Toyo to Build New Facility, Increase Capacity
A new manufacturing facility in Asia and increased capacity in North America have been announced by Toyo Tire & Rubber in order to reinforce its tyre business’s global supply system.
Mai Group Acquires Jinyu OTR Facility
The Mai Group has announced the acquisition of a manufacturing plant and the related technology owned by Shandong Province, China based Jinyu Radial OTR tyres.
New Firestone Industrial Products Facility in Costa Rica
Firestone Industrial Products Company LLC (FSIP) will open a new air spring manufacturing plant in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Hayes Lemmerz to Close U.S. Aluminium Wheel Facility
On May 12, Hayes Lemmerz International announced the planned closure of its aluminium wheel manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Ga. by the end of this year.
Cabot Closes West Virginia Carbon Black Facility
Operations at Cabot Corporation’s carbon black facility in West Virginia, ended on the last day of March, the company reports.
Bridgestone Automated Tyre Facility Opens in Hungary
The fully automated 190 million tyre manufacturing facility Bridgestone has built in Tatab
Ceat Plans Radial Tyre Facility
(Hindu Business Line) Ceat Ltd. has reportedly finalised plans to set up a 3.6 million unit radial tyre facility at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore.
PTL Announces New Greenfield Facility
On Jan. 15, the board of directors of PTL Enterprises took on record the company’s unaudited results for third quarter of 2007-08 and gave approval for a Rs 400 million (≤5.2 million) Greenfield tyre plant project in Kerala.
Apollo Appoints Chief of Manufacturing
Apollo Tyres Ltd. has appointed Satish Agarwal in the corporate function of Chief of Manufacturing.
MRF to Set Up Tyre Manufacturing Unit in Tamil Nadu
Indian tyremaker MRF is reported to be preparing to build its anticipated new facility in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu during the first half of 2008.