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Michelin Dundee Plans Praised

Proposed initiatives to tackle the effects of the economic situation have been well received by union representatives. On January 16 the company announced that discussions with employees and the union Unite have led to a number of measures being put forward in an attempt to avoid redundancies at the company’s Baldovie factory in Dundee. Michelin has proposed temporary plant closures in which employees would be asked to take 56 hours off on full pay, with the proviso they work back the time in 2010, or else take the time off on two-thirds pay without the obligation to work it back.

19th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Birla Tyres Again Stopping Production at Orissa Factory

Following a 15-day production halt in December Birla Tyres is planning another temporary closure of its factory in Orissa, India, again in response to weakening sales of the company’s tyres. A senior member of staff at the factory, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Indo-Asian News Service that Birla “will shut down the plant from January 19 to January 31 because of falling demand.” He added that employees have already been notified of the decision.

16th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Superior Industries Closing Van Nuys Aluminium Wheel Factory

US based aluminium wheel manufacturer Superior Industries International intends to close its factory in Van Nuys, California. In a statement published January 13, the company said the closure is taking place “in an effort to further reduce costs and more closely align its capacity with sharply lower demand for light vehicles.” Superior Industries added that its remaining five North American facilities and its Hungarian joint venture operation contain sufficient capacity to accommodate current and expected production requirements.

15th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Australia Optimistic About 2009 Despite Downturn

Bridgestone Australia is not allowing itself to be drawn into speculation over the future of its factory in Salisbury, South Australia, and instead has expressed its optimism about 2009. Following news published by Australia based business information analyst IBIS World that tyre manufacturing is an industry in which job losses are most likely this year, Bridgestone’s public relations company Michels Warren said the tyre maker “did not want to add any weight to the story”, and released a statement saying the company remained positive about this coming year.

14th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Factory Lockout Continues After 5 Weeks

After five weeks of lock out conditions at the factory under lease to Apollo Tyres, plant management and union representatives appear to have made little or no progress in resolving their differences. A January 7 meeting conveyed by the labour minister of India’s Kerala state, PK Gurudasan, broke down when the two parties could not reach a consensus on the list of 12 items management views as essential for the factory’s ongoing viability. Union representatives agreed to consider just three, and said the remaining proposals would be discussed only after the lockout was lifted.

14th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Reduced Production Continues at Goodyear’s Luxembourg Factory

The shorter working week implemented at Goodyear’s truck tyre factory in Luxembourg is being extended beyond the time originally specified. Between February and April production will only take place four days a week, commented a company spokesman.

14th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Topy Lays Off 45 at US Steel Wheel Factory

Kentucky, US based newspaper The State Journal reports that Topy America has laid of 45 hourly employees from its Franklin County steel wheel production facility. These redundancies represent approximately 16 per cent of the subsidiary’s Kentucky factory workforce. The company’s other US operations have not been affected.

According to plant director Tom Trzazkus, the layoffs were necessary “due to the current economic conditions and the slowing of sales within the automotive industry.” In addition to the redundancies, a raft of other changes were made “to ensure the continuation of this business in the short term,” a press release sent to the newspaper by Trzazkus said.

13th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Reportedly Planning a 4th Factory in Brazil

An unsourced report published in Brazil’s O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper indicates that Michelin has plans to build a fourth factory in Rio de Janeiro State. The US$200 million plant, says the newspaper, will be built in Itataia, in the south of the state, where another Michelin facility is already in operation. The company also operates factories in Resende and Campo Grande.

13th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to Open Romanian Facility in Spring

Romanian news sources have reported today that the country’s Financiarul has announced that Pirelli will open its new diesel engine filter manufacturing facility in the southern county of Gorj in March. The financial organisation stated on its website that Gorj County Council chairman Ion Calinoiu met SC Pirelli alongside Ambiente Eco Technology director Paolo Benea to tackle common issues related to the official opening of the factory within the Bumbesti-Jiu Industrial Park. The website quotes Benea announcing that the factory will be opened at the end of March.

Back in October 2006, Tyrepress.com reported that Pirelli Romania head, Guglielmo Fiocchi, said that, “Next year we could start the construction of a new plant for production of filters for diesel engines in Gorj.”

12th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli UK Hoping to Resume Carlisle Operations on January 9

According to The Cumberland News, workers at Pirelli’s Carlisle plant will find out on January 9 whether they are able to return to work following the equipment failure that has delayed operations following the factory’s planned Christmas shutdown period. Although workers were scheduled to return on January 8, plant management informed them that the factory had not yet returned to a fully operational state.

“’During the start-up process after the shutdown period, leaks in the high pressure steam system were detected,” Pirelli said in a statement. “These require immediate repair, therefore there will be a delay in the timing of the start-up of the Carlisle factory planned for January 8.”

9th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Resumes Production in Hungary

Hankook’s factory in Dunaujvaros, Hungary resumed production on the afternoon of January 8, following a stoppage the previous day due to gas shortages. The tyre maker had previously anticipated that the factory would remain out of operation until the evening of January 9, reported Hungary’s MTI news agency on January 8.

9th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Worker’s Union Prepared for More ‘Agitation’ in PTL Factory Lockout

The unions representing workers involved in the PTL factory lockout in India are said to have bolstered their resolve following the breakdown of their second discussion with company management. According to India’s Express News Service, union leaders are accusing the Apollo Tyres supplier of changing their demands each time employees agree to the previous set.

“The workers have already agreed to the conditions put forward by the management for capacity utilisation in the wake of recession,” said Premier Tyres Employees Union president K N Raveendranath. “But, the management is behaving with certain ulterior motive and putting forward fresh set of demands every time.

9th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Gas Restrictions Stop Production at Hankook’s Hungary Plant

Production at Hankook Tire’s Dunaujvaros factory in Hungary drew to a halt on January 7, reports the Hungarian MTI news agency, after national restrictions were imposed upon certain industrial users of natural gas. According to MTI, Hankook spokeswoman Katalin Roy said production will restart on the evening of January 9. The restrictions were put in place after supplies of gas from Russia, which reach Hungary via the Ukraine, completely stopped on January 6.

8th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Meeting Fails to Resolve Lockout at Factory Supplying Apollo Tyres

A meeting held on January 7 to discuss the lockout at the PTL factory in Kalamassery, India, which exclusively supplies Apollo Tyres, has failed to find a viable means of ending the standoff between management and unions. Following the breakdown of talks trade union leaders allegedly decided to hold a meeting of their own the following day.

The lockout began on December 6, 2008, following what Apollo Tyres referred to as “negative and non-cooperative attitude of workmen”.

8th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Closing its Final Cast Aluminium Wheel Factory

Alcoa has announced it will completely withdraw from the passenger car cast aluminium wheel business, instead focusing its efforts in this segment upon forged aluminium wheels. This completes a trend begun some four years ago; of the four cast aluminium wheel factories operated by Alcoa, three have already been taken out of service.

7th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors