Truck Tyre Manufacturing To Cease At Conti’s Herstal Factory?
Continental is considering whether to discontinue truck tyre manufacturing at its plant at Herstal, Belgium. The factory employs 777 and, should truck tyre manufacturing cease, the company says other activities would be expanded, especially car tyre production using the MMP (Modular Manufacturing Process). Analysts estimate that such a move would reduce Conti’s truck tyre capacity by 600,000 tyres, or 15 per cent of output.