During its recent mid-year Board Meeting, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) elected Board member Gary MacCausland to its Executive Committee. The US-based industry body voted in MacCausland of VIP Tires & Service, who has served on the TIA Board for two years, as Secretary.
During a recent tyre recycling event held in the USA, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in collaboration with the Tire Industry Association (TIA), announced the establishment of the Tire Recycling Foundation. This new initiative aims to secure funding and allocate grants for research, education, intervention, and demonstration projects, addressing critical knowledge and research gaps within the US tyre recycling supply chain.
Roy Littlefield, who is soon to retire as chief executive officer and executive vice-president of the Tire Industry Association (TIA) after 18 years in the job and 42 years with the association and its predecessors, is one of two fresh inductees into the Tire Industry Hall of Fame. The Tire Industry Hall of Fame Committee has selected Littlefield together with the late Martin J. Barry, a former president of the National Tire Dealers Association. Barry will enter the Hall in the historic category.
With Roy Littlefield soon to retire as chief executive officer, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) is searching for a successor. The US-based association representing the tyre, retreading and repair sectors says it seeks a “dynamic leader in a rapidly changing business environment” to head its work in tyre technician training, government affairs and improving the overall environment for its tyre dealer and industry members.
John Evankovich has been inducted as president of the Tire Industry Association’s (TIA) Board of Directors. He took office at the TIA annual membership meeting on 29 October and will serve a one-year term. In addition, the US-based industry association also introduced Brian Rigney (president, Dill Air Controls) as its vice-president and Dan Nothdurft (president, Tires, Tires, Tires) as secretary. Mike Wolfe (owner, Southeastern Wholesale Tire) will remain treasurer.
Every year, US-based organisation The Tire Industry Association (TIA) inducts new worthies into its Hall of Fame. As mentioned on Friday, this year the TIA welcomes two from the industry to its Hall of Fame, and off-highway tyre specialist BKT is honoured that its chairman and managing director, Arvind Poddar is one of the pair selected for this accolade. Poddar will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Tire Industry Honors Awards Ceremony, which will be held in Las Vegas on 29 October prior to the opening of the 2018 SEMA Show.
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the upcoming official retirement of its senior technical consultant, Marvin Bozarth. He will farewell colleagues and industry associates at the 2018 Off-the-Road (OTR) Tire Conference, which will take place in Florida, USA from 21 to 24 February.
The Tire Industry Association and members of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Coalition will lobby Congress to apply WOTC to natural disasters that will cover powerful hurricanes like Harvey and Irma.
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has appointed LeAnn Harley its new director of marketing and communications. In this role, Harley will lead strategic communications initiatives in the areas of membership outreach, public relations, event and programme awareness, social media engagement, along with a focus on the US-based association’s overall online presence.
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