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Hankook’s Tennessee Truck Tire Expansion Is About to Get Much Bigger
Hankook Tire is expanding truck tire production at its Clarksville, Tennessee, manufacturing plant as the tiremaker looks to grow its presence with U.S. fleets, tire dealers and original equipment customers.
We visited the Hankook Clarksville plant as International Motors presented Hankook with its Diamond Supplier Award, International’s highest supplier recognition. Hankook was one of only seven companies selected from roughly 1,600 direct suppliers based on performance in technology, quality, delivery, cost and sustainability.
The award comes as Hankook significantly expands tire manufacturing in Clarksville. At full capacity, the expanded plant should produce roughly 10 million passenger and light truck tires annually. It should also produce 1 million medium truck tires.
Hankook Tire North America President Rob Williams explains how the Hankook Clarksville plant expansion will support both replacement and original equipment tire customers. He also discusses Hankook’s “local-to-local” strategy, which puts more Hankook commercial tire production in the U.S. to improve product availability and strengthen the domestic supply chain.
Mark Roe, vice president of U.S. truck and bus tire sales, also discusses Hankook’s growing commercial tire lineup, product testing and technical support for dealers and fleets.
See how the Hankook Clarksville plant is increasing U.S. truck tire production, and how this could shape Hankook’s commercial tire growth.
22 Sept 2026
Continental TerrainContact A/T2: A First Look at the New All-Terrain Tire
The Continental TerrainContact A/T2 brings more aggressive tread, Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake certification and a 65,000-mile limited mileage warranty to Continental’s premium all-terrain tire lineup. But can a tougher-looking truck and SUV tire keep the quiet ride drivers want for their daily commute?
That’s the question Tire Review’s David Sickels takes to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a launch featuring Tyler Hubbard, the MLS All-Star Game and plenty of conversation about what drivers actually want from an all-terrain tire.
David talks with Continental’s Brian Beierwaltes, head of marketing for U.S. passenger and light truck tires, and Bjoern Glaeser, head of product management, about the TerrainContact A/T2’s changes from the original TerrainContact A/T and the customers Continental designed it for.
Features of the TerrainContact A/T2 include:
• Ride comfort and noise: Continental says the A/T2 stays as quiet as its predecessor despite its more aggressive tread.
• Tread design: A bolder shoulder, deeper tread, thicker blocks and more outer-shoulder rubber aim to support traction and durability.
• Snow capability: High-density siping adds biting edges, and the A/T2 carries Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake certification.
• Wet and snow performance: Continental reports a 3% improvement in wet braking and a 10% improvement in snow performance over the predecessor.
• Mileage warranty: The limited mileage warranty increases from 60,000 miles on the original A/T to 65,000 miles on the A/T2.
• Sizes and fitments: Continental is launching 28 new A/T2 sizes while retaining 11 original A/T sizes for certain OE trail packages and niche fitments. Continental says the combined 39-size offering covers more than 90% of premium all-terrain buyers.
For tire dealers, the conversation centers on a familiar customer: someone who wants off-road capability and a tougher look, but spends most of the week commuting, running errands and driving on pavement.
What are your all-terrain customers asking for? Quiet comfort, off-road traction or the aggressive look? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to Tire Review for more What’s Treading.
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8 Sept 2026
How One Technician (Easily) Changed Four Tires in Under 20 Minutes
A four-tire change in under 20 minutes usually requires more than one tech. Hunter Engineering’s "Speed Theory" demonstrates how one technician can accomplish it with two pieces of equipment – without busting their butt to work faster or harder.
What is Speed Theory? It is a tire-service workflow that uses the autonomous functions of Hunter’s Revolution tire changer and Road Force WalkAway wheel balancer to keep both machines working while the technician completes other necessary tasks.
To find out exactly how it works, we join Hunter Engineering’s David Henry for an on-site demonstration of the process. Henry explains why technicians should prioritize restarting the autonomous tire changer, how moving inflation and bead seating to the wheel balancer frees the changer for its next assembly, and why autonomous inflation on the final tire can save approximately two additional minutes.
According to Henry, operating two autonomous processes simultaneously can reduce tire-service cycle times by more than 40%. The time created while the equipment works can be used to retrieve additional tires, service TPMS components, prepare wheel weights, record DOT numbers, clean hubs or address wheel corrosion.
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