Titan Tire Announces Tentative Union Agreement

QUINCY, Ill.--Nov. 2, 20053, 2005--Titan Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc. , has reached a tentative agreement today with United Steelworkers (USW) Local 745L on a new contract for workers at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's farm tire manufacturing facility in Freeport, Illinois.

The USW will schedule a ratification vote in the coming weeks.

Titan Tire entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Goodyear's North American farm tire assets on February 28, 2005.

Titan International, Inc., a holding company, owns subsidiaries that supply wheels, tires and assemblies for off-highway equipment used in agricultural, earthmoving/construction and consumer (including all terrain vehicles and trailers) applications.