Goodyear brings forward radial aircraft expansion

ERJ staff report (DS)

Atlanta, Georgia -- Goodyear Aviation has said its radial aircraft tyre expansion project will be completed by the first quarter of 2011 - ahead of schedule - which will double the company's state-of-the-art radial tyre production capacity.

“The expansion of our radial capacity provides Goodyear with even more flexibility to work with customers on new products and fitments, such as this exciting opportunity with Gulfstream,” continued Aertssen. “We look forward to making similar announcements of new business opportunities in the near future.”

Bert Aertssen, Goodyear Aviation's Global General Manager, said, “In view of recent structural changes in the market place, we recognised that the demand for radial aircraft tyres would continue to increase. Therefore, we jumped ahead of the growth curve and launched in 2008 an important expansion project that will result in doubling our capacity to build light weight radial tyres to serve our airline, military and business jet customers by the end of the first quarter 2011.”

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Press release from Goodyear