100 YEARS AND COUNTING Ziegler family steadily grows dealership,staff

摘要

Ziegler Tire & Supply Co.owes its existence to Prohibition.It was 100 years ago that the 18th Amendment to the U.S.Constitution was ratified,forcing the Ziegler family to shut a tavern it operated.Then,brothers Oliver and Harold Ziegler met Harvey Firestone,who encouraged them to open a Firestone tire dealership in Canton,Ohio,in 1919.The rest,as they say,is history.Oliver Ziegler later brought two other brothers to help operate’the retail/commercial dealership.The second,third and fourth generations now are working at the Massillon-based company,which has grown to 18 commercial tire outlets,six retail tire stores,two truck tire retread plants,a wholesale center and two distribution centers scattered around Ohio and stretching into Pennsylvania,Kentucky and West Virginia.The company reported $130 million in sales last year.President Bill Ziegler,a second-generation dealership owner,first worked as an accountant at another company before joining the family business.