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MTD January 2015 Y early tire capacity, not produc- tion, in North America totaled 308.3 million tires at 56 plants as of Jan. 1, 2015. Tat's up just over one-half percent compared to 2014, when capacity was 306.5 million tires. (The total does not include race or aviation tires.) In the United States, annual capac- ity increased more than 1%, to 248.5 million units. Tat was a year-over-year increase of 2.6 million tires. Canadian tire plant capacity decreased 4%, to 26.1 million tires a year. Mexican plant capacity increased 1.1%, to 33.7 million tires annually. In the next two years, another fve plants, all under construction, are expected to come online in North America. Tree are consumer tire plants, one is a truck tire plant, and the last is a farm tire facility. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. also announced plans to build a consumer tire plant. Te $500 million facility will support demand in North America and Latin America. A site for the plant has yet to be determined, however. The company says the plant will produce high-value-added tires for the replacement and original equipment markets beginning in the frst half of 2017. It will have an initial capacity of close to 6 million tires per year. 1. Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. will begin producing tires at its new consumer tire plant in 2016, almost eight years afer the groundbreaking ceremony in Macon, Ga. Te plant will be dedicated to OE business in North America, says John Hagan, national sales vice president. Replacement tire capacity will be added in 2018. Facts section: North American plant capacities Five more tire plants by 2017! Plant location/ Year constructed Non- union ISO 1 QS 2 Passen- ger per day: Light truck per day: Truck per day: Others per day: Total Bridgestone Americas Inc. Aiken County, S.C., 2013 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.02 0.02 La Vergne, Tenn., 1972 x x 0.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 6.2 Warren County, Tenn., 1990 x x 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 Bloomington, Ill., 1965 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.29 0.29 Des Moines, Iowa, 1945 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.57 4.57 Wilson City, N.C., 1974 3 x x x 30.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 34.0 Aiken County, S.C., 1999 x x x 20.5 9.2 0.0 0.0 29.7 Joliette, Quebec, 1966 x x 9.3 7.2 0.0 0.0 16.5 Monterrey, Mexico, 2007 x 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1980 x x 11.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 15.4 Total: 79.3 24.3 15.2 4.88 123.69 American Industrial Partners (formerly Carlisle Tire & Wheel Co.) Jackson, Tenn., 2009 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 Clinton, Tenn. (Dico), 1974 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 15.0 Total: 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.0 41.0 Continental Tire the Americas LLC Sumter, S.C., 2013 x 2.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 3.5 Mount Vernon, Ill., 1973 x x x 29.0 4.0 6.0 0.0 39.0 Total: 31.9 4.6 6.0 0.0 42.5 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Findlay, Ohio, 1917 x 7.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 23.0 Texarkana, Ark., 1964 x 24.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 32.0 Tupelo, Miss., 1984/1960 x x 42.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.0 Total: 73.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 97.0 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Buffalo, N.Y., 1923 x 4.0 2.5 2.3 5.2 14.0 Danville, Va., 1966 x x 0.0 0.0 11.0 2.0 13.0 Fayetteville, N.C., 1969 x x 30.5 10.5 0.0 0.0 41.0 Gadsden, Ala., 1928 x x 14.5 11.5 0.0 0.0 26.0 Lawton, Okla., 1978 x x x 63.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 63.0 Topeka, Kan., 1945 x x 0.0 1.5 5.5 0.1 7.1 Medicine Hat, Alberta, 1960 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 Napanee, Ontario, 1990 x x x 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.0 Total: 131.0 26.0 18.8 19.3 195.1 GTY (General/Yokohama) Mount Vernon, Ill., 1988 x x x 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.0 3.9 Michelin North America Inc. Ardmore, Okla., 1969 x x x 40.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 44.0 Dothan, Ala., 1979 x x 1.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 Fort Wayne, Ind., 1961 21.0 9.5 0.0 0.0 30.5 Greenville, S.C., 1975 x x 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.0 Greenville, S.C. (C3M), 1997 x x x 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 Greenville, S.C. (Tweel), 2014 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.07 0.07 Lexington, S.C., 1981 x x 19.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 Lexington, S.C., 1998 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 Spartanburg, S.C., 1978 x x 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 7.0 Chart 13 2015 NORTH AMERICAN PLANT CAPACITIES (in thousands of units) 44