Michelin begins shutdown of U.S., Canadian plants due to Coronavirus
Michelin North America, Inc., will begin a temporary, phased shutdown of some of its tire production facilities in the United States and Canada due to the broad effects of the COVID-19 strain of the Coronavirus. The company said the phased suspension of some manufacturing will begin immediately and, based on the current outlook, will last
Cooper Tire to shut down Americas manufacturing due to Coronavirus
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. says it will temporarily shut down its tire manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico to protect the health and safety of employees and respond to market demand that has been impacted by coronavirus. The process of phasing down production at the plants began March 21 and will proceed
Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks suspend production due to Coronavirus concerns
Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks have suspended the manufacturing process in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to customers posted to the Volvo website, Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Verhooeve wrote that “out of an abundance of caution we have suspended our manufacturing operations to protect plant employees.
Triangle Tire plants working through Coronavirus pandemic
The four Triangle Tire manufacturing plants are now operating near full capacity after a lull created by the Chinese New Year and subsequent Coronavirus shutdown, the company reported March 18. “With much uncertainty about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect global tire production, we are grateful that the four Triangle plants are now operating at
Geotab talks electric vehicle strategies, working during the pandemic
No script? No plan? No problem. Welcome to Fleet Equipment Unscripted—the video interview series that connects you with the greatest minds in the heavy-duty trucking world. For our first episode, I connected with Matt Stevens, vice president of electric vehicles at Geotab, to see how Geotab continues to support its customers in these strange pandemic
Bridgestone Americas to shut down manufacturing in North America, Latin America due to Coronavirus
Bridgestone Americas has announced a temporary phased shutdown of its manufacturing facilities in North America and Latin America. The temporary shutdown will begin the weekend of March 21 with all facilities planning to resume normal operations on or before Sunday, April 12. The company says it will continue to monitor the situation closely and adjust
Michelin continues North Americas operations, but monitoring Coronavirus
Michelin said March 19 that the company is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and making plans for short-, mid- and long-term contingencies; however, to date, all of the company’s activities in North America are operating normally. The company says at this time its immediate priority is the health and safety of its employees and communities,
General Motors to suspend production due to Coronavirus
General Motors Co. confirmed it will begin a systematic orderly suspension of manufacturing operations in North America due to market conditions caused by Coronavirus. The suspension will last until at least March 30, the company says. Production status will be reevaluated week-to-week after that. “GM and the UAW have always put the health and safety
ACT Research: Trailer net orders dropped pre-Coronavirus, now ‘most unusual’ market conditions in history
February net U.S. trailer orders of 12.7k units were down 15% month-over-month and 45% below the previous year. Before accounting for cancellations, new orders of 14.8k were down 12% versus January, according to this month’s issue of ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailer Report. “The conservative investment posture of fleets continued into February,”
Georgia ports remain open despite Coronavirus
Georgia’s ports remain open for business despite the Coronavirus pandemic. Normal vessel operations and terminal services continue, as well as Monday-Friday truck gate hours. The Georgia Port Authority says it thanks its employees, the State of Georgia and many partners, including the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard,
PennDOT to open some rest areas previously closed due to Coronavirus
The American Trucking Association and the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association have been working with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in an effort to reopen the rest areas that were closed recently as a result of COVID-19. PennDOT announced March 18 that it has identified 13 of its 30 rest areas that are most utilized by
Goodyear to suspend Americas manufacturing due to Coronavirus
In response to the sudden decline in market demand resulting from the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plans to suspend Americas manufacturing through at least April 3 or until further notice. A phased shut down will begin across the company’s tire, retread and chemical plants in Brazil, Canada,
