Feb. 2, 2016—The CTDA-1-800EveryRim New Year Luncheon on Jan. 21 had 77 dealers and vendors representing 48 companies in attendance.
Co-gold sponsors of the event were Yokohama Tire and Federated Insurance. Pirelli was a silver sponsor and 1-800EveryRim–OEM Wheels served as luncheon host.
During the luncheon, Tom Formanek, TIA vice president and regional sales manager of Stellar Industries, spoke about the importance of TIA as the tire industry’s voice in Washington D.C. and emphasized mandatory tire registration as a pressing issue. Joe Findeis, SEMA Wheel & Tire Council (WTC) chairman talked about the WTC ride guide and how it assists dealers with data on tire sizing related to vehicle performance.
Companies represented included:
- 1-800EveryRim - OEM Wheels
- All Star Tire
- Alondra Tire Center
- American Tire Depot - Corporate
- American Tire Distributors
- Arcadia Tires
- Artillery Tire Consulting
- Commercial Tire
- Daniels Tire Service - Corporate
- Discount Tire Centers - Corporate
- Federated Insurance
- Freedom Tire Distributors
- Grand Prix Tire
- GT Radial
- Huntington Tire
- Icon Media
- Independent Tire Dealer Group
- Kings Tire
- La Canada Firestone
- LKQ - Keystone
- McMahan Tire Service
- Montebello Tire Pros
- Myers Tire Supply
- Nexen Tire
- Ocean Tire
- Performance Plus Tire
- Pirelli
- Savas Tires
- Schrader International
- SEMA
- Southern California Wheel Repair
- Star Tire Center
- Stellar Industries
- Strategic Import Supply
- Sunrise Auto Center
- The Carlstar Group / Carlisle
- The Ultimate Wheel & Tire Plus Sizing Guide
- Tire Guys - Corporate
- Tire Network Group
- Tire Pros - ATD Corporate
- Tires Warehouse
- Turbo Wholesale Tire
- Voxx Wheel
- Wesden Associates
- Wheel Deal
- Wheel Warehouse
- Wise Tire Pros
- Yokohama Tire