Titan International, Inc. 2009
November 2009Tough. Durable. Built to Last.
Titan International, Inc. has a heritage of over 100 years in the off-highway wheel manufacturing business. Since Titan’s entrance into the tire market in 1993, we have evolved into a leading global supplier of complete wheel and tire assemblies for off-highway vehicles. Titan’s primary markets include agriculture, earthmoving/construction, and consumer applications. Strategic acquisitions have built Titan into a successful worldwide corporation serving the most respected names in the original equipment industry. With that support, Titan is expanding its focus in the off-highway markets.TITAN TIRE CORPORATION, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc., is North America’s third largest manufacturer of off-highway tires. Titan’s tire production facilities are located in Freeport, Illinois, Bryan, Ohio, and Des Moines, Iowa, which also serves as the headquarters for the tire group.
Titan provides Titan and Goodyear Farm Tire brand tires to the world’s leading OEMs, including John Deere®, AGCO®, Case®, New Holland®, Caterpillar®, and Kubota®. They depend on Titan’s quality craftsmanship, unique tread designs, and excellent durability for all types of off-highway applications. In addition to our OEM customers, Titan has a network of 1,700 independent tire dealers that service the aftermarket.
Titan is the only major manufacturer that focuses on off-highway tire production and our manufacturing capability is highly diversified. Our plants are equipped to produce tires in sizes ranging in wheel diameter from 6 to 42 inches. Applications include agricultural, construction, earthmoving, and all terrain vehicles.
TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc., is the world’s largest manufacturer of off-highway wheels. The corporation is headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, and has a manufacturing facility in Saltville, Virginia.
Titan’s wheels are manufactured for the world’s most respected OEMs, including John Deere®, New Holland®, Case®, AGCO®, Caterpillar®, Komatsu®, Kubota®, Hitachi®, Liebherr®, and Terex®. They rely on Titan’s quality wheels ranging in application from agriculture to construction to recreation.
Titan’s impressive array of manufacturing capabilities include rotary roll forming, stamping, forging, submerged arc, MIG and flash welding, and multiple machining operations. Titan is also the only off-highway wheel maker with a steel processing facility to increase efficiency and provide lower costs. Titan finishes our wheels with e-coat and powder coat paint technology to ensure long product life. Our manufacturing is backed-up by the world’s best wheel engineers, using the latest design tools, including ProE® 3D CAD and Anvil® CAD/CAM to develop wheels to meet and surpass the needs of our customers. Titan has complete research and development test facilities to validate wheel and rim designs.
Titan is a world-class manufacturer dedicated to quality. Our flagship facility has achieved ISO certification, a worldwide standard for quality. Titan produces a wide range of wheels—more than 50,000 sizes and types. Simply stated, no other wheel manufacturer in the world can match our manufacturing capability, quality, and design.
Titan leads the way in off-highway wheel and tire assemblies. No wheel works without the tire—they are a total system. Titan is the only company with the ability to design, test and produce both wheels and tires for construction, mining, and agriculture.
To learn more about Titan and Goodyear Farm Tire products, visit www.titan-intl.com or call 800.USA.BEAR. ■
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