Goodyear Sets Agreement to Provide YRC With Tires
oodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Monday it has been awarded a supply arrangement by YRC Worldwide Inc. to provide commercial tires to some of its operating companies within YRC Regional Transportation.
Under the agreement, Goodyear will supply replacement and retread truck tires and tire services in North America for several of the operating companies through 2008, Goodyear said in a statement.
“Our long-term relationship with Yellow Roadway and our ability to offer a comprehensive service package of original equipment, replacement and retreaded tires as well as value-added services are key to this new agreement,” said Steve McClellan, Goodyear’s vice president of commercial tire systems.
YRC last Monday became the new name of Yellow Roadway Corp., No. 3 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers. (Click here for previous coverage.)
