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Titan to move all tire production to Des Moines.

Publication: Rubber & Plastics News
Publication Date: 04-AUG-03
Format: Online - approximately 720 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Titan to move all tire production to Des Moines.(News)(Titan International Inc.)(Des Moines, Iowa)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Brad Dawson

Tire and wheel maker Titan International Inc. is consolidating all tire production into its flagship factory in Des Moines, Iowa, until its markets require additional capacity.

The decision, announced July 28, means a continued production suspension at the company's 1 million-sq.-ft. Brownsville, Texas, tire facility. Titan announced a four-month shutdown in Brownsville in late May, because of the negative sales impact of ongoing economic problems and a flood of imported tires from China.

The Brownsville facility primarily produced consumer tires for all-terrain, lawn and garden, and other specialty vehicles. It will continue to operate as a warehouse and distribution center with a dozen or...

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