Heavy Treaddin'The Evolving State of the OTR Tire MarketTitans Profits Are Way Up- April 29, 2008 Well folks, Titan Tire&8217;s profits are way up. How high Well, 19% vs a year ago, and to the tune of 32.1 million in sales. I should have known that profits would be high, because my beloved Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommended them back on the 14th(just to let you know, folks here bought Marvel: MVL ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2008/04/29/titans-profits-are-way-up/ American Tire Corporation Wants A Bigger Piece Of Pie- April 24, 2008 It&8217;s the end of April, and anything can happen, it seems. American Tire Corporation, in what could only be called an &8220;interesting&8221; move, has proposed buying out Goodyear&8217;s Topeka OTR Tire Plant. Huh This is the largest plant that Goodyear owns, worldwide, and ATC just wants to buy it. Who are they, Rupert Murdoch Why in the ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2008/04/24/american-tire-corporation-wants-a-bigger-piece... Bridgestone Follows Suit- April 9, 2008 If this wasn&8217;t so easy, I would have to start selling my services as a psychic. These people are just too predictable. We have received word from various sources in the industry that Bridgestone is about to raise its prices, yet again. The magic number of 5-7% is back in play, as they will cite rising ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2008/04/09/bridgestone-follows-suit/ Yokohama Raises Pricing- April 8, 2008 Just checking to let you know that Yokohama is raising it&8217;s pricing on otr tires yet again. 5% is the magic number, and falls in that wonderful 5-7% range I always talk about. They claim it is due to rising raw material and manufacturing costs, but you have to wonder if they aren&8217;t throwing in a ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2008/04/08/yokohama-raises-pricing/ |