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PAGE 1 News Release Strategic Alliance Group 1260 North 140 West Angola, Indiana 46703-9406 September 20, 2011 Strategic Alliance Group, Inc. (SAG) today announced the first scheduled Orientation meeting for December 5th & 6th, 2011. The meeting will be held in Dallas Texas at the Embassy Suites DFW Airport. This meeting is designed to familiarize the registered members on how the concept operates and is also designed for Prospective members as well. There will be presentations each day from our Alliance Partners and attendees will be able to evaluate the benefits that they will bring to Strategic Alliance Group members. For those Dealers that have a genuine interest and want to see what the Industry has been talking about, “Take a Test Drive” and attend this meeting. We have limited the attendance to 40 Member/ Potential Members and in order to attend fill out the Invitation/Contact form on our Website. We are answering ________________________ CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTER Strategic Alliance Group Announces December Orientation Meeting Harvey’s Corner It has been a long time since our last RTA Members’ newsletter. Too long. But we are getting better every day and you can expect to see more streamlined and shorter RTA members’ newsletters in the future. This issue is very long because we are trying to accommodate our members who have asked us to include their news releases. If we omitted something you had asked us to include we apologize and ask that you send it again for a future newsletter. We are aiming for our newsletters to be sent monthly beginning in 2012, and they will be shorter! In the meantime, I want you to know that we appreciate your patience and, if you are already an RTA member, we appreciate your support. Now on to a few things I want you to know. • I am fully back to work after my recent accident and shoulder operation. It has been a long slog and I’m thankful to all of you who sent get-well wishes. They helped speed my recovery. The lesson learned is NEVER READ ANYTHING WHILE WALKING. That’s what I did and I paid a high price, both in time lost and painful nights, because I was reading my mail while walking when I fell over a carton in my office. Bad idea! • We recently received a letter from an attorney informing us that we could no longer use the tag line, “The Voice of Retreading Worldwide” on any RTA materials, because TRIB had copyrighted “The Voice of Retreading.” Rather than try to fight the issue, we agreed to stop using it but explained that because of everything in the pipeline it would take us until the end of November to stop using it. The attorney agreed. (As an interesting and amusing aside, I originally coined the term “The Voice of Retreading” many years ago when I put out the very first TRIB newsletter. Such is life.) Although you will no longer see “The Voice of Retreading Worldwide” printed on any new RTA materials after the end of this month, we’ll leave it up to you to determine who is really the “voice of retreading.” ________________________ Continued ON NEXT PAGE THE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

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News ReleaseStrategic Alliance Group1260 North 140 West Angola, Indiana 46703-9406 September 20, 2011

Strategic Alliance Group, Inc. (SAG) today

announced the first scheduled Orientation

meeting for December 5th & 6th, 2011.

The meeting will be held in Dallas Texas at

the Embassy Suites DFW Airport. This

meeting is designed to familiarize the

registered members on how the concept

operates and is also designed for

Prospective members as well.

There will be presentations each day from

our Alliance Partners and attendees will

be able to evaluate the benefits that they

will bring to Strategic Alliance Group

members.

For those Dealers that have a genuine

interest and want to see what the Industry

has been talking about, “Take a Test

Drive” and attend this meeting. We have

limited the attendance to 40 Member/

Potential Members and in order to attend

fill out the Invitation/Contact form on our

Website. We are answering

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CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Retread Tire AssociationMEMBER NEWSLETTER

Strategic Alliance Group Announces December Orientation Meeting

Harvey’s CornerIt has been a long time since our

last RTA Members’ newsletter. Too long. But we are getting better every day and you can expect to see more streamlined and shorter RTA members’ newsletters in the future. This issue is very long because we are trying to accommodate our members who have asked us to include their news releases. If we omitted

something you had asked us to include we apologize and ask that you send it again for a future newsletter. We are aiming for our newsletters to be sent monthly beginning in 2012, and they will be shorter!

In the meantime, I want you to know that we appreciate your

patience and, if you are already an RTA member, we appreciate your support. Now on to a few things I want you to know.• I am fully back to work after my recent accident and shoulder

operation. It has been a long slog

and I’m thankful to all of you who sent get-well wishes. They helped speed my recovery. The lesson learned is NEVER READ ANYTHING WHILE WALKING. That’s what I did and I paid a high price, both in time lost and painful nights, because I was reading my mail while walking when I fell over a carton in my office. Bad idea!

• We recently received a letter from an attorney informing us that we could no longer use the tag line, “The Voice of Retreading Worldwide” on any RTA materials, because TRIB had copyrighted “The Voice of Retreading.” Rather than try to fight the issue, we agreed to stop using it but

explained that because of everything in the pipeline it would take us until the end of November to stop using it. The attorney agreed. (As an interesting and amusing aside, I originally coined the term “The Voice of Retreading” many years ago when I put out the very first TRIB newsletter. Such is life.)

Although you will no longer see “The Voice of Retreading Worldwide” printed on any new RTA materials after the end of this month, we’ll leave it up to you to determine who is really the “voice of retreading.”

________________________Continued ON NEXT PAGE

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE GROUP: Continued from page 1______________________________

the demands of the Tire Industry.

There is a real need for this support

within our industry.

“Being part of a Twenty (20) Group

gives retail and commercial dealers

enhanced advantages on planning

ways to improve gross profit, reduce

expenses, re-engineer their business

practices and implement management

operating systems. Our new

commercial group will help dealers find

answers through sharing with their

other successful Group members and

the support of SAG’S Alliance

Partners.”

Each newly formed group will meet 3

times a year at a dealer member

location. The initial meeting of the

group will determine locations for

subsequent meetings. Tire dealers

who are interested in joining a group

should contact Strategic Alliance

Group to learn more about the

program or go online at:

www.sagtwentygroup.com and fill out an

application.

About SAG Twenty (20) Group

Strategic Alliance Group, Inc. was

founded by Stu Zurcher, original

founder of Dealer Strategic Planning,

Inc., store owner and longtime member

of Tire Industry Association’s Board of

Directors. SAG offers tire and

automotive service dealers the

opportunity to share best practices,

financially compare against the

industry trends to improve financial

performance. Each group is comprised

of 20 comparable dealers who meet

three times a year to help each other

improve their operations.

Formed in 2011, Strategic Alliance

Group is one of the only tire-focused

Twenty Group’s available that provides

resources so critical to the industry.

Groups are forming and any tire dealer

interested in networking with

enthusiastic, progressive business

owners who embrace the ideas of

changing his or her operation through

commitment and continued

improvement are eligible.

Find more information on the SAG web

site: www.sagtwentygroup.com or contact:

Stu Zurcher, 877–875–1695 or e-mail

at [email protected].

HARVEY”S CORNER: continued from Page 1

• As we celebrate our first anniversary as an association, I sincerely thank each and every one of our members and friends who have supported us during our hectic first months. We were understaffed and underfunded, but we did it, and it never would have happened without

your help. Happily, we are getting more organized and stronger every day.

My pledge to you is to continue to promote the economic and environmental benefits of retreading and proper tire repairing worldwide, and to vigorously defend our industry against any unfair and inaccurate attacks

wherever in the world they might happen. And, we will come to your aid regardless of whether or not you are an RTA member.

In closing, do we hope you will join us? Sure we do, but whether you do or not, you can be certain we are here today and we are here to stay!

Thank you.

Harvey Brodsky

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RTA MEMBER CHINA UNITED RUBBER CORPORATION ASKED US TO POST THE FOLLOWING:

Exhibition:

The 5th Asian Essen Tire Show (REIFEN CHINA 2011)

News ReleaseChina United Rubber CorporationVenue: Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, ChinaDate: Nov. 22nd-24th, 2011REIFEN CHINA 2011Welcome the Global Tire Professionals to Shanghai

Exhibits List: Tires / Tubes /

Casings, Rims / Wheels, Tire

Accessories, Tires Retreading,

Workshops etc.

REIFEN CHINA is co-organized by

Messe Essen GmbH and China

United Rubber Corp., started in 2007.

It will be held for the fifth time this

year. More than 150 exhibitors and

6,000 professional visitors are

expected to the fair.

REIFEN CHINA, as its mother brand

REIFEN Show in Essen Germany,

always attracts tire industry leaders

and is constantly drawing more

attention and interests from many

large industry placers to participate.

More than half of the top 100 Chinese

tyre manufacturers have already

confirmed their participation. Such as

Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, Triangle

Tyre, Shandong Linglong Rubber,

Doublecoin Group, Aelous Tyre,

Cooper Chengshan, Guizhou Tyre,

Shandong Jinyu Tyre, Jiangsu

General Science Technology, Feichi

Tyre, Xugong Tyre of XCMG., Taiwan

Nankang Tyres, Kenda Rubber

(China) Co., Ltd.

The participation of these major

companies and international key

producers drives the domestic and

global enthusiasm for new enterprises

to participate and be a part of this

leading event in Asia. India Apollo

Tyres Co. is the first time to show

itself on this expo.

This year, REIFEN CHINA will have

highlight promotion in the fields of the

whole range from tire production, tire

accessories, equipment for repair

shops and in the areas of working

places and materials. China has an

abundance of resources from tire

repairing, re-trading, recycling

equipments and material suppliers.

Outside of Reifen China hall, car drift

show and BMX performances will be

held during the show, which are

sponsored and orgainzed by

Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. The

contractor invites Zhang Shaohua, the

champion World Drift Competition

2010 and other Chinese top drift

drivers to take part in. This exciting

event will attract car enthusiasts come

to the scene.

The organizer not only sets up

multiple business service areas,

internet corners, business negotiation

VIP rooms, but also builds prayer

rooms for national customers. CURC

also introduces food service provider

to make visitors and exhibitors feel

convenient on the show scene and is

willing to solve other business

problems anytime for each client.

In order to give a full range of services

to all participators on both expos,

CURC unites professional service

contractors to cooperate. No matter

accommodation and transportation,

you can get satisfied arrangement in

Shanghai, China. Welcome your

coming.

More information on

www.reifenchina.com

or www.reifen-china.com

From: China Untied Rubber

Corporation

8th Nov., 2011

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Products andServicesRTA MEMBER TIRE LYNA ASKED US TO POST THE FOLLOWING FROM MESILLA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION

Trailers Equipped With Tire Lyna Product - 10/04/11We at MVT have always gone the

extra mile to find ways to reduce cost

whether it is MPG or just cost per mile

on maintenance etc. About 2 years

ago we started looking at products to

eliminate flats and low air pressure

related problems. We had been using

PSI system for 6 years and as good as

it is it also creates a lot of flats.

 We have run wide base tires on truck

and trailer since 2003 and as you

know, no matter what kind of tire, the

down time from flats can just about kill

you or make your customer want to do

it for you. We tried three different types

of flat prevention liquids and wound up

using Tire Lyna. We find that this

product keeps the air where we set it

and also balances and protects the

cords if a nail or other object

penetrates and tries to destroy our

precious casings.

The return on investment is amazing

on straight cost and almost impossible

to measure when you consider

customer satisfaction or lack of plant

shut down on JIT deliveries because

we just don’t have as many blow outs

or flats causing costly delays.

 Our drivers and OO.s can drive with a

sense of relief knowing that if they hit a

nail or bolt in the road they can ‘keep

on trucking” as Tire Lyna will repair the

hole as they drive and need no other

maintenance.

 Just another of the many secrets that

we at MVT are using to “kick your

asses”…..

 They have any different ways to help

you get started if you are one of the

many fleets that are scared to spend

money on your future existence..

 Good luck…

 FYI: This is the list of Trailers that

have been Equipped with Tire Lyna

product (Tire Sealant). In reviewing the

attachment you will find that as of

today, we have 2,126 Trailers

Equipped with Tire Lyna product. We

will be sending a list as we perform

installations..

Note:

an Increase from 09/27 – 10/04 of 55

Trailers

 an Increase from 09/20 – 09/27 of 58

Trailers

Thank you for your time.

Royal Jones

President/CEO

Mesilla Valley Transportation

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RTA MEMBER TIRE ADVANTAGE ID ASKED US TO POST THE FOLLOWING

Advantage Advantage ID, LLC has been providing

business forms, envelopes and checks

to a number of our customers. We

want to expand this part of the

business and would welcome the

opportunity to provide you with a "no

obligation" business forms price

estimate. For Advantage ID, LLC no

job is too small or too big (we've been

able to competitively meet the needs of

companies the size of Wingfoot

Commercial Tire Systems and for

smaller localized companies.  The

following are a few examples of the

type of custom forms we've provided

for our clients:

 

2-Part DOT Inspection Checklists

Custom Business Replay Cards

Bar-Coded Work Order Forms

Marketing and Sales (multi-color)

brochures and mailers

Multi-Part Invoice Forms

A/P Voucher Checks

Payroll Checks

Self Seal Envelopes

 

As we do with our barcode and label

business, Advantage ID has

established relationships with well

established business forms

manufactures.  These relationships

give us the flexibility to provide our

clients with competitive prices for both

small and large orders. 

 

I personally have over 20 years

experience providing custom printing

and business forms to the tire industry.

If you would like a quotation for any of

your business forms, please contact

me to discuss your printing

requirements.

 

Sincerely,

 

Robert Koenick

Business Forms Development 

Thank You!

We appreciate your business.

Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTERTHE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

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Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTERTHE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

Products andServicesRTA MEMBER TIRE WECnology ASKED US TO POST THE FOLLOWING

WECnology offers Appointment Scheduling with MyAutoServiceAppointments.com WECnology, LLC announced the

endorsement of

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com

and added the “cloud-based”

appointment scheduler to their

growing list of WECnologists. 

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com

provides an appointment scheduling

package that allows dealers’

customers to schedule their own

appointments right over the Internet. 

The scheduling package can operate

as a stand-alone product, or it can

interface to the popular HITS+ Point-

of-Sale system from Andreoli and

Associates (www.aasys.com).

According to Wayne Croswell,

president and CEO of WECnology,

“The appointment scheduling product

from

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com is

extremely easy to use for the dealer

and the customer.  With a few clicks,

a customer can set up an

appointment based on their schedule

and the shop’s availability, without

having to place a phone call to the

dealer.  They receive confirmation via

email or text message.  Reminders

are automatically sent to the

customer as well.  The product runs

in the cloud, and setup and training

are minimal.”

 

Mike Jones, co-founder of

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com

states, “We are pleased that our

product has been endorsed by

WECnology.  Our appointment

scheduling package is already

helping out tire dealers in North

America.  Dealers are discovering

that customers are booking

appointments at a surprisingly high

rate through our system.  The

appointments are real-time and not

merely a request for an

appointment. It’s a time saver for the

dealer and a sure way to capture

repeat customers.”

 

To learn more about how simple it is

to add online appointment scheduling

to your business, contact WECnology

at [email protected] or call them at

603–249–5530. 

 

About

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com is

an online appointment booking

service built specifically for the tire

and auto repair industry.  Using this

service will help you avoid double-

bookings and let you know ahead of

time what customers are coming in,

and what services they are looking

for. MyAutoServiceAppointments.com

also allows you to send automatic

reminders, thank you messages, and

special promotions to your customers

via text message or email. They are a

family owned and operated business

headquartered in Brandon, MS.  To

learn more, visit

MyAutoServiceAppointments.com.

About WECnology

Headquartered in Amherst, New

Hampshire, WECnology matches tire

and automotive service dealers with

trusted, preferred technology

providers who have proven industry

expertise. WECnology’s

recommended technology providers

are dedicated to serving the tire

industry and are proven to help

dealers of any size maximize their

return on any technology investment.

WECnology's advisory service is

provided at no additional cost to the

tire dealer. You can find them on the

Internet at http://www.wecnology.com.

 

Wayne C. Croswell

President & CEO

WECnology, LLC

603–249–5530www.WECnology.com

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Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTERTHE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

ARTICLE  FROM  A  RECENT  ISSUE  OF  THE  TRUCKER

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By Dorothy CoxTHE TRUCKER STAFF

Your truck tires may be better prepared for the next life than you are. Seriously.

New tires today are all produced for mul-tiple lives, said Harvey Brodsky. “You rarely see a tire ad without it talking about retread-ability.”

Granted, Brodsky might have an axe to grind as managing director of the Retread Tire Association.

But he also has years and years of knowl-edge about rubber and retread technology un-der his belt. And in his passion to educate driv-ers about the quality of good retreads, Brodsky has “talked to more truckers than most people on the planet,” mostly through his on-air time for Landline Now, the Open Road Café and Midnight Trucking Radio, he said.

“Today’s retreads by top-quality retread-ers have failure rates lower than tier-one new tires,” he noted.

How can that be? When a new tire comes out of the factory, Brodsky said, it’s only after 200,000 miles that anyone can know if it “can really hold air.”

retread factory goes through a detailed inspec-tion and they know it’s “suitable for its next life,” he explained.

However, a perfect storm of events has pro-duced a tire casing shortage, meaning retread-ers are scrambling to get their hands on good casings.

The reasons are multiple: The recession

the trucks they had sitting plus it took a toll on new truck tire sales. On top of that, Japan which for years had a bias against “anything used,” including retreads, now is fostering a ro-bust retread industry because of a concentrated education effort by Bridgestone there. That in

turn has dried up the large supply of good cas-ings that up until recently have come from Ja-pan, Brodsky said.

Why should truckers be concerned? For one thing, a good supply of retreads, which depend on good casings, keep the prices down on new tires since good retreads provide competition. For another, truckers now can get good money for casings and probably won’t have to look

Top-of-the-line casings that once fetched $70 can now be sold for $85 or more, accord-

1990s casings were selling for $90, but the dif-ference is that retreaders could get them then. Now, they’re just not available.

“All the [casing] suppliers we’ve dealt with for years are saying they can’t get any,” a major tire dealer told Tire Business.

The smartest thing to do, said Brodsky, is for truckers to get their tires retreaded. But if he or she doesn’t believe in retreads and wants to make some cash, that driver can sell the cas-ings.

The reason some truckers don’t believe in retreading, said Brodsky, is because they haven’t been educated on their quality, dura-bility and dependability, not to mention their cost- and energy-saving qualities since tires are made from petroleum-based products.

industry,” he said, primarily because of the

“People see junk all over the road; most assume they’re from retreads,” Brodsky said. “They’re not.”

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than 1,000 pieces of shredded tire material on

the nation’s highways and found it was from -

tion.A steel-belted tire has steel all the way

way a paper clip will if it’s bent back and forth

tires also put stress on tires and cause “gators,” Brodsky said, as does improper alignment.

And many truckers are familiar with the “limp on in” advice given out by dispatchers. Because time is money, the driver is encour-aged to get to the nearest truck stop or tire fa-cility and get a plug put in the tire or pick up the cheapest tire available, matching or not,

which means a blow-out on down the road.What makes the problem go away, Brodsky

said, are good tire monitoring systems that will alert the trucker before he or she has a problem — and of course education and more educa-tion.

“Tires love to suffer,” he’s fond of saying. “They’ll let you drive” no matter how bad

Truckers who have casings to sell or who are interested in retreading or who need more information about quality retreads may call

[email protected]. E-mail: [email protected]

Courtesy: BANDAG

At Bandag’s training center retread plant in Muscatine, Iowa, the old tread on a tire is re-

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AN INTERESTING MESSAGE FROM RTA MEMBER COUNTERACT BALANCING BEADS

Counteract Balancing Beads can help

reduce tire heat up and is the only

product on the market that has been

proven to work, so I have attached the

test results for you to follow up on, and

you can forward our test results if wish

to your e-mail contact list, thanks

Don Parsons

Counteract Balancing Beads Inc.

Inside Sales

 

www.counteractbalancing.com

1–800–572–8952

Test results are found at the following links:http://www.counteractbalancing.com/BraziltestUS.pdf

Employment OpportunitiesMARK GARD IS LOOKING FOR A JOB

I am looking for a company that

machines or uses flat retread molds . I

am looking for a job. I have machined 

and repaired flat molds for 15 years.

I’ve worked on altuma molds Hercules

molds Goodyear molds. If you can't

help maybe you can send me in the

right direction. My phone is 330 644

8073 or email at

[email protected]    Thank you.

Mark Gard

Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTERTHE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

THOUGHT FOR

THE DAY:

"Problems are only

opportunities in

work clothes."

Henry J. Kaiser

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Employment OpportunitiesCOMPANY LOOKING FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEER

I have been retained to find a

Mechanical Engineer. I need

someone with a B.S. Mechanical

Engineering and 10+ years experience

in Project Management, Design and

Development & Maintenance. Pre-

cured Tread/Retread Rubber & Tire

experience is a MUST. The successful

candidate will be a source of

knowledge and expertise on

equipment in the manufacturing sites

globally. They will also be proficient in

risk prevention systems, buildings and

grounds (asphalt, roofing, HVAC,

lighting, etc.), warehousing, chillers,

dryers, waste management and

logistics.

For over 50 years, my client has built a

solid reputation based on a

commitment to quality, innovation and

a focus on improving both tire

performance and their customer’s

bottom line. They are offering a very

competitive salary, superb benefits and

an excellent relocation package.

This position will be responsible for

providing engineering services and

support to the global manufacturing

operations through evaluation,

analysis, design, supervision,

upgrading and installation of corporate

facilities, equipment, controls and

process systems.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a

world renowned team, take a

leadership role in a GLOBAL market

place with GLOBAL advancement

opportunities.

DETAILS BELOW!

Margi Marsh

Engineering Recruiter

Snelling Professional Services

10805 Kingston Pike, Suite 110

Knoxville, TN 37934

865–777–2150 x 118

865–777–2158 fax

[email protected]

 Requirements Bachelor: Mechanical

Engineering plus 10 years experience.

Project management:

- Responsible for reaching agreement

with customer on cost, schedule, and

functionality-each new project.

- Plans, organizes and controls major

projects on a daily basis

- Responsible for meeting project

goals, on cost, schedule and

functionality

- Handles multiple projects

- Coordinates the efforts of other

engineers, technicians, plant personnel

and contractors

Design and Development

- Develop and coordinates designs for

process equipment needed for

refinement, expansion and

modernization

- Purposes new programs to keep

equipment and processes

technologically advanced and leading

the industry in product quality,

productivity and energy efficiency

- Evaluates existing processes and

equipment and recommends

modifications and refinements to save

money and improve quality

- Assures standard equipment with

state of the art technology is used 

- Makes informed recommendations

on equipment required for

manufacturing

Consulting and Communications

- Relates plans of operations and

establishes priorities for projects

- Provides liaison between the plants

and corporate

- Visits plants to study processes

consult with personnel and make

recommendations

- Follow up on recommendations

- Represents the company in contacts

with outside suppliers of equipment,

services or systems

- Serves as consultants to

management and plants on technical

problems.

- Transmits information to plants on

equipment or process improvements in

area of responsibility

Maintenance of Expertise

- maintains professional engineering

certification

- participates in technical seminars and

reads technical publications to keep

abreast of latest technology

- maintains reference documents,

technical work instructions and forms

in the QMS system

- provides training as needed to other

engineers and plant staff

Technology Development

- use experience, knowledge and

creativity to recommend ideas for

technology development

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Retread Tire Association MEMBER NEWSLETTERTHE RETREADING EXPERTS November 2011

DAVID SMOTHERS

1202 DAVIS Ave. JOHNSTON CITY, IL 62951 HOME PHONE (618) 513-2931 [email protected]

OBJECTIVE: Utilize my professional experiences combined with my Bachelors degree to help an organization to achieve its strategic objectives and goals. EMPLOYMENT: 1995-2009 Continental Tire North America P.O. Box 1029 Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 2006 - Position: Field Engineer, Customer Service Rep.

1 Responsible for finding, contacting and networking with current dealers to place R & D test tires as well as competitor tires in the field to be measured and analyzed.

2 Visiting and/or following up with each test fleet, measuring the wear rate and maintenance schedules of each test group and completing detailed statistical reports to R & D on each group.

3 Handled the Return of test tires that were sent back for final evaluation paperwork which included billing, casing buyback etc.

1995-2006 Position: Truck Tire Builder

1 Building medium size drive, trailer, and steer truck tires. 2 Trained and mentored new employees who were new to

the department. 1991-1994 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 12220 Rend City Road Rend City, IL 62987 Position: Summer Help/Temp.

1 Give presentations to campers on the wild life around the Rend Lake area.

2 Remove brush from trails.

EDUCATION: 1991 Rend Lake College

Employment OpportunitiesDAVID SMOTHERS IS LOOKING FOR A POSITION IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY      My name is David Smothers I have worked in

the tire industry fifteen years.  I have experience

with manufacturing, Field Engineering, Warranty

and Customer Service.

     Currently, I'm seeking a position of Field

Engineer.  I have written multiple statistical

reports with regard to % worn, mile per

millimeter etc...Basically, following the tire from

cradle to the retreader.  I DO NOT take my

position lightly,  as I NEVER miss work and I

have a passion for the job! 100% mobility

weekends and nights!

Please see the two attached documents.

I look forward to hearing from anyone who

wants more information. Thank you.

 

David Smothers

618–292–6735

618–513–2931

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