Flynn’s opens larger warehouse in Pennsylvania

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“The new warehouse will have more choices for customers and will be easily accessible via the turnpike and surrounding highways,” says Spencer Shearer, manager of the new

The Flynn’s Tire Group wholesale division, FTW, has relocated its Greensburg, Pa., warehouse to a warehouse in New Stanton, Pa., that offers more than triple the square footage and tire storage capacity than the previous location.

The new distribution center is a 150,000-square-foot facility and features 22 loading docks, as well as large training and conference rooms.

“The new warehouse will have more choices for customers and will be easily accessible via the turnpike and surrounding highways,” says Spencer Shearer, warehouse manager, FTW. It also features new technologies for FTW aimed at increasing storage density, enhancing productivity and ensuring tracking accuracy.

Flynn’s Tire Group has experienced a rapid rise in demand for tires and first responded to this growth in 2020 by opening a 150,000-square-foot warehouse in Masury, Ohio. With the new facility in New Stanton, Pa., FTW’s total warehouse space measures approximately 400,000 square feet.

In the last two years, FTW has increased its fleet of delivery trucks and tire sales by more than 50%. In 2022 alone, FTW distributed more than 1.4 million tires. The company has 450,000-plus consumer tires in stock and 70 fleet vehicles serving Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maryland and West Virginia.

“This investment in building and technology allows us to serve our customers more effectively and give our customers and our associates a better overall experience,” says Joe Flynn III, president of Flynn’s Tire Group.

Goodyear to cut 5% of workforce

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. says it will slash 5% of its global staff “in response to a challenging industry environment and cost pressure driven by inflation.”

The Akron, Ohio-based company says around 500 jobs will be eliminated by the end of the second quarter. Some eliminations have already taken place.

“Our fourth quarter results fell short of our expectations given a significantly weaker industry backdrop, particularly in Europe,” says Rich Kramer, Goodyear’s chairman, CEO and president.

These actions “are in addition to cost synergies related to the integration of Cooper Tire. The company expects to record pre-tax charges associated with these actions of approximately $55 million, primarily relating to cash severance payments that are expected to be substantially paid during the first half of 2023.

“The rationalization and reorganization will result in a quarterly run rate benefit of approximately $15 million, beginning in the second quarter. Savings in the first quarter are expected to be $5 million.”

According to Goodyear, “global replacement tire industry demand remained weak in the fourth quarter.”