Morry Taylor, chairman and CEO of Titan International Inc., didn't pull any punches when the "put option" Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. had for the Amiens, France, facility expired on Nov. 30, 2011. That killed the 2009 tentative deal Titan had made to acquire Goodyear's farm tire business.
Tags: Farm tires, Morry Taylor, Tire plant, Union
Kumho Tire Corp. posted net income of 53.9 billion won on revenue of 628.1 billion won for its second quarter ending June 30, 2010. That compares to a net loss of 113.2 billion won on sales of 468.6 billion won for the same period in 2009.
Tags: Kumho Financials, Plant capacity, UHP tires, Union
With the third deadline set to expire, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers (USW) union reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.
Tags: Labor agreement, Union, USW
M. G. "Jerry" O'Neil, who succeeded his father as president of General Tire & Rubber Co. in 1960, died August 18, 2009.
Tags: B.O.B., NTDRA, Union
Representatives from Continental AG and the workforce at its Clairoix, France, plant will meet again today to try to iron out their differences stemming from the planned closing of the facility. Continental is ceasing production at the passenger tire plant because it is has worldwide "surplus capacities of 15 million passenger tires."
Tags: Continental AG, Tire plant, Union
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