Goodyear completes plant expansion in Slovenia

In March Goodyear Slovenia concluded a 90-million-euro project to increase tyre production capacity at its Kranj plant by 25 per cent, a project that has created 160 jobs. The project commenced in January 2019 with a planned completion date of late 2021, however measures related to Covid-19 delayed work on the project.

While the pandemic is responsible for the belated completion of the plant’s capacity expansion, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) notes in particular that more time than usual was needed to obtain all necessary permits. Construction of buildings and the installation of plant equipment were completed at the end of 2022, but all permits were not obtained until last month.

Goodyear Slovenia has erected two additional buildings at the Kranj site and within these has installed tyre production equipment that enables a less labour intensive production of large diameter tyres, with an additional 1.8 million tyres a year planned.