Sailun Tire Americas is planning to open a US technical centre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA that will develop tyres for passenger, light truck, SUV, CUV and medium truck tyres applications as well as tyres for electric vehicles. Tyre developed there will ultimately end up at both OE and replacement destinations.
Sentury Tire has selected a plot of land just outside LaGrange, Georgia as the location for its US$500 million US tyre factory, according to various local news sources. Reports in local US newspapers suggest that the decision was made on Thursday 1 September – at which point the choice was between the shortlist of the reportedly successful Georgia location and the Memphis Regional Megasite in Tennessee.
US journal Tire Review has reported that Bridgestone will move its nearly 1,000-person US headquarters to Nashville, following reports that the tyre-maker was looking for a new home in the country earlier this year. Citing a reported formal groundbreaking ceremony in local paper The Tennessean, Tire Review says a new office tower will house the HQ; constructed by Highwoods […]
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