Michelin Announces July End to Japanese Factory’s Tyre Production
Despite the end of tyre production in Ota, Michelin says it will continue to develop its operations and expand its presence in Japan
Plans to cease tyre production at Michelin’s factory in Ota, Japan were announced on January 15. Upon giving word of the July 2010 end of passenger car and light truck tyres at the Gunma Prefecture site, Michelin explained that, despite taking measures to improve productivity, reduce production costs and, since 2007, refocus on the production of ‘complex products’, production costs at the Ota plant have remained around twice as high as those of other plants serving that tyre segment... To read the FULL article, please login or register below.
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