Global Tire Plant Listing
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Global Tire Plant Listing Data originally published in 8/31/2015 issue of Tire Business The information available through the Service is the property of Tire Business and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Information received through the Service may be displayed, reformatted and printed for your personal, non- commercial use only. You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish or broadcast the information received through the Service to anyone, including to others in the same company or organization, without the prior written consent of Tire Business, with this one exception: You may, on an occasional and irregular basis, include insubstantial portions of information from the Service in memoranda, reports and presentations, but only if such memoranda, reports and presentations are distributed in non-electronic form, for a noncommercial purpose, to a limited number of individuals. You must include in all such memoranda, reports and presentations the phrase "Reprinted with permission from Tire Business. Copyright 1997, Crain Communications Inc., Chicago, Illinois." You may not post any content from the Service to newsgroups, mail lists or electronic bulletin boards, without the prior written consent of Tire Business. 26 • August 31, 2015, TIREBUSINESS Visit us on the Web: www.tirebusiness.com The world’s tire production facilities—by region hese tables list worldwide tire manufacturing plants, divided into six geographical regions: TNorth America, comprising the U.S., Canada and Mexico; Latin America, including Central and South America; Europe, including Russia and most of the former Soviet Bloc nations; Asia, including China, India, Japan, the Pacific Rim and former states of the Soviet Union located in Asia; Africa and the Middle East. The tables list tire makers, followed in parentheses by the parent firm’s name, where applicable. Plant information shows: the year each unit opened; each plant’s DOT code(s); the number of production workers employed and union status; types of tires made at the facility; and production capacity at the plant. Information has been obtained from the companies and/or other sources. The abbreviations are: TIRE TYPES: 1—Auto; 2—Light truck; 3— Truck/bus; 4—Agricultural; 5—Motorcycle; 6—Earth- mover/OTR; 7—Industrial; 8—Aircraft; 9—Racing. TIRE CONSTRUCTION: r—Radial; b—Bias-ply. PLANT CAPACITIES: u/d—units per day; u/w— units per week; u/m—units per month; u/y—units per year; t/d—tons per day; t/w—tons per week; t/m—tons per month; t/y—tons per year. Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity North American Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Findlay, Ohio 1914 UP 948u 1,2 (r) 21,000 u/d Texarkana, Ark. 1964 UT 1,458u 1,2 (r) 31,000 u/d tire production Tupelo, Miss. 1984 U9 1,311 1 (r) 42,000 u/d Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. facilities Akron, Ohio 1983 MA 375u 9 (r) 2,000 u/d Danville, Va. 1966 MC 2,300u 3,8 (r,b) 10,000 u/d Fayetteville, N.C. 1969 PJ 2,900u 1,2 (r) 40,000 u/d Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Gadsden, Ala. 1929 MD 1,600u 1,2 (r) 25,000 u/d Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity Lawton, Okla. 1978 M6 2,800 1,2 (r) 65,000 u/d Topeka, Kan. 1944 MJ 1,600u 2,3,6 (r,b) 7,000 u/d Canada Goodyear-Dunlop Tires North America (Goodyear and Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. joint ven- 1 Bridgestone Canada Inc. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) ture) Joliette, Quebec 1965 VN,9B,XY 1,300u 1,2 (r) 17,000 u/d Tonawanda, N.Y. 1923 DA 1,000u 1,2,3,5,7 (r,b) 15,000 u/d Goodyear Canada Inc. (Goodyear) GTY Tire Co. (Continental Tire North America and Yokohama joint venture) Medicine Hat, Alberta 1960 PC 300u 1 (r,b) 13,000 u/d Mount Vernon, Ill. 1991 6B,3C 3,000 3 (r) 3.2 mil. u/y Napanee, Ontario 1990 4B,5B 800 1 (r) 20,000 u/d Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. (Group Michelin) Plymouth, Ind. 1979 J7 300 9 (r,b) — Bridgewater, Nova Scotia 1973 B3 1,111 1,2 (r) 58,200 t/y Michelin North America Inc. (Group Michelin) Granton-Pictou, Nova Scotia 1971 HN 600 1 (r) — Ardmore, Okla. 1969 AP 1,887 1,2 (r) 23,000 u/d Waterville, Nova Scotia 1982 M5 1,272 3 (r) 117,300 t/y Dothan, Ala. 1979 B7 537 2 (r) 6,800 u/d Fort Wayne, Ind. 1961 BF 1,629u 1,2 (r) 21,000 u/d Mexico Greenville, S.C. 1975 M3,4M 1,020 1,2 (r) 27,000 u/d Bridgestone de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Lexington, S.C. 1981 B9 2,179 1,2,6 (r) 273,100 t/y Cuernavaca 1980 V6 1,000u 1,2 (r) 21,000 u/d Norwood, N.C. 1987 — 439 8 (b) 7,000 t/y Spartanburg, S.C. 1978 B6 1,079 3 (r) 7,000 u/d Bridgestone Neumaticos de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Starr, S.C. 2013 — 168 6 (r) 6,100 t/y Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon 2007 RB 200 1,2 (r) 6,350 u/d Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1945 BE 1,254u 1,2 (r) 15,000 u/d Continental Tire de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Continental A.G.) Mitas Tires North America Inc. (CGS Czech Rubber Co.) San Luis Potosi 1975 P6 1,500u 1,2 (r,b) 4.2 mil. u/y Charles City, Iowa 2012 UD 237 4 (r) 13,500 t/y Corporacion de Occidente S.A. de C.V. (Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooperativa Tradoc S.R.L., Pirelli Tire L.L.C. (Pirelli & C. S.p.A.) joint venture) Rome, Ga. 2002 JR 250 1,2 (r) 400,000 u/y El Salto, Jalisco 1972 RD,R7 889 1,2 (r) 18,500 u/d Specialty Tires of America Inc. (Polymer Enterprises Inc.) Industrias Michelin S.A. de C.V. (Group Michelin) Indiana, Pa. 1915 CY 300 2,4,7,8,9 (b) 3,300 u/d Queretaro 1987 K4 365 1,2 (r) 6,000 u/d Unicoi, Tenn. 1997 3U 200 2,4,7 (b) 400,000 u/y JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. (JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.) Titan Tire Corp. (Titan International Inc.) Mexico City, Mexico City 1972 5F 402u 1,2,3,4,7 (b) 4,216 u/d Bryan, Ohio 1966 A9 220u 4,6,7 (r,b) 450 u/d Tacuba, Mexico City 1946 AG 248 1,2,3 (b) 3,775 u/d Des Moines, Iowa 1943 CF 600u 2,4,6,7 (r,b) 13,000 u/d Tululan, Edo, Mex 1984 4F 797u 1,2,4,7 (r,b) 10,638 u/d Freeport, Ill. 1964 PK 600u 4,6,7 (r,b) 10,000 u/d Pirelli Neumaticos S.A. de C.V. (Pirelli & C. S.p.A.) Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. (Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.) Silao, Guajanajuato 2012 UN 1,000 1,2 (r) 4 mil. u/y White, Ga. 2005 73 1,000 1,2 (r) 8.5 mil. u/y United States Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations L.L.C. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Akron, Ohio 1911 VA,VB 38u 9 (r) 600 u/d Explanation of abbreviations Bloomington, Ill. 1965 2M,3M 460u 6,7 (r,b) 300 u/d Des Moines, Iowa 1945 VE,8B 1,358u 4 (r,b) 3,600 u/d TIRE TYPES: 1—Auto; 2—Light truck; 3—Truck/bus; 4—Agricultural; 5—Motorcycle; Graniteville, S.C. 1998 7X,8X,9X 1,200 1,2 (r) 37,750 u/d 6—Earthmover/OTR; 7—Industrial; 8—Aircraft; 9—Racing LaVergne, Tenn. 1972 Y7,W1,D2 803u 2,3 (r) 6,050 u/d Trenton, S.C. 2014 — 330 6 (r) 130 t/d TIRE CONSTRUCTION: R—Radial; B—Bias-ply Warren County, Tenn. 1990 2C,4D 774u 3 (r) 9,000 u/d Wilson, N.C. 1974 W2,0B,Y3 1,740 1,2 (r) 32,000 u/d PLANT CAPACITIES: u/d—Units per day; u/w—Units per week; u/m—Units per month; u/y—Units per year; t/d—Tons per day; t/w—Tons per week; t/m—Tons per Carlstar Group L.L.C. (American Industrial Partners) month; t/y—Tons per year Clinton, Tenn. 1974 C4 500 4,7 10,200 u/d Jackson, Tenn. 2011 11 400 4,7 (r,b) 11,700 u/d Names in italic following company names are other names by which the compa- Continental Tire the Americas Inc. (Continental A.G.) nies are known. Names in parentheses indicate the parent companies. Mount Vernon, Ill. 1974 A3 3,000 1,2,3 (r) 16.4 mil. u/y Sumter, S.C. 2013 VY 590 1,2 (r) 2 mil. u/y Visit us on the Web: www.tirebusiness.com TIREBUSINESS, August 31, 2015 • 27 Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas L.L.C. (Trelleborg A.B.) Continental do Brasil Produtos Automotivos Ltda. (Continental A.G.) Red Lion, Pa. 2011 — 50 7 (b) — Camacari/Bahia 2006 65 1,400 1,2,3 (r) 8.6 mil. u/y Spartanburg, S.C. 2015 — 150 4 (r) — Maggion Inds.