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B&J Rocket America Relocates to El Paso
Three Students Awarded 2020 Michelin/TIA Scholarships
B&J Rocket America Inc. has announced that it is in the process of moving its manufacturing facility and warehouse to El Paso, Texas. The focus of the relocation is to better serve customers globally, especially the Latin American market. B&J says it plans to be shipping 100% from El Paso in the first quarter of 2021 and has been diligently building stock levels so it is able to continue to deliver product on time, avoiding any
delays during the transition.
“We are excited about this move as it will provide us with many efficiencies and geographic benefits,” commented Marcos Guzman, President &
CEO of B&J. Guzman added; “Our new facility will provide us with the square footage for growth as we modernise our manufacturing equipment and improve productivity.”
A memo to distributors was sent out in November with detailed information about the relocation. The B&J office and sales team remains intact and reachable by the same phone number, 574-825- 5802.
The Michelin North America, Inc., and Tire Industry Association (TIA) scholarship programme, now in its 20th year, has selected three students of employees of TIA- member companies as 2020 award recipients. The students were selected based on their exceptional academic and extracurricular achievements.
Her father, Bruce Burnett, is employed by Tire Rack in South Bend, Ind.
McLernan, who received a $1,625 scholarship, is a graduate of Father Judge High School in Philadelphia and plans to study engineering at Penn State University. His father, Matthew McLernan, is employed by McCarthy Tire Service in Philadelphia.
Weltens, who received a $3,000 scholarship, is a graduate of Travis B. Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas, and plans to study mechanical engineering at Rice University. His father, Charles Weltens, is employed by Pilgers Tire and Auto Center, College Station, Texas.
"Each year we are honored to recognise hard-working high school students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement," TIA CEO Roy Littlefield said. "We appreciate
H&H Announces Investment in 18 Moulds from Continuum
US retreader H&H Industries has announced a major investment in its retread process by acquiring 18 OTR moulds in varying tread designs capable of
retreading tyre sizes
from 24” up to
35/65-33 and
27.000-49 from
Continuum. With
this investment, the
company’s retread
capabilities now
include new style
Bridgestone tread
designs including
the VSNT, VMT and
VMTP, as well as snow tread designs. Continuum, a Bridgestone Bandag owned company, used to produce its own line of precure retread that was sold worldwide, but in 2020, the Continuum brand was discontinued. H&H points out that its own line of precure retreads has always been separate from the Continuum
process due to H&H’s in-house production and custom rubber compounding. With the combining of the moulds, H&H has created a
The three high school students - Kate Burnett of Granger, Ind.; Brendan McLernan of Philadelphia; and Charles Weltens of Br yan, Texas, — will share $6,250 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year. The scholarship money can be used to support the costs of college tuition, fees and books.
new precure process branded NeXus Premold: Retread Products & Services. As a result, the company now says it can not only offer OTR premoulded retreading but can now also supply precured tread rubber to OTR retread companies across the USA.
working with Michelin to provide this scholarship assistance to the children of parents working in the tyre industr y at TIA-member companies.”
The Michelin/TIA Scholarship has been awarded ever y year since 2000 to either part-time employees or dependent children of full-time employees of TIA member tyre dealers. Since its inception, the programme has awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships to a total of 69 recipients who have gone on to attend accredited two-year, four- year, technical or vocational schools. Once awarded, the recipients may renew the scholarship for up to three more years.
TRMG Launches New Website
The scholarship recipients were announced by Cara Cornelius, director of wholesale and car dealer business for Michelin North America, during TIA’s virtual Tire Industr y Honors ceremony on Monday, Nov. 2.
Burnett, who received a $1,625 scholarship, is a graduate of Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind. She plans to study environmental sustainability at Indiana University and then go on to graduate school.
The Tread Rubber and Tire Repair Materials Manufacturers’ Group (TRMG) has announced the
launch of its first online platform, featuring industry news and events, as well as links to educational materials including Industry Recommended Practices, designed to promote quality practices and processes in the tyre retread and tyre repair industry. To view the website, visit www.retreadrepair.org.
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Kate Burnett
Brendan McLernan
Charles Weltens