Hunter Installs Collet-Manufacturing Cell
Hunter Engineering Co. has installed a collet-manufacturing cell in a St. Louis-area facility, allowing the company to support its growing high-precision wheel balancer business. According to Hunter, its dual-taper collets provide centering performance to ensure a better balance than traditional cones. This cell includes two twin-spindle lathes, induction heat-treating device, laser etching and a machine-tending
Kumho Opens First US Facility in Georgia
Kumho Tire Co. celebrated the opening its first U.S. production facility in Macon, Ga., on May 2. The celebration including a ribbon cutting, plant tours and tree planting ceremony. Several local, state, and federal officials, as well as Kumho executives were on hand for the ceremony. “North America is home to one of the world’s
SRI South Africa Expanding Facility
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ South Africa division plans to expand its Ladysmith plant, located in the country’s Kwazulu-Natal Province. The plant will now also produce TBR tires. “Employment levels are already being increased due to Phase One. The first of nearly 120 new employees needed over the next few years have already been recruited, and Phase
Two Cooper Engineers Receive Women in Manufacturing Honor
The Manufacturing Institute has honored two Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. engineers with a Woman in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award for 2016. Heather Mosier, Cooper’s SUV and light truck tire development manager at its North America Technical Center in Findlay, Ohio, and Nichole Williams, a Six Sigma Black Belt at
Bridgestone Expanding Canada Passenger, LT Tire Facility
Bridgestone Canada Inc. plans to invest approximately $250 million to expand its Canadian passenger and light truck tire manufacturing facility in Joliette, Quebec. The five-year investment will fund a multi-phase expansion to help the plant produce larger diameter tires that are in demand for pickup trucks and SUVs, as well as increase the facility’s productivity,
Federal-Mogul Receives Prestigious Mexico Manufacturing Award
Federal-Mogul Motorparts was awarded Mexico’s most prestigious manufacturing award, the National Quality Award. Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto presented the honor to Federal-Mogul in recognition for its “world-class quality systems, global competitiveness and customer-focused success of its expansive automotive friction facility in Tepotzotlán, Mexico,” the company said in a press release. Federal-Mogul built the 150,695-square-foot facility in 2001,
Firestone Facility Reaches Safety Milestone
Firestone Industrial Products Co.’s Williamsburg, Ky., manufacturing facility has reached 1 million man-hours without a lost-time accident. “A milestone of this significance didn’t happen by coincidence. It took the effort of all of our teammates working together to create a safe work environment,” said Michael Weir, plant manager. “The safety of our teammates is the number
Trelleborg Expanding in North American with New SC Facility
Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas inaugurated its first North American manufacturing facility on Jan. 27, and announced plans to expand in the North American market. “North America is the largest agricultural market in the world and it is highly attractive for us,” said Paolo Pompei, president of agricultural and forestry tires for Trelleborg. “Demand for extra-large
FDP Brakes Expands Manufacturing Capacity
FDP Brakes has expanded its global manufacturing capacity by 5,000,000 sets of disc brake pads. The company said the expansion is in response to the growing requirements of the aftermarket and OEM customers. To meet the new manufacturing capacity, FDP has purchased new specialty equipment from CoreSteel Hydraulics to be used at FDP’s Tappahannock, Va.,
Green Arc’s New Facility Approved
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environmental and Climate Change has given Green Arc the go-ahead to build its new retread facility. After receiving the Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) permit, the tiremaker said it will build a new facility and plans to hire 340 people, while reserving 25% of the positions for former members of the Canadian
