MOUNT VERNON, Ill.- General Tire officially dedicated its new $7.5 million Commercial Division Tire Technology Center, Oct. 12. The 27,000-sq.-ft. facility-which adjoins General's Mount Vernon tire plant and the GTY Tire Co. joint-venture facility there-is home to some 30 tire engineers, chemists and equipment design personnel.
Meanwhile, General said it will decide by year-end whether to relocate its Akron-based passenger and light truck tire division to Charlotte, N.C., and move its commercial division from Akron to Mount Vernon.