Michelin Ardmore Plant Closing!

[Smith]

Still got the GoodYear Plant in Lawton.

https://maps.google.com/?q=Goodyear...47f7d&hl=en-US&gl=us&entry=gps&lucs=,47071704

 

[GC7]

Where's Tommy Boy when you need him?

 

[SoonerP226]

now the combined stupidity of CEOs and Unions

From what I've heard from a few UAW members, the blame rests largely on Shawn Fain and the socialists (apparently, they are literal, card-carrying socialists) he has as his closest advisors, not with the UAW membership nor with the CEOs. Fain's demands were pipe dreams that would kill the Big 3, and he kept them non-negotiable for far too long.

The UAW members I heard from wanted to vote on Ford's offer a week or two ago, but they think Fain is more interested in unionizing the foreign makers' US plants, and especially the Tesla plant (which was a union plant when it was operated by GM and Toyota) than he is in looking out for the interests of the current Big 3 UAW employees.

 

[1shott]

Going to hurt southern oklahoma.

 

[swampratt]

Maybe I am just too hard on vehicle tires.
Every one of mine were 15" and maybe that is where the issue lies.
The last time I ran those brands was over 20 years ago.
Maybe they got better.
My son said his Semi truck tires in Michelin are really good.

 

[turkeyrun]

The problem with Unions.

No longer for the workers, just themselves. Who do they think they are, Congress?

 

[2busy]

Maybe I am just too hard on vehicle tires.
Every one of mine were 15" and maybe that is where the issue lies.
The last time I ran those brands was over 20 years ago.
Maybe they got better.
My son said his Semi truck tires in Michelin are really good.

My grandpa had some 16.5 on a pickup circa 1982ish. They all eventually popped.

 

[MikesB12]

I heard about this today from my youngest son. In fact, we drove by that plant in Ardmore on our trip to Waco and back. However, I have questions:

They are stating that "rubber mixing" will still be done there, but if they aren't building the tires there from that mixed rubber, where are they shipping the "mixed rubber," and how does that product get shipped to where it is usable at another plant, and how does that other plant get the shipped rubber to a state to where they can build tires with it?

The plant in Ardmore mixes rubber for other Michelin facilities as well as Goodyear in Lawton. Just a temperature thing, it’s mixed hot and then has To be reheated to finish making into a tire.

Michelin has a plant in Mexico that will do most of the tires that were made in Ardmore.

 

[SlugSlinger]

Michelin​

Michelin (Michelin North America in USA) is a France-based tire manufacturer that started its USA activity in 1950. They make tires for passenger vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, heavy-duty trucks, farm equipment, and planes. The company has facilities in the following states:

• Alabama
• Indiana
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina.

The conglomerate owns 68 plants in 17 countries, including 19 facilities in 16 North American locations.

Michelin also owns the following tire brands:

• BFGoodrich
• Kleber
• Kormoran
• Riken
• Tigar
• Uniroyal.

Michelin USA Plant Codes​

To find Michelin tires made in USA, search for these plant codes (without subsidiaries):

• 4M, M3 – Greenville, South Carolina.
• B6 – Spartanburg, South Carolina.
• B7 – Dothan, Alabama.
• B9 – Lexington, South Carolina.

To find plant codes of the subsidiaries of the company, you can use the this list.

 

[turkeyrun]

I heard about this today from my youngest son. In fact, we drove by that plant in Ardmore on our trip to Waco and back. However, I have questions:

They are stating that "rubber mixing" will still be done there, but if they aren't building the tires there from that mixed rubber, where are they shipping the "mixed rubber," and how does that product get shipped to where it is usable at another plant, and how does that other plant get the shipped rubber to a state to where they can build tires with it?

We do a lot of "mixing" to be sent to other facilities, as well as ordering in.

Green (uncured) rubber has a short shelf life (10 days or less, depending on the compound). An outage anywhere in the line affects the entire plant. Equipment breakdowns or bottlenecks create needs to mix at 1 plant and ship to another.
The shipments are by 18-wheeler. Rail is much too slow to maintain quality.

My son drives, he transport mostly between the Houston plant and Lawton, with stops at Ardmore, regularly.
He was hauling tires to the GM plants in Kansas City and Dallas, but that hasn't happened since the Gates "accidental" release.