As of Jan 1, 2021, Alliance Tire Group and Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. changed their names to Yokohama Off-Highway Tires and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, Inc respectively. The Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands and product names remain unchanged. Product information is available at www.yokohama-oht.com.

The Building Construction Products Division of Caterpillar, Inc., presented the Alliance Tire Group (ATG) with a fourth-quarter 2015 Business Continuity Planning award in recognition of the company’s perfect performance in supplying Galaxy Beefy Baby tires to Cat’s Sanford, NC, plant.

Getting the Most From Your Skid Steer Tires

With the skid steer’s continued growth in prominence on today's construction sites, We have been hard at work crafting our skid steer tires to meet the demands of today’s machines. New applications and uses for the skid steer are being discovered on a seemingly daily basis. Galaxy purpose-builds tires to stand up to the rigors of the challenging terrain and rugged tasks they are asked to perform.

The Alliance 363 AgriFlex Tire Hard at Work on Hawman Farms 

One of our guiding principles is that we work to solve real problems that affect our customers in the field. In following this principle, we've earned a reputation for making some of the highest-performing, most technologically advanced, and better-wearing tires on the market, while also providing a low total costs of ownership to our customers.

Having such a good reputation is great, but it’s always useful to hear back from workers in the field about how our tires are helping them succeed — which is why we were excited to hear from Alex Hawman from Hawman Farms in Hermiston, Oregon, about the great experience he’s had with the Alliance 363 IF.  

As of Jan 1, 2021, Alliance Tire Group and Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. changed their names to Yokohama Off-Highway Tires and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, Inc respectively. The Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands and product names remain unchanged. Product information is available at www.yokohama-oht.com.

Alliance Tire Americas executives say they can see into the future of the tire industry, and they say it looks bright indeed. In fact, they say it looks a lot like Kevan Chaudry and Sumitha Kamireddy, two Northeastern University students who currently serve in Alliance Tire’s internship program.

“It is remarkable and heartening to see the great talent and energy of students who participate in our internship,” says Jim Clark, president of Alliance Tire Americas. “Sumitha and Kev bring their intelligence, curiosity and ambition to the team, contributing greatly to our Supply Chain Management group. In addition to giving them practical, real-world experience, we hope we are introducing them to an industry in which they can build interesting and successful careers.

The Problem with Still-Standing but Dead Trees

While The Walking Dead terrifies millions of people every Sunday night, it’s the “standing dead” populating our woods that keeps fearful foresters up at night. In the Pacific Northwest and Rockies alike, zombie trees—those still standing but dead from fire, disease, insects, or lack of water—are mingling amid their living brethren waiting for the right time to wreak havoc. In fact, according to a recent analysis commissioned by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, there are already more than 350 million standing dead zombie trees populating the 14 million acres of national forestland in Oregon.