BestDrive, LLC, a commercial tyre dealer and retreader and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Continental Tire the Americas, has completed their purchase of Brahler’s Truckers Supply, Inc. on February 1. This acquisition of Brahler’s seven service locations in Illinois and Eastern Missouri further expands BestDrive’s presence and traction in the Midwest.
Still under the guidance of Brahler’s organizational head, Richard Brahler, these locations will continue to offer alignments, new tyre sales, industrial tyres, and tyre management programs, as well as many other high quality products and services under the BestDrive banner.
“I am very excited to be part of the BestDrive family,” said Brahler, “As a solution provider for many years it made perfect sense to join forces after seeing the new products and technologies Continental is bringing to the our customers…it’s a win-win.”
“We are incredibly pleased to bring a well-known and respected company like Brahler’s into the BestDrive family,” Glen Carson, Director of Retail for Commercial Tires at Continental the Americas, LLC, said. “This move puts BestDrive in a great position to better serve the Midwest region as we continue to expand both our locations and our services,” he added.
The new BestDrive shops employ approximately 100 employees across all seven service and retread locations. BestDrive outlets carry multiple brands of radial truck tyres as well as Continental commercial vehicle tyres, Continental specialty tyres, ContiPressureCheck and commercial tyre pressure monitoring systems. BestDrive will continue to utilize the state-of-the-art Brahler’s retread facilities, transitioning from the Marangoni retread process to the preferred ContiLifeCycle (CLC) process.
Other BestDrive operations are located in Arizona, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Michigan.
Source: Continental