Goodyear Pulls Cooper From ATD
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. says American Tire Distributors Inc. (ATD) is no longer distributing its Cooper and Mastercraft branded tires.
Goodyear confirmed to MTD that Asphalt Buyer II, the company that bought ATD in March, “is not a wholesale distributor for its (Cooper) Medallion and/or Century dealer programs or Mickey Thompson tires and wheels.”
ATD so far has not responded to MTD’s request for comment.
Goodyear says its Century, Medallion and Mickey Thompson customers “will continue to receive supply of Cooper, Mastercraft and Mickey Thompson product.” The tiremaker also noted that its “authorized wholesale distributors are committed to providing a seamless transition process for our customers, ensuring continued satisfaction and support for the full portfolio.”
Those authorized wholesale distributors include independents all across the country, but they naturally would also include TireHub, which Goodyear created in April 2018 in partnership with Bridgestone Americas Inc.
Three years after the launch of TireHub, Goodyear bought Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Cooper-branded products were added to TireHub warehouses in April 2022. Mickey Thompson tires landed on TireHub shelves a year later, in May 2023.