Tire Remanufacturing Plant Set for Ontario
Green Arc Tire Manufacturing plans to open North America’s largest tire remanufacturing plant in St. Mary’s, Ont., according to Canadian Manufacturing Daily. The $37 million facility, slated to open in February 2014, will produce more than three million remanufactured passenger vehicle tires, the magazine reported. The plant will create more than 300 new jobs. The
Denso Opening Facility in Alabama
Automotive supplier Denso is opening a shipping plant warehouse in Montgomery, Ala. “First we’d like to thank our North American customers because when they grow and expand, it allows Denso to grow and expand. It’s always been Denso’s core operating philosophy to be close to our customers in the regions in which we operate,” said
Gabriel Earns Governor’s Manufacturing Leadership Award
Gabriel Ride Control received the 2012 Governor’s Manufacturing Leadership Award in Oklahoma at the recent Oklahoma Conference on Manufacturing in Tulsa.
Cooper’s Serbia Facility Earns ISO Certification
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced its tire manufacturing subsidiary in Krusevac, Serbia, has earned ISO 9001:2008 quality standard certification, resulting in all eight of Cooper’s tire plants around the globe now being certified. "We adhere to the highest standards of quality throughout our organization," said Hal Miller, president of Cooper’s International Tire Division. "Earning
Bridgestone Changes Truck Tire Manufacturing Roles
Bridgestone Americas has appointed Mitch Burke to the position of plant manager at the company’s Warren County, Tenn. truck and bus tire manufacturing facility. Burke began his career with Bridgestone in 1989 as junior engineer at the Warren County Plant. Since that time, he has taken on engineering and management roles of increasing responsibility, including
Accuride Expansion Adds Even More Manufacturing in S.C.
Accuride Corp. announced plans to expand aluminum wheel production capacity at its Camden, S.C., plant. The company will invest at least $8.7 million to add two machine lines as part of the expansion, which will generate at least 25 new jobs. "Our investment helps to ensure we have the right production capacity in place where
BendPak Breaks Ground on New Manufacturing Plant
BendPak began construction of a new $65 million manufacturing facility that will nearly double the size of the company’s current manufacturing and administrative capacity. The 480,000 square-foot, 15-acre complex in Santa Paula, Calif., is one of three new factories BendPak says will help facilitate production, increase efficiency and improve delivery times of its products. The
Chinese Manufacturer Plans SBS Facility
Chinese petrochemical product manufacturer Keyuan Petrochemicals reports it entered into land use right transfer agreements with local government agencies on Aug. 18. Following government approval, the company plans to expand on an 111,500 square meter site adjacent to its existing plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. In addition to building a storage and several manufacturing facilities
Michelin Facility in Spain Goes Solar
Michelin’s factory in Valladolid, Spain, had been fitted with the largest rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar array to date date in Castile and Leon, and one of the 10 largest arrays in the world. The solar panel was designed and installed by Cenit-Solar to produce electricity for the facility, as well as to allow Michelin to
Walkout Planned at Nokian Tyres Facility
Tyres & Accessories – Angry workers at the Nokian Tyres factory in the company’s Finnish hometown are scheduled to stage a one-day walkout on Sept. 23. According to Petri Sorvali, chief shop steward at the factory, the walkout will be held in protest against the company’s restructuring programme. The company has been transferring manufacturing operations