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FORT MILL, S.C. Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. plans to raise prices on select Continental- and General-brand passenger and light truck tires in the U.S. on March 1.
Conti did not specify the size of the increases, saying instead they will vary across specific products by brand. The company intends to relay the details of the increase to direct customers before Feb. 1.
Continental did not comment on its reasons for raising prices. It last raised prices on tires in North America in January 2019.
Continental becomes the ninth company to raise prices or disclose plans for an increase in the past few months.
Pixabay photo by Edward Lich
The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
A years-long legal dispute over labor representation at a Kumho Tire USA Inc. plant in Macon, Ga., apparently came to an end with the counting of disputed ballots that resulted in a narrow victory for union backers.
The company and labor organizers have been at odds since 2017, the year after the $450 million plant opened.
The United Steelworkers (USW) union claimed victory over the summer when contested ballots from a September 2019 vote were opened. Union supporters had a 141-137 lead heading into consideration of 13 contested ballots.
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WOODBURN, Ind. The U.S. Department of Labor recently approved enhanced federal unemployment benefits for workers at the BFGoodrich tire plant in Woodburn but those displaced workers were back on the job by the time the agency finalized its decision.
Workers at the Woodburn plant were laid off in early 2020 as production of certain tires shifted to company facilities overseas. This enabled the 80 or so affected people to qualify for benefits through the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (
TAA) program, which provides enhanced unemployment, education, relocation, job search, wage subsidy and tax benefits for impacted workers.
The layoffs prompted the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to apply for TAA benefits on their behalf, according to Mandy Mahurin, operations manager for the TAA unit at the Indiana agency.
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FORT MILL, S.C. Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. plans to raise prices on select Continental- and General-brand passenger and light truck tires in the U.S. on March 1.
Conti did not specify the size of the increases, saying instead they will vary across specific products by brand. The company intends to relay the details of the increase to direct customers before Feb. 1.
Continental did not comment on its reasons for raising prices. It last raised prices on tires in North America in January 2019.
Continental becomes the ninth company to raise prices or announce an increase in the past few months.
Commerce OKs dumping duties on tires from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
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WASHINGTON The Department of Commerce has determined that passenger and light truck tires imported from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam should be subject to anti-dumping duties ranging up to 98.44% depending on the country of origin.
Commerce s decision, published
Dec. 30, is in response to petitions filed in early May by the United Steelworkers Union (USW), which claim tire producers from these regions are dumping their products in the U.S. at margins ranging from as low as 5.48% (Vietnam) to as high as 217.5% (Thailand).
Commerce has ruled the following preliminary duties should be imposed: