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MICHELIN AMERICAS TRUCK TIRES AND LOVE'S TRAVEL STOPS SIGN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Service network will expand to include over 150 locations coast-to-coast
GREENVILLE , SC (May 1, 2008) – Michelin Americas Truck Tires and Love's Travel Stops have signed a cooperative agreement that will expand service to the trucking industry. Beginning in May 2008, Love's Travel Stops will feature Michelin truck tires and related products and will begin expanding the services offered at many of their locations to include tire and emergency road service.
"For over four decades, Love's Travel Stops has grown with the trucking industry," said Guy Pekle, vice president of Replacement Sales, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. "Love's has earned a reputation of excellence in delivering much needed products and services for the over-the-road customers. Their commitment to providing outstanding service to the trucking community mirrors that of Michelin, which makes this agreement very beneficial for truckers coast-to-coast."
"Our intention is to grow this additional service rapidly to reach the critical mass necessary to become a true alternative for the trucking industry" said Kevin McCarthy, divisional manager of Tire Sales and Services for Love's. "Before the end of 2009, we will have enabled 100 locations to carry the new Love's Tire Care banner and offer emergency road service along their key access corridors as well as tire sales and services."
"Michelin is synonymous with quality," said McCarthy. “We are confident that Michelin's truck tires and services are a great fit for our customers and that we'll be able to combine our respective expertise to create an attractive offer for the trucking industry."
About Love's Travel Stops
Love's is family owned business headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla. The company began in 1964 when founder, Tom Love, opened his first filling station in Western Oklahoma. Expanding locations and adding convenience store operations over the next two decades, the company opened the first Love's Travel Stop in Amarillo, Texas in 1981. Today with over 200 locations, Love's goal of providing clean places operated by friendly faces remains the same.
About Michelin
Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. The company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America (www.michelintruck.com) employs more than 22,300 and operates 19 major manufacturing plants in 17 locations.
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