Cooper Tire & Rubber idles plants and trims inventories. (Corporate, Financial News).Cooper Tire & Rubber, Findlay Findlay (fĭn`lē, fĭnd`lē), city (1990 pop. 35,703), seat of Hancock co., NW Ohio, on the Blanchard River; inc. 1887. Petroleum products, tires, washing machines, heavy machinery, and plastic goods are among its many manufactures. , OH, shut down production at its U.S. tire plants for brief periods to reduce inventories. Cooper's plant in Findlay was closed for a week. Cooper's other U.S. plants in Albany, GA; Tupelo tupelo, in botany tupelo: see black gum. Tupelo, city, United States Tupelo (t  `pĭlō, ty , MS; and Texarkana, AR, were shut down for a total of four days. The weak demand for tires during the first quarter, which led to inventory buildup build·up also build-up n. 1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. 2. , was blamed for the shutdowns. |
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