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December 3, 2014 – Press Release

Goodyear Gives Fuel-Conscious Fleets More Options
SmartWay-Verified Retread Products Help Fleets Lower Their Operating Costs

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2014 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is giving fuel-conscious fleets two more SmartWay-verified retread products to help reduce their operating costs.

Goodyear’s G392A SSD UniCircle and G394A SST UniCircle wide-base retread products recently earned SmartWay verification, according to Brian Buckham, general manager, product marketing, Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems.

“These retread products offer many of the same benefits as their new tire counterparts, including lower rolling resistance, which is key to helping fleets lower their fuel costs,” said Buckham. “Our retread products help fleets optimize their tire investment and are a great compliment to our expanding Fuel Max family of fuel-efficient new truck tires.”

Goodyear recently launched its new Fuel Max LHD G505D truck tire, North America’s most fuel-efficient long haul tire, which also is SmartWay-verified. (Click here for more details.)
“For years, SmartWay verification has been an important designation for fuel-efficient new truck tires,” noted Buckham. “And it is becoming an increasingly important classification for retread products. Fleets want optimal fuel efficiency through the full tire casing lifecycle.”

More features and benefits
The G392S SSD and G394A SST wide-base retread products are offered with Goodyear’s exclusive UniCircle Technology, whose spliceless design matches the shape of the tire’s casing. Because there is no cutting or splicing during the UniCircle tread application process, the retreaded tires are uniform and balanced, which helps extend casing life and mileage.

“Another benefit of UniCircle retreads stems from how UniCircle treads are manufactured,” said Buckham. “Goodyear optimizes the UniCircle process to help deliver lower rolling resistance than a flat procure retread. This helps improve fuel economy.”

In addition, the G392A SSD UniCircle boasts a 24/32-inch tread depth, while the G394A SST UniCircle has a 12/32-inch tread depth. Both products’ tread designs are optimized to help provide a uniform footprint, long miles to removal and confident handling, and are available to fit size 445/50R22.5 casings.

“Ultimately, our goal is to help fleets lower their operating costs,” said Buckham. “Helping them cut their fuel expenses is a major part of this process. Our SmartWay-verified G392A SSD UniCircle and G394A SST UniCircle wide-base retread products will help do just that, while delivering a wide array of supplemental benefits that together add up to real savings for end users.”

About Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems:
Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems offers The Total Package Solution of industry-leading tires, services and profitability tools to help commercial trucking fleets lower their total cost of ownership. To learn more, visit www.goodyeartrucktires.com.

March 17, 2015 – Press Release

General Tire celebrates “100 Years of Reliability”

Tradition-rich tire brand founded in 1915:
Fort Mill, South Carolina, March 17, 2015. Tradition-rich U.S. tire brand General Tire is celebrating its centennial. The company traces its origins to Akron, Ohio, where William F. O’Neill and his partner Winfred E. Fouse had the idea of producing superior quality tires. At the time, there were more than 300 companies making tires in the USA. But unlike their competitors, from the beginning the two partners put their faith in high quality and focused at first on the truck market. Here they pioneered an oversized pneumatic tire called the General Jumbo. Back in those days, trucks ran on solid rubber tires and the pneumatic tire was an innovation that soon caught on. A nationwide team of loyal, competent and independent dealers helped ensure that the brand rapidly grew and became successful.

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April 12, 2018 – Press Release

New Fontaine H7 No-Slack® Fifth Wheel Handles Severe-Duty Applications

JASPER, ALABAMA -- Fontaine Fifth Wheel announces a new top plate designed specifically for severe-duty applications: the Fontaine H7. This top plate replaces the H5092 and X5092 Series and combines it into one fifth wheel system. Like the 7000 Series the H7 features a cast steel housing and the Fontaine No-Slack® locking system, the only trigger activated self-adjusting locking mechanism in the industry. This Fontaine exclusive offers several advantages to their customers. The fifth wheel lock self-adjusts in order to accommodate for wear and for variations in kingpin geometry. This means drivers get a snug, secure hassle-free connection as they move from trailer to trailer. The design also reduces shock inputs into the frame when braking and accelerating; so drivers get a smoother ride and components last longer for lower maintenance costs.

“Our mission with the H7 was to simplify our severe duty product line into one cast steel fifth wheel system that uses our most up to date No-Slack® locking system,” stated Mike Randolph, VP Sales & Marketing North America. “The beauty of the H7 fifth wheel is that it offers a majority of the same working parts that you find in our current No-Slack® 6000 and 7000 series top plates so the need to keep additional replacement parts in field will be greatly reduced,” stated Paige Petroni, VP Aftermarket.

The Fontaine H7 is rated up to 70,000 lbs vertical load, a drawbar pull rating up to 200,000 lbs and
has the option of being blocked (no-tilt) from the factory. It’s a great solution for logging, heavy haul, oil field, mining and other severe-duty applications. For more information contact Fontaine Customer Service at
800-874-9780 or email info@fifthwheel.com.

About Fontaine Fifth Wheel.
Based in Jasper, Alabama, Fontaine Fifth Wheel is the world’s largest dedicated fifth wheel manufacturer and the innovator of the only self-adjusting fifth wheel lock on the market: Fontaine No-Slack®. Fontaine offers a complete line of fifth wheels including stationary, sliding and blocked models covering a broad range of applications. Fontaine is a Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT) company. MHT companies support the transportation industry worldwide with an array of high-quality products and services and are members of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company.