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 To quit all applications and turn off the computer. 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, city, United StatesTupelo (t `pĭlō, ty–), city (1990 pop. 30,685), seat of Lee co., NE Miss.; founded 1859, inc. 1870., MS; and Texarkana Texarkana (tĕk'särkăn`ə), city (1990 pop.: in Tex., 31,656; in Ark., 22,631), Bowie co. (Tex.) and seat of Miller co. (Ark.), on the Tex.-Ark. line; inc. 1880. Physically one city, Texarkana is actually two separate municipalities. The state line runs through the center of the post office., AR, were shut down for a total of four days. The weak demand for tires during the first quarter, which led to inventory buildup, was blamed for the shutdowns.
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