Tire Business cartoon by Leo Michael
Passing convoys of semitrucks hauling goods on the highway or watching delivery vans roll through your neighborhood, you get the sense that despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, the commercial tire industry is doing OK.
Every industry was impacted negatively in some way by COVID, but the supply chain just doesn t stop. And, because of that, neither do the commercial tire and retreading industries.
Consumers need essential goods and, let s be honest, many non-essential goods, too. The demand has made prospects for the industry robust, especially in the second half of the year, when more people are vaccinated and more of the U.S. opens back up.