retail distribution founded 1956 wainwright alberta canada headquarters edmonton alberta canada number of locations 156 locations as of august 15 2014 key people brent hesje ceo products tires and automotive parts sales and service website www.fountaintire.com fountain tire is a tire dealer in canada offering a range of car truck and trailer tires as well as automotive services . started in 1956 in wainwright alberta by bill fountain ; fountain tire has grown to over 155 stores spanning as far west as victoria british columbia and as far east as vaughan ontario . contents 1 history 1.1 partnership with goodyear canada 1.2 60th anniversary 2 corporate 2.1 headquarters 3 marketing 4 services 4.1 retail 4.2 automotive 4.3 commercial 4.4 industrial 4.5 mining & off the road 4.6 farming & agriculture 5 references 6 external links history edit founded by bill fountain in 1956 in wainwright alberta fountain tire started out as a small double bay garage . after the company s initial inception it did not take long for fountain tire to grow . by 1976 it had expanded to 19 stores but bill fountain was killed in a car accident . the 1980s included further expansion activities for fountain tire a move to the new head office based in southeast edmonton a change in fountain tire s expansion strategy and a partnership formed with one of the world s top tire manufacturers goodyear . by 1984 the number of fountain tire stores totalled 30 . on september 24 1987 fountain tire sold 49 % interest of its business to goodyear canada ; a first for the industry . by the end of the 1990s 100 new fountain tire stores had been added across western canada . as the number of fountain tire stores increased over the years so nature of the fountain tire head office changed along with it . with partnership in mind the head office became more of a resource centre for the stores . it provided support in the areas of purchasing point of sale systems accounting credit insurance legal services human resources and marketing . this unique partnership structure has helped fountain tire to be named one canada s best managed companies every year since 1994 and eventually attaining platinum club member status in december 2003 1 in 2014 fountain tire relocated their corporate headquarters in edmonton moving into a new office facility in south edmonton called fountain tire place . partnership with goodyear canada edit on september 24 1987 fountain tire sold 49 % interest its business to goodyear canada . this move was a first for the industry as not only was goodyear able to partner with a western canadian tire retailer but fountain tire able to partner with a manufacturer who had an established marketing presence . citation needed 60th anniversary edit in 2016 fountain tire is celebrating its 60th anniversary . in recognition of its anniversary and to celebrate this achievement with the customers that got them there fountain tire is hitting the road with a 60 day cross country campaign including in store promotions contesting and a unique drive in movie tour in 12 major markets across canada . corporate edit headquarters edit in 2014 fountain tire corporate office moved to a new location in south edmonton . the new office named fountain tire place houses the company s head office employees along with a large eat in kitchen two patio spaces showers for cyclists and joggers and walls of windows to allow daylight into every office and workstation . marketing edit historically some of fountain tire s slogans have been home of the tire experts winning the west and your alberta tire store . their current slogan is trust . fountain tire . thom sharp became fountain tire s spokesperson in 1994 2 and to this day he still represents the company as the fountain tire guy . services edit retail edit fountain tire sells tires from manufacturers including goodyear dunlop kelly gt radial continental aeolus and trelleborg as well as various other brands . automotive edit fountain tire also offers complete automotive maintenance and vehicle repair services of alignment steering suspension air conditioning heating automotive battery replacement brakes cooling system radiator service electrical fuel injection mufflers and exhaust system transmission vehicle inspections maintenance and oil changes . commercial edit fountain tire offers a broad line of commercial and fleet vehicle tires and retreads as well as commercial truck repair services . industrial edit fountain tire offers a wide range of industrial and specialty tires and services to a wide variety of industrial equipment including wheelbarrows forklifts skidsteer and more . mining & off the road edit fountain tire s extensive mining otr off the road service includes retreading otr tire repair and mining tire services including retreading section repairs reinforcements spot repairs lug repairs and sidewall bumpers . farming & agriculture edit fountain tire provides tires for farming equipment as well as on site 24 hour tire assistance . references edit platinum club members canada s best managed companies thom sharp imdb external links edit fountain tire website v t e edmonton based businesses aimco atb financial bioware booster juice the brick canadian western bank capital power corporation company s coming publishing epcor utilities fountain tire intuit canada katz group lone pine publishing nexopia pcl construction pizza 73 servus credit union stantec triple five group united furniture warehouse edmonton portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fountain tire & oldid 744042644 categories tirescompanies based in edmontonautomotive companies of canadaautomotive part retailersautomotive repair shops1956 establishments in canadacompanies established in 1956hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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