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AME President Elected To The TIA Board Of Directors

08 June 2010

TIA ANNOUNCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION RESULTS

Bowie, MD – The Tire Industry Association (TIA), one of the world’s leading authorities on tires and wheels, today announced the winners of the recent Board of Directors elections. There were 11 seats open, including 10 seats with three-year terms and one seat with a one-year term. Elected to serve three-year terms were:

Russell Belcher, QMI/Ever-Wear, Lakeland, FL

Dean Bray, Jr., Bray’s Recapping Service, Inc., Mt. Airy, NC

Eddie Burleson, Central Marketing, Inc., Colonial Heights, VA

Dick Gust, Liberty/Lakin National Tire Recycling, Chicago, IL

Keith Jarman, AME International, Brooksville, FL

Jim Melvin, Tire Pros of R.I., Inc., North Kingstown, RI

Glen Nicholson, TBC Retail, Juno Beach, FL

Jim Pangle, Fountain Tire, Edmonton, AB

Freda Pratt-Boyer, Purcell Tire & Rubber Co., Potosi, MO

Mike Wolfe, Southeastern Wholesale Tire, Raleigh, NC

Additionally, Roy Bromfield of Q Tires, Inc., of Greenville, SC was placed into the one-year vacancy that was created by the election of Larry Brandt of MSB Tires, LLC, of Lakeville, MN to the position of Secretary. The new Board will take office on Monday, November 2, 2009 at TIA’s Annual Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

TIA is an international association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry. The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has a history that spans more than 80 years and includes several name changes. Originally known as the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA), the organization gave birth over the years to the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and the Tire Association of North America (TANA). ARA changed its name to the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) and merged with TANA in 2002 to form the current Tire Industry Association (TIA), which now represents every interest in the tire industry.

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www.tireindustry.org/uploadedFiles/news/press_releases/2009//uploadedFiles/news/press_releases/2009/pressrelease091609.pdf