Goodyear South Africa is set to launch its state of the art tyre production facility in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape on the 7th of November 2017. The R 1 Billion manufacturing facility employed the use of technology in order to meet the strong and growing market demand of high value-added (HVA) consumer tyres in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The new technology and accompanying comprehensive employee training are to improve the plant’s capability and capacity to produce Low Rolling … [Read more...] about R1 Billion state of the art tyre production facility rolls to completion
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Goodyear Wrangler road trip review part 1: graaff reinet & nieu bethesda
Visit and explore Nieu-Bethesda accommodation choices. Click here to submit your favourite Eastern Cape Videos. A MyPE Nieu-Bethesda selected video for you: 2016 Road Trip: graaff reinet & nieu bethesda, only on Africa Sideways. Big Six sets out on another 4000km adventure, this time testing the new Goodyear wranglers with Kevlar sidewalls on his xtrail. From Cape Town to graaff reinet & nieu bethesda and then up through the Golden Gate into the Free State, … [Read more...] about Goodyear Wrangler road trip review part 1: graaff reinet & nieu bethesda
Third Place for Local Tyre Builder’s Innovation
A smarter, safer way to move green tyres from one machine to another has not only made a positive difference to tyre builders in Goodyear's Uitenhage manufacturing plant, it has also earned the facility top spot in the company's global ergonomic challenge. The addition of an automated tyre chute and lifting mechanism, which makes it quicker and less physically taxing for tyre builders to shift heavy Wrangler tyres between stages, scooped first prize in Goodyear's regional Ergonomic 'Find … [Read more...] about Third Place for Local Tyre Builder’s Innovation
