Tennessee Tire Boom A Closeup Look at this Automotive’Hot Bed’and its Implications for the Tire Industry

摘要

Just as Akron,Ohio,was considered the rubber capital of the world,Tennessee is well on its way to become the automotive hub in the U.S.Just take a look at the numbers: 87 of 95 counties are home to automotive operations in Tennessee.That includes OEMs,such as General Motors,Nissan and Volkswagen and over 900 automotive suppliers,according to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development(TNECD).Take a deeper dive and you'll see that the state has 25 tire manufacturing establishments,which employ more than 4,200 Tennesseans and have helped increase employment in the state by 31% over the last five years.