Continental plant construction begins

摘要

Continental Tire the Americas LLC has selected Walbridge and Mashbum Construction as the general contractor for its new tire plant in Sumter, S.C. The construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. By early 2014, the plant will manufacture passenger and light truck tires "to meet the increasing demand for Continental and General brand tires from both af-termarket business and automotive manufacturers," according to the company. When the first phase of the plant is completed in 2017, production capacity will be more than four million units per year. The second phase will increase the plant's capacity to approximately eight million units per year,by 2021.