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Article: In Good(year's) graces ; Tennessee's Jennings Tire switches retread processes from Bandag's to Next-Tred.
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- Tire Business
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- January 7, 2002
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn.-The folks at Jennings Tire Co. wanted to make some changes in their retreading operation.
Enter Goodyear.
The tire maker's financial might, coupled with its ability to keep up with advances in new tire and retreading technology and Jennings Tire's existing relationship with Goodyear, led the two to join forces in a switch from Bandag Inc.'s retreading process to that of Goodyear's Next-Tred. From there, Goodyear's newest independent retread plant was born.
The existing 65,000-sq.-ft. facility, located on roughly seven acres in Murfreesboro, a short drive from Nashville, also features a 30,000-sq.-ft. warehouse, six ...