Goodyear halts Turkey factory production for 10 days-AA

Automotive News
July 11, 2008 - 12:01 am ET

ISTANBUL, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Two Goodyear Tire factories in Turkey will halt production for ten days in December and January, state-run Anatolian reported a union President Abdullah Karacan as saying.

The two factories in Adapazari and Kocaeli will be closed Dec. 12-17, and from Jan. 2-7. due to lower demand in the sector, said Karacan, who is the president of Turkey's petroleum, chemical and tire union.

He said that production at the factories had decreased 30 percent to 60 percent. No one at the company was immediately available to comment.

(Editing by Maureen Bavdek) Keywords: GOODYEAR/FACTORY HALT (thomas.grove@reuters.com; Telephone: +90 212 350 7051; Reuters Messaging: thomas.grove.reuters.com@reuters.net)

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