| Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 1921 |
The association was formed as the National Tire Dealers Association (NTDA) during a gathering of city tire associations in Chicago. |
| 1926 | NTDA adopts a Code of Ethics, including “Honest advertising with no trucks” and “Hearty cooperation with competitors.” |
| 1935 | NTDA reorganizes in New York City under the name National Association of Independent Tire Dealers (NAITD). |
| 1944 | NAITD moves its headquarters to Washington, D.C. |
| 1955 | NAITD changes its name to National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA). |
| 1956 | NTDRA persuades Congress to drop the rate of the then-proposed federal excise tax on tread rubber from $1 to three cents per pound. |
| 1956 | The first NTDRA Off-the-Road Tire Conference is held in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 1957 | Central States Retreaders’ Association is incorporated. |
| 1964 | Central States Retreaders Association is renamed the American Retreaders’ Association (ARA). |
| 1982 | Congress makes tire registration voluntary at the request of the NTDRA and others. |
| 1983 | NTDRA-commissioned study by Professor Louis E. Stern advises small independent dealerships to combine their purchasing and marketing operations to gain economies of scale in the increasingly competitive marketplace. |
| 1984 | Congress eliminates the 25-year-old excise tax on tread rubber in response to lobbying by the ARA, NTDRA and their allies. |
| 1992 | NTDRA launches first video/workbook Truck Tire Demounting/Demounting program. |
| 1996 | NTDRA sells its trade show to the Specialty Equipment Market Association. |
| 1996 | American Retreaders Association changes its name to the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) |
| 1997 | NTDRA changes its name to Tire Association of North America (TANA). |
| 2002 | TANA and ITRA merge to become the Tire Industry Association. |
| 2021 | TIA celebrates its 100th anniversary in Las Vegas. |