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News/views bites NCTDA inducts officers The North Carolina Tire Dealers Association (NCTDA) will induct the following officers at its Buying Expo & Trade Show April 19-20, 2013, in Concord: Richard Leicht, president, Atlantic Avenue Tire & Service, Raleigh, N.C.; Larry Griffin Jr., immediate past president, Griffin Brothers Tire Sales, Cornelius, N.C.; T. Beroth, president elect, Stokes Tire, King, N.C.; Mike Erickson, vice president, Carroll Tire Co., Charlotte, N.C.; and John Allen, secretary-treasurer, Hughes Brothers Tire, Wilmington,N.C. Federated adds vendor expo Federated Auto Parts will hold its national membership meeting April 24-27, 2013, at the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. New this year is the Federated Vendor Expo, which will give Federated members and manufacturing partners more opportunity to interact. Federated will hold its awards banquet on April 25. Trico: O'Reilly is top vendor O'Reilly Automotive Inc. has named Trico Products Corp. its 2012 vendor of the year. The award recognizes vendors that have offered an exceptional business partnership across all operational areas of O'Reilly Auto Parts. Trico Products is the only company to ever receive the award and become a new vendor in the same year. Del-Nat cleans up in Memphis Del-Nat Tire Corp. helped save the equivalent of 221 trees, 55 cubic yards of landfill space and 91,000 gallons of water through the recycle program of office and warehouse waste at its facility in South Memphis, Tenn., in 2012. Del-Nat began its recycling effort in 2009 when it was spending more than $10,000 per year to have its trash removed. One million retreads for Allied After just 15 years in operation, Allied Oil & Tire Co. has produced the one-millionth commercial truck tire retread at its Omaha, Neb., Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) plant. Headquartered in Omaha, Allied has eight branches in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri and Kansas. Allied is 35th on Modern Tire Dealer's list of the 100 largest retreaders in the United States. 12 SEMA supports E15 gas prohibition The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is supporting legislation (S. 344) introduced in the U.S. Senate to ban the sale of gasoline containing 15% ethanol. The bill would overturn actions taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) two years ago to permit ethanol levels to rise from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15). "This legislation is necessary to protect auto enthusiasts by preventing damage to older vehicles and high-performance specialty components," says SEMA vice president of government affairs Steve McDonald. "SEMA applauds Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and David Vitter (R-LA) for their efforts to correct by statute a fawed decision by the EPA. Unless enacted into law, E15 may soon appear at a gas station near you." Ethanol increases water formation that can create formic acid and corrode metals, plastics and rubber. Older cars and some high-performance specialty parts are not constructed with corrosion-resistant materials or able to tolerate the higher temperatures at which E15 may burn. Sullivan feeds New England's hungr y Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. is helping drive donations to two New England food pantries this winter. The Sullivan Tire locations in Hyannis, Mass., and Manchester, N.H., collected food items for the First Baptist Church Food Pantry and New Horizons for New Hampshire Pantry. People who brought in donations received a coupon for $10 off any auto service at Sullivan Tire. "It's certainly been a long, cold winter, and even more so for families who are struggling fnancially," says Mark Gillard from the Sullivan Tire Marketing Team. "This is an easy way for residents to help support a great community resource while Sullivan Tire President Bob Sullivan has a long hisalso saving money on tory of strong community involvement. their next auto service." Bob Sullivan, president of Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. based in Norwell, Mass., is Modern Tire Dealer magazine's 2012 Tire Dealer of the Year. Bandag retreads await verifcation Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, has submitted four Bandag retread products to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for SmartWay verifcation. The four new Bandag options submitted for review are: the Bandag FCR Trailer retread, a high mileage, shallow tread tire; the B835 FuelTech wide-base drive retread with long tread life and good fuel economy for feets using wide-base tires; and FuelTech Trailer and FuelTech Drive retread products that utilize a special compound to help deliver fuel effciency while generous depth increases tread wear and traction. MTD March 2013