Clayco is building an expansion at Hankook Tire’s Tennessee plant, with the goal of doubling the manufacturing facility by adding 2.2 million square feet of new space.
In a Feb. 20 announcement, Clayco says the expansion will include a multi-story structural steel composite building. Other work includes site improvements, utility installations, complex paving, as well as deep foundations and specialized equipment pits. The work also requires ASRS carpet foundations, an IMP exterior, CMU-IMP interior walls and TPO roofing.
Clayco broke ground on the project in December with completion expected in 2026.
The schedule is currently being coordinated with Hankook’s equipment deliveries, says Daniel Botts, Clayco’s project manager for Hankook’s expansion, and will be selectively accelerated as needed to accommodate the schedule of start of Hankook while taking into account the budget of the project.
Lamar Johnson Collaborative is supporting the project with architectural services. ICT Thomasson is carrying out mechanical, electrical and plumbing work, with Tucker Jones as structural engineer and TTL as civil engineer.
The cost of the project is confidential, according to Clayco, but an August 2022 statement from Hankook says the company’s board of directors approved a $1.6 billion investment to expand its Tennessee plant in Clarksville, to about 50 miles northwest of Nashville, where Hankook Tire America Corp. is located. with headquarters The expansion brought Hankook’s total investment in the area to $2.2 billion. Hankook’s Tennessee plant began production in 2017 and has been manufacturing more than 5.5 million tires each year.
This investment includes a previously planned Phase 2 expansion to double the production capacity of the passenger car and light truck tire facility, and adds a new Phase 3, which will add capacity for the first production of l ‘company of radial tires for trucks and buses (TBR).
In the August announcement, Rob Williams, Hankook’s senior vice president of North American sales, says the expansion is a vital step in the company’s medium truck market, which will make the company a of the few TBR tire manufacturers in the US.
