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| industry = Retail Distribution | products = Tires and Automotive parts, sales and service | locations = (250 ) (As of September, 2015) | num_employees = 4,000 (As of July, 2010) | website = (www.kaltire.com ) }} Kal Tire is a wholly owned Canadian company based in Vernon, British Columbia, where it was originally founded in 1953 by Thomas J. Foord and Jim Lochhead. Its business comprises retail tire sales for passenger and light truck vehicles, mechanical services for passenger and light trucks, commercial truck tires, mining and off-road sales and service and retreading of both commercial and off-road tires. ==History== Kal Tire was started in 1953 by Thomas J. Foord and Jim Lochhead with the initial goal of servicing the commercial logging operations that operated in the Okanagan Valley around Vernon, British Columbia and Nakusp, British Columbia by building customers' trust.〔(Tire Business Magazine ), T.J. Foord; Business foundation built on a simple word:Trust.〕 Kal Tire was named after Kalamalka Lake, the prominent "Lake of Many Colours" landmark in Vernon. The company is still based in its birthplace of Vernon. Since 1953, Kal Tire has expanded steadily.〔(Report On Business ), How Kal Tire is Making Tracks.〕 Kal Tire comprises 165 company-owned branches, 49 independent associate dealers, 11 mining/industrial/commercial locations, 10 retread facilities, one OTR plant and four distribution warehouses. The business covers a market that includes British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northern Ontario, parts of Southern Ontario and Quebec, as well as mining operations in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, South America, The United Kingdom, Ghana and Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kal Tire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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