Continental Tire Engineer Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Apr 04, 2017
Zach Morrow, Sr. Project Engineer/Construction Manager for Continental Tire Company at its new Clinton , MS plant. Spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its April 4, 2017 meeting. He discussed the construction of the new plant which is expected to start producing commercial tires early in 2019. The current project is the initial phase of what is expected to be a 5 phase project. Phase 5 is not expected to be complete until 2028. The current phase will produce commercial tires. Passenger vehicle and light truck tires will follow in later phases.
The plant is located on 915 acres in western Hinds County, approximately 2 miles west of Clinton. Currently, general site work is in progress. Ultimately the plant is expected to have some 5 million sq. ft. under roof. Continental is currently hiring skilled crafts people and managerial personnel. The plant is expected to make high use of robots in the manufacturing process.
The company is working with Hinds Community College in a workforce development effort, so that it can get the skilled, educated personnel that it will need.
The Clinton plant will be Continental’s third in the United States. The other two are in Mt. Vernon, IL and Sumter, SC. Continental is headquartered in Hanover, Germany and has 55 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
We thank Mr. Morrow for his very interesting presentation and for Continental’s commitment to Mississippi. Mr. Morrow is shown in the accompanying photo (center) with Rotarians Marisa Davidson (right) who introduced him and Bill Osborne (left).
