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Large fleets with massive stocks of tires to maintain need a lot of tools. But the most important tool — data — is often missing, fleet managers and tire makers said.

Michelin Americas Truck Tires introduced the X One Energy T for trailers, and the company marked its 2 millionth sale of its X One wide-base single tire.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Continental Tire is unveiling three new tires at the Mid-America Trucking Show in response to changing transportation trends, including more urban transport, increased world trade and expected infrastructure construction from government programs, the company’s top U.S. tire executive said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jeff Waterstreet, sales manager for Continental’s VDO RoadLog outlined a series of new offerings for the currently available electronic logging device and multiple enhancements to be rolled out later this year.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hankook Tire said it is launching a tire line in six sizes for the longhaul and regional drive trucking markets.

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations said March 20 it promoted Kurt Danielson to president of its U.S. and Canada commercial tire sales.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Advantage PressurePro and TrackPoint Systems announced a partnership to develop what they called the first real-time tire pressure monitoring system for untethered trailers.