NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nokian Tyres is expanding its production and hiring more workers as it moves toward its goal of producing 1 million tires in Tennessee this year.
The company says it launched its third production shift last week in Dayton and will add the fourth shift in mid-July after nearly doubling its workforce in the first half of the year.
Nokian now employs about 300 people at the facility and plans to employ 400 total in the coming years as it reaches its full capacity of 4 million tires a year.
The Finland-based company opened its Tennessee factory in fall 2019.