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Article: South Pacific to expand New Zealand site.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- European Rubber Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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[] Upper Hutt, New Zealand -- South Pacific Tyres Ltd will invest about $5 million at its Upper Hutt passenger tyre plant this year to expand output nearly two-thirds and prepare the site for around-the-clock operation.
The expansion, to 2.4 million tyres a year from 1.4 million, will absorb some capacity being phased out by South Pacific in Australia. The project will create 140 jobs, the company said. ...