Border Tire Acquires Canyon Tire Sales

Border Tire

Border Tire, based in El Paso, Texas has acquired the Southern California-based Canyon Tire Sales, a 40-year-old, $45 million tyre dealership which operates five commercial tyre locations and one Michelin retread plant.

Border Tire Adds Michelin Retread Plant

Commenting on the new addition to the Texan business, David Shipp, Vice President of Border Tire said, “It has always been our goal to grow and make strategic acquisitions that expand our service footprint to our loyal customer base. The synergy of the two companies coming together will greatly enhance our full-service capabilities."

Shipp added that with the acquisition Border Tire will become the largest Michelin retreader of California. In total has 12 locations throughout California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The company expanded its coverage in 2018 with the acquisition of five Tire Centers LLC outlets from Michelin North America Inc.

About the author

David is the Owner and Publisher of Retreading Business. With over 30 years' experience as a specialist tyre industry journalist, he first entered the tyre industry in 1987 as Editor of Tyres & Accessories. He was Editor of Tyre Trade News between 1993-96 before establishing Retreading Business in 1997. In 2004 he acquired the Malaysian tyre magazine The Tyreman, before establishing Tyre & Rubber Recycling in 2009. In addition to his publishing ventures, he was also Director of the Retread Manufacturers' Association between 2004 and 2014.

Email: david.wilson@retreadingbusiness.com

Phone: (44) 1270 668 718

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