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Oct 10, 2011

TIRES' MAKERS * Germany - Continental to build new tyre manufacturing plant in South California,USA

The new plant will manufacture car and light truck tires

Hanover, Germany -Wheel O Mania -7 Oct 2011: -- German tire maker Continental AG said Thursday it plans to spend $500 million to build a new tire plant in South Carolina further bolstering a significant turnaround in the U.S. tire industry after years of plant closings and layoffs...  The company plans to begin construction of the plant in mid-2012 and complete the facility in 2013...  Continental expects to produce nearly five million passenger and light truck tires in the first phase of the project, when the plant reaches full production levels in 2017. The planned second phase would bring the plant's capacity to eight million units per year by 2021...  The new plant will manufacture car and light truck tires for the U.S. market. The facility is expected to produce 5 million tires annually when it reaches full production in 2017 and expand to 8 million by 2021. In all, more than 1,600 jobs are expected to be created...


* Canada - Yokohama to up tire prices come November

Langley,BC,Canada -Truck News -Oct 11, 2011: -- Yokohama Tire Canada has announced a price increase on its commercial tires, effective Nov. 1. Truck and bus, and industrial tires will increase by up to 8%, and off-the-road tires will increase by up to 5%, the company announced...


* Italy - Pirelli to launch new long haul truck tyre

Milan,Italy -HGV Ireland -October 13, 2011: -- Pirelli has developed a long haul truck tyre range that uses innovative technology to increase mileage up to fifteen per cent, as well as to offer high safety standards and improved acoustic comfort... The new H:01 line, the latest addition to the Series 01 range, features the FH:01 for the steer and the TH:01 for the drive axle and is designed for use on motorways and arterial roads... In addition to the increased mileage, products within the range have reduced rolling resistance (up to 30 per cent), reduced noise emissions (up to 30 per cent) and improved handling in both wet and dry conditions and high performance standards in terms of stopping distance and grip and traction on wet surfaces are all confirmed...

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posted by Unknown @ 2:50 PM 

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Is South California a typo? I know they opened a plant in South Carolina. Where did they build the California plant?

11:25 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hy Tony:
Pls see this link http://www.wheelomania.com/2011/10/continental-to-build-new-tyre.html to answer your question.

2:39 AM  

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