Michelin service network grows to keep pace with X One demand

The company said that 180 member travel plazas, truck stops and shop facilities affiliated with the Professional Transportation Partners LLC (PTP) were officially included in Michelin’s “wherever you go” revolution effective Sept. 1, thanks to the signing of a marketing agreement between Michelin and PTP, which company officials announced Sept. 9.

The Trucker News Services

9/9/2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Michelin said early last month that market demand for its Michelin X One wide single truck tires had prompted unprecedented growth in the service network that offers Michelin products.

“We have been doing great business for years with many individual PTP locations,” Guy Pekle, vice president of sales for Michelin Americas Truck Tires, said. “This agreement allows us to translate the success that we have built with individual truck stops to the entire PTP network across the continent. PTP has developed a standard for service to the trucking community that we admire, and we are confident that this joint marketing agreement is going to benefit their member truck stops as well as our joint fleet customers.”

“Michelin is bringing innovative technology to the marketplace in the form of tires that save fuel, save weight, or just plain run longer than any other tires in the marketplace,” Michael Gay, director of shop programs at PTP, said. “We’ve received plenty of positive feedback from individual members about doing business with Michelin. We are pleased to expand the business opportunities to all of our members through this agreement.”

The agreement between Michelin and PTP became effective Sept. 1, and should be complete at all 180 PTP shop locations by the end of 2008.