Continental Tire has broken ground on the expansion of its Sumter, South Carolina, facility, which will increase tire production capacity from approximately 4 million units planned for 2016 to approximately 8 million units by 2021. The expansion also will more than double the current 700 jobs within the facility.
Tires produced at the Sumter plant will help meet the increasing demand for Continental and General brand tires from both aftermarket business and automotive manufacturers.
Altogether, Continental will invest more than $500 million into the Sumter plant and create about 1,600 new jobs.