Nexen Tire adds warehouse;new China plant due on-stream in 2008

摘要

As part of its U.S.strategy and goal of achieving 200 million in sales this year,Nexen Tire America Inc.recently opened its second distribution center in the U.S.The newly constructed 260,000-sq.-ft.warehouse in Atlanta,a 2.2 million investment for the company,will have storage capacity for 150,000 tires during peak operation.Nexen Tire currently is using less than half of the distribution center but said it plans to occupy the entire space once parent company Nexen Tire Corp.'s new tire plant in Qingdao,China,begins production in early 2008.