The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is asking Congress to include tire policy and related transportation sustainability initiatives as they negotiate the latest infrastructure package.
Nokian Tyres plc will be making tires round-the-clock, seven days a week, at its plant in Dayton, Tenn, in response to rising demand. The company plans to build "as many as one million tires" at the facility this year.
Production capacity at Kumho Tire USA Inc.'s consumer tire manufacturing plant in Macon, Ga., will increase by an additional 500,000 units per year as part of an expansion initiative that is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.
“The USW has been in contact with management at both companies and will ensure that union members' voices will be heard throughout the process,” a spokesperson from the United Steelworkers union told MTD in reference to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s pending acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Hankook Tire America Corp. is investing $1 billion in its plant in Clarksville, Tenn., to boost the facility’s annual capacity to up to five million passenger and light truck tire units.
Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has broken ground on a new, $100 million plant in Badalgama, Sri Lanka, that will expand the company's specialty tire manufacturing capacity to keep up with growing demand.
Nokian Tyres plc is increasing production capacity for its Heavy Tyres unit, and will invest about 70 million euro — close to $83.1 million — in the next three years.
Kumho Tire Co. Inc. celebrated its new American hometown, and its long-awaited leap into U.S. tire manufacturing, with the grand opening of its passenger tire plant on May 2, 2016.
