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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	TIA Contact: Roy Littlefield
September 26, 2006	301-430-7280

TIA Announces Board of Directors Election Results

Bowie, MD – (September 26, 2006) The Tire Industry Association (TIA) today announced the winners of the recent Board of Directors 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:

Buck Blair, Tech International – Johnstown, Ohio

Dean Bray, Bray’s Recapping Service, Inc. – Mount Airy, North Carolina

Roy Bromfield, New Bridge Consulting, Inc. – Greenville, South Carolina

Steve Craven, Craven Tire & Auto – Fairfax, Virginia

David Crawford, American Car Care Centers – Memphis, Tennessee

Tom Formanek, Stellar Industries Inc. – Garner, Iowa

Richard “Dick” Gust, Lakin Environmental Industries – Chicago, Illinois

Michael Jones, Sonsio, Inc. – Golden, Colorado

Ron Lautzenheiser, College Tire Inc. DBA Big O Tire – Ft. Collins, Colorado

Jim Pangle, Fountain Tire – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The new Board will take office on October 30, 2006 at TIA’s Annual Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“We want to thank the TIA members who participated in the election,” said TIA Executive Vice President Roy Littlefield. “We are very pleased to welcome Roy Bromfield, Steve Craven, David Crawford, Michael Jones and Ron Lautzenheiser as new members to the TIA Board of Directors. We also want to welcome back Buck Blair, Dean Bray, Tom Formanek, Dick Gust, and Jim Pangle.”

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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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