American Tire Corporation Finalizes its Washington Manufacturing Plant

American Tire Corporation (ATC) has finalized the development plan for its Washington radial tire manufacturing facility with a total investment of US$500,000,000.

Chino, California (PRWEB) February 3, 2008 -- American Tire Corporation (ATC) has finalized the development plan for its Washington radial tire manufacturing facility to expand its U.S. operations and commitment to developing and implementing an aggressive growth strategy in the OTR tire industry.

The new Washington facility will consist of seven manufacturing plants, two huge warehouses, one multi-function distribution center, and one research and training building. It will occupy a land of 130 acres.

ATC will build the most advanced tire-building machines and vulcanizing machines on site. Meanwhile, all related equipments, construction and raw materials are to be procured by way of international competitive bidding in the first half of 2008. Any tire qualified equipment manufacturers, raw material manufacturers and construction companies are encouraged to make offers from February 1 through March 31, 2008.

With a total investment of US$500,000,000 by the end of 2009, this new Washington facility will reach its full capacity of 50,000 giant radial OTR tires, which includes 24,000 units of all sizes of 63" tires, per year.

Aiming to become the largest and best manufacturer for 63" and 57" tires, American Tire Corporation is a well-established OTR tire manufacturer which has created a few FIRST in the OTR tire industry. For more information, please visit ATC's website http://www.americantire.us.

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