Longer Break at Michelin

(Chronicle-Herald.ca) The three Michelin plants in Nova Scotia will close for an extra four days over the holidays as the tire manufacturer tries to match production to soft demand.

Published: December 12, 2008

Sheri Somerville, the company’s communications director, said production at the Waterville factory has been reduced by four shifts a week, but workers are still in the plant cleaning and performing maintenance.

Last month, the company temporarily laid off 25 contract production employees. Somerville said more contract workers have been sidelined since then, but she did not have specific numbers.

Three-quarters of all Michelin tires manufactured in Nova Scotia are exported to the U.S. (Tire Review/Akron)

Schaeffler Group USA expands product portfolio

Seventy new parts have been added to the INA, LuK and Schaeffler Bearings.

By Christian Hinton

Published: May 6, 2024

Schaeffler Group USA has expanded its parts offerings for vehicles in the United States and Canada, adding over 70 new parts to the INA, LuK and Schaeffler Bearings portfolios. These additions expand application coverage to an additional 30 million vehicles in operation, the company said.

New LuK products include nine different clutch kits, including traditional LuK RepSets and RepSet DMFs. The newly released clutch kits provide coverage to many common vehicle applications, including various Toyota, BMW and Volkswagen models, accounting for 4.3 million vehicles in operation, the company said.