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45 www.moderntiredealer.com 2. Hankook Tire America Corp. expects to begin operation of its con- sumer tire plant in Clarksville, Tenn., in 2016. Te $800 million facility will have annual production capacity of 12 million tires, which Hankook says will be earmarked "mostly for regional supplies in the North American market." 3. Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. is building a tire manufacturing plant in Chester County, S.C. Te $560 million tire plant will produce passenger and light truck tires for the replacement and original equipment markets. "Te frst phase of production capacity is expected to be 5 million tires annually," says Tom McNamara, executive vice president of sales and marketing. "Giti Tire plans to further increase production capacity in response to future market demand and conditions." 4. Trelleborg Wheel Systems Ameri- cas Inc. will build a $50 million radial agricultural tire plant in Spartanburg, S.C. Production is expected to commence by the end of this year. Te manufacturing facility will be located at Trelleborg's existing premises in Spartanburg. "Although we already sell our products in the U.S. and Canada, local produc- tion ofers considerably more favor- able conditions, thus enhancing our competitiveness," says Maurizio Vischi, Trelleborg's business area president. Being located in Spartanburg will help the company capitalize on "existing partnership agreements with major original equipment manufacturers and distributors," he adds. The 430,000-square-foot plant is expected to be at full capacity by 2018, Trelleborg W heel Systems closed its industrial tire plant in Hartville, Ohio, in September 2009. 5. Yokohama Tire Corp. will be building truck tires at its West Point, Miss., plant by the fourth quarter of this year. Eventually, the plant will have annual capacity of 1 million tires. The $300 million facility is being built on 500 acres. Te company says plant expansions could quadruple the initial investment. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Vir- ginia LLC, which oversees the company's Salem, Va., consumer tire plant, signed a new four-year contract with the United Steelworkers last June. ■ 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 Starr, S.C., 2013 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1945 x 23.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1973 x x 11.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, 1971 x x 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 Waterville, Nova Scotia, 1982 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 Queretaro, Mexico x 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 Total: 160.5 33.0 7.0 5.18 205.68 Mitas Tires North America Inc. Charles City, Iowa, 2012 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 Pirelli Tire North America Inc. Rome, Ga., (MIRS), 2002 x x 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.7 Guanajuato, Mexico, 2011 x 3.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 Total: 5.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 6.7 Specialty Tires of America Inc. Indiana, Pa., 1915 x 0.0 0.4 0.0 4.6 5.0 Unicoi, Tenn., 1997 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 Total: 0.0 0.4 0.0 6.2 6.6 Titan Tire Corp. Bryan, Ohio, 1967 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.33 0.33 Des Moines, Iowa, 1943 x 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.25 11.25 Freeport, Ill., 1964 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 8.1 Total: 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.68 19.68 Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. White, Ga., 2005 x x 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.0 16.6 Yokohama Tire Corp. Salem, Va., 1968 4 25.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 26.8 Grupo Carso/Euzkadi (Continental AG) San Luis Potosi, Mexico 15.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 JK Tyre & Industries (formerly CIA Hulera Tornel) Mexico City, Mexico 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.64 3.64 Tultitlan, Mexico 7.0 1.5 0.5 0.4 9.4 Tacuba, Mexico 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 5.0 Total: 10.0 5.0 2.0 1.04 18.04 Corporacion de Occidente SA de CV (Cooper Tire) Guadalajara, Mexico, 2005 x x x 10.0 7.2 2.8 0.0 20.0 U.S. Totals 443.6 106.6 50.9 79.74 680.84 Canadian Totals 43.3 11.2 0.0 17.0 71.5 Mexican Totals 63.8 22.8 4.8 1.04 92.44 TOTAL: 550.7 140.6 55.7 97.78 844.78 2015 vs. 2014 +0.4% +1.1% 0.0% 0.0% +0.6% Footnotes: 1 Plants that are ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2000 certifed (www. iso.org). 2 QS (Quality System) 9000 certifcation, required by suppliers to Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (www.qscertifcation.com). 3 ISO 50001 (Industrial Energy Management Systems). 4 ISO 14001 (Environment Management Systems).