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Firestone’s Tennessee plant receives the state’s highest safety and health honor

Firestone Airide, a division of Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, announced that the company’s Dyersburg, Tenn., manufacturing facility has received its fourth Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award. The Volunteer STAR award recognizes the best-of-the best in safety and health programming and performance. Patterned after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, the Volunteer STAR award is the state’s highest honor for workplace safety and health.

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Maxam Tire adds two new sizes to its MS405 line

MAXAM Tire adds two aggressive sizes, 775/65R29 and 800/80R29 to its MS405 lineup, designed to tackle the extreme for loaders and articulated dump trucks. Manufactured in MAXAM’s state-of-the-art radial tire facility using cutting-edge engineering and compounding technology, the new E4/L4 sizes in the MS405 series provides the OTR industry with yet another rugged and long-lasting solution.

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Tennessee accepting applications for tire recycling grants

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will accept applications beginning Monday, Jan. 16 for grants from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program (TEAP).. The grants are to fund projects that create or expand uses for waste tires. Such projects include tire recycling and processing, using materials such as aggregate that are derived from tires, initiating research and development in tire management, using tires for alternative fuels, or promoting innovation in infrastructure.

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