry Association (TIA) today announced the winners of the recent Board of Directors and Treasurer Elections. The TIA membership voted in open elections to place ten individuals onto the TIA Board for three-year terms. The ten winners in alphabetical order are:

Barbara Briggs of Briggs and Sons Tire, Fayetteville, NC;

Ken Brown of Alan Brown tire Center, Newport, OR;

Ken Burton of OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc., Rome, GA;

Wayne Croswell of ASA Tire Systems, Nashua, NH;

Harrell Huneycutt of Bandag, Inc., Muscatine, IA;

David Inscoe of University Tire & Auto Center, Charlottesville, VA;

Brett Matschke of Richlonn’s Tire & Service Centers; Greendale, WI;

Larry Mullins of Brandon Tire & Auto Service, Ortonville, MI;

Anthony “Tony” Vizyak of Great Lakes Tire, Sandusky OH; and

Tom Wright of Wright Tire Service, Anoka, MN.

TIA also announced their new TIA Treasurer, elected Friday by the current TIA Board. Joseph “Bud” Mullaney of Mullaney Tire Service in Matawan, NJ will serve a three-year term as Treasurer beginning November 2nd.

Sean Furrier of Western Tire Centers Inc., Tucson, AZ was placed into the two-year vacancy created by Mullaney’s election to the position of Treasurer.

Also on TIA’s Board is a new State Association Executive Liaison, appointed by the Tire Industry Association Executives in accordance with a recent TIA bylaw change. Steve Akridge of the Virginia Tire & Automotive Service Dealers Association will begin a one-year term with the other newly-elected Board members. This liaison position was created to open up communication between TIA and the state associations.

The new Board will take office on November 2, 2005. Biographical information on those elected is available upon request.

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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.

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