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Same here... EV's in the 1970's and 3D printing in 1980's and 90's (Stuff that wasn't on the radar of the average Joe), but it paid the bills and provided lots of great stock options. And fun / creativity / profits.
Heck, I worked as a sign painter with paint and paint brush for a while in the 70's.
Don't ask me to do it today, it's basically a lost art. But back in the day, I could paint your name on the door of your truck.
Money in art, not that good. Switched to engineering, so everything's computers now.
Luciano, any time you're thinking about opening a business, you have to think about who your competition is / will be. For automotive tire manufacturing, your competition would be large corporations with huge amounts of money to invest in R&D, marketing, manufacturing, and sales, plus extremely experienced individuals manning those divisions, plus the availability of cheaper foreign labor markets. Good Luck with going against that - so unless you can find a "niche" market that would be unprofitable for the Big Boys to venture into, you're peeing into the wind. Maybe get a job at a tire retailer, so you can learn the business, before investing a nickel of your own money? A good salesman who is passionate about the product he's selling, is worth his weight in Gold. When I was in the Working World, I dealt with a sales guy for a local industrial Tire Service that took the time to inventory all of the tires on all of the equipment we had on site. When I needed a tire for a fork truck or skid steer, I only had to send him an email with the ID of the machine, and he sent me back a quote, with options (foam filled, etc.) within hours, and at a very good price and availability. Guess who got the vast majority of my business?
Thank you guys for the responses as always Haha how can I appreciate you all?
I am serious, although I could say my interest in staring at tires let's just say isn't that new, only in the last few years though have I been putting more attention to tire detail and design
I also think tires more than ever have more artwork and graphic detail put into them, which only ignited (pun un-intended) my interest in starting at tires even more carefully and compartmentalized
And minivan tires aren't the only ones I enjoy staring at either
Plenty of touring, hi performance and sport tires get my attention too
The Pilot Sport tires from Michellin are from what I would assume of their looks, those got my attention liberally too.
One of them was on a Corvette parked at the fitness center I go to (I go to 2 now lol, but that's not required to even mention here)
And the other was at a Hyundai Veloster N Turbo that I saw at Mall Del Norte down in Laredo TX
Plenty of Fireli and Continental tires as well in many display cars
When it comes to most automotive technology sectors, tires sometimes are as under-appreciated as they go still. And they're also trying work on new tire technologies too if I am not mistaken.
But yes tires are also a very OLD technological and industrial sector, but with the evolving cutting edge automotive technology trends, tires may sure need some attention in the trend trips hahahah
Your factory will cost about $200 million. Distribution network maybe four times that amount. If you can borrow half a billion and have $100,000,000 as a down payment - go for it.
You are not going to become "a tire manufacturer." Period.
If the intricacies of tire design etc. are a real interest and not a passing fad, and you have the ability to get an engineering degree, then that's where you need to go.
Talk to your school counselor, take some aptitude tests, write intelligent legible letters of inquiry to a few of the tire makers regarding careers.
It would be easier to get an education in chemical engineering or process engineering, or a degree in business. Position yourself to become part of a tire manufacture. Work your way up into the C suite. Do what you can to become the President and CEO of the company.
I would study the current crop of tire company CEO's and see what they did to get where they are.
For example Richard J. Kramer is a CPA and worked his way up to the top spot at Goodyear
Gordon Knapp has a MBA and worked his way up to run Firestone.
Find a way to get hired into the tire manufacturing industry, one needs to know the industry before marking his own mark.
No need to "reinvent the tire"...
... and there is no such thing as a minivan tire. They are no different than any other car tire. Just happened that your parents own a Honda Odyssey, but all passenger car tires are essentially the same.
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