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Report: Sentury Building Tennessee Plant

Sentury Tire is considering setting up a manufacturing facility in the Memphis, Tenn., area, according to The Atlanta Business Chronicle. The proposed plant would cost $500 million and cover 545 to 560 acres. Construction is reportedly starting next year and by 2019 is expected to produce 50 million tires annually. Currently, Sentury provides the U.S.

Titan to Lay Off More Workers at Quincy Plant

Titan International will be laying off more workers at its factory in Quincy, Ill, after laying off workers in May. “All major agriculture equipment manufacturers have been reducing employment levels over the past year,” said a Titan spokesperson. “Just last week one of our major customers announced it had to lay off over 100 workers

Kumho Seeks Funds for U.S. Plant

Kumho Tire Co. announced this morning that it is moving forward on its plans for a plant within the U.S., making a request for funding. Yonhap News Agency reported a Kumho official confirmed that a funding request has been made with banks for the Macon-Bibb, Georgia location. The official however hinted that the process could

Apollo Tyres ‘Yet To Finalize’ Exact Location of Plant

Apollo Tyres, at a recently concluded meeting, approved the greenfield in Eastern Europe, at a project cost of approximately 500 million Euros over the next four years.

More on Hankook’s Tennessee Plant Announcement

Yesterday’s long awaited announcement of Hankook Tire Co.’s selection of a site for its first U.S. tire plant – its eighth overall – brought to a close some five years of speculation, talks that only heated up more as its Hankook Tire America Inc. unit grew past $1 billion in annual sales. Hankook Vice Chairman