Tire Industry Association - Today's Tire Industry

Volume 2, Issues 4
July/August 2004

A TIRE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION © 2004

PRESIDENT
Larry Morgan

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dick Gust

VICE PRESIDENT
Bob Malerba

SECRETARY
Paul Hyatt

TREASURER
Tom Wright

ASSISTANT TREASURER
John Adams

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Roy Littlefield
rlittlefield@tireindustry.org

EDITOR
Kevin Rohlwing
krohlwing@tireindustry.org

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Colleen Wood
cwood@tireindustry.org

SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Marvin Bozarth
mbozarth@tireindustry.org

DIRECTOR OF TIRE AND RUBBER RECYCLING
Mary Sikora
msikora@tireindustry.org

DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Becky MacDicken
bmacdicken@tireindustry.org

WEBMASTER AND
WEB DESIGN
Patrick Soluri
psoluri@tireindustry.org

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Chris “Chubby” Frederick
Peter Gunst
Glenn Kinyon
Meesham Neergheen

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Frank Lang

ADVERTISING SALES
LaKisha Pindell
Director of Advertising
1532 Pointer Ridge Place, Suite E
Bowie, MD 20716-1883
800.876.8372 or 301.430.7280
301.430.7283 f
lpindell@tireindustry.org

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From the Desk of Roy Littlefield: Improving the Lines of Communication (52K)

Keeping the Wheels On: Expanding the CTS Program to Explain Torque and Clamping Force (124K)

Cybernotes (212K)

In the News (148K)

TIA Today (28K)

Capitol Comments (56K)

Warranties – A Primer on Express and Implied Warranties (48K)

Department of Labor Proposes Changes to Overtime Exemptions (40K)

Meetings and Trade Shows (36K)

Tire Retailing

TIA to Study Tire Pressure Monitoring Training Program (92K)

How to Net 20% to 30% Cash Profits — Labor Profit (148K)

Asians, Blacks and Hispanics Fuel High-Performance Tire Sales (100K)

Commercial Tire Service

“So the Customer is Always Right, Huh?” (272K)

Cupcake and the Crowbar (24K)

What’s Your Opinion? (64K)

Tire Retreading & Repairing

Retreading in Saudi Arabia (340K)

Tire Clinic (28K)

Hunting Mushrooms, Finding My Past (56K)

What Do They Haul? (44K)

What Caused This? (56K)

Great New Products for Air Lines (64K)

Retreader’s Mart (32K)

Tire & Rubber Recycling

Changing Approaches to Managing Scrap Tires (308K)

2004 Tire Recycling Meetings and Trade Shows (40K)

Recyclers Continue to Develop New Products from Tire Buffings (40K)

Advertiser’s Index (240K)


TIA Thanks all of the advertisers in this issue, especially those companies that took out full page ads. For more information on advertising in TTI go to the Ad Planner page or contact LaKisha Pindell, Director of Advertising at 800-876-8372.