The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued 24 new tire plant identity codes — necessary for selling road-going tires in the U.S. — during 2013, double that of 2012 and more in line with the average for the previous several years.
Fourteen of the new codes are for plants in China and four are for factories in India, while the other six are for six different countries, including Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C.'s plant in Sumter, S.C. (VY), which started production late last year.
Bridgestone Corp. was issued codes for plants in India (W9) and Vietnam (1T), while Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. and Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. were issued codes for plants in Thailand (VA), Malaysia (CM) and India (YM), respectively.
The new codes, and the corresponding plants, are:
Code — Company/Location
1P — Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Ltd., Shouguang, China
1T — Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam L.L.C., Hai Phong City, Vietnam.
7B — Shandong Longyue Rubber Co. Ltd., Heze City, China
CM — Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Taiping, Malaysia
DE — Jiangsu Roc Tyres Co. Ltd., Xuzhou, China
NP — I-Greatest Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd., Mexico City, Mexico
LH — Speedways Rubber Co., Jalandhar, India
M1 — Laoling Vheal Rubber Co. Ltd., Laoling City, China
NH — Qingdao Huasheng Rubber Co. Ltd., Pingdu, Qingdao, China
NU — Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory, Qingdao City, China
PD — Xinjiang Kunlun Engineering Tyre Co. Ltd., Korle City, China
R1 — Dezhou Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd., Dezhou, China
RP — Taizhou Taiyangfeng Rubber Co. Ltd., Xianju County, China
VA — Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Amphur Pluakdaeng, Rayong, Thailand
VD — Qingdao Hongchi Tyre Co. Ltd., Pingdu, Qingdao, China
VY — Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C., Sumter, S.C.
V8 — Michelin India Tamil Nadu Tyres Pvt. Ltd., Gummidipoondi Taluk, Tiruvallur, India.
W7 — Jiangsu Chengtong Tire Co. Ltd., Xuzhou, China
W9 — Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India
Y3 — Shandong Goodtyre Rubber Co. Ltd., Dezhou, China
YM — Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd./Bahadurgarh Plant, District Jhajjar, India
YN — Aung Htet Myet Co. Ltd., Yangon, Myanmar,
YP — Hangzhou Shunyuan Tire Manufacture Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, China.
YV — Longkou Yongan Vehicle Window Co. Ltd., Longkou City, China.
Source: tirebusiness.com
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