Pirelli to build new greenfield tyre plant in Russia

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Geneva, Switzerland -Pirelli has abandoned

plans to buy an existing tyre plant in Russia, or to work with a brownfield

facility. Instead, the company will build a new greenfield unit in Russia. The company

has not yet decided where or what capacity the unit will be.

Francesco Gori, head of Pirelli's tyre unit

told ERJ exclusively that the company had looked at a number of options in

Russia, but had decided not to pursue any pre-existing facility, preferring to

build its own Greenfield unit.

He did not give any further details of the

project.