Tire manufacturing

The tire is an assembly of numerous components that are built up on a drum and then cured in a press under heat and pressure. Tire plants are traditionally divided into five departments that perform special operations. These usually act as independent factories within a factory. Large tire makers may set up independent factories on a single site, or cluster the factories locally across a region.

These five departments are:

1.     Compounding and Mixing

2.     Component Preparation

3.     Tire Building

4.     Curing

5.     Final Finish