Tom
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I learn something new every day ...
While waiting at Mccoy Turck Tire Center, I caught sight of Tire Business, a trade magazine that was full of info and stats on the tire industry. My curiosity and my stats/data analysis background kicked in as I digested the numerous tables and charts. Much of it can be found at tirebusiness.com but it was interesting to see the revenues of the major players and their rankings. Goodyear had the largest tire sales in North America for the last 2 years, with 2011 revenue of $9.4B, followed by Michelin $8.5B and Bridgestone $7.6B. Cooper, Continental, Hankook and Yokohama were all a distant also-ran. I wondered if my meager purchase would help propel Michelin to #1 in 2012 ???
I also talked with a local trucker who was getting an out-of-round tire fix. He hauls feed to the local dairies all day. This is the Central Valley of California, which we know is full of farms for hundreds of miles, but I didn't know there are 350 dairies in the area. There was I thinking that our milk came from Safeway
While waiting at Mccoy Turck Tire Center, I caught sight of Tire Business, a trade magazine that was full of info and stats on the tire industry. My curiosity and my stats/data analysis background kicked in as I digested the numerous tables and charts. Much of it can be found at tirebusiness.com but it was interesting to see the revenues of the major players and their rankings. Goodyear had the largest tire sales in North America for the last 2 years, with 2011 revenue of $9.4B, followed by Michelin $8.5B and Bridgestone $7.6B. Cooper, Continental, Hankook and Yokohama were all a distant also-ran. I wondered if my meager purchase would help propel Michelin to #1 in 2012 ???
I also talked with a local trucker who was getting an out-of-round tire fix. He hauls feed to the local dairies all day. This is the Central Valley of California, which we know is full of farms for hundreds of miles, but I didn't know there are 350 dairies in the area. There was I thinking that our milk came from Safeway