text: 12 February 2013 16:06 [Source: ICIS news]
  HOUSTON (ICIS)--Goodyear expects to see long-term growth in the global tyre industry, but at a slower pace near-term than previously expected, the US-based tyre major said in an update on Tuesday.
  Goodyear said that its 2013 full-year tyre unit volumes would “reflect a low single digit percentage growth rate”, compared with 2012.
  Goodyear's 2012 full-year tyre unit volumes were 164m, down from 181m in 2011. Fourth-quarter 2012 tyre units were 40m, down by 7% year on year, mainly because of lower volumes in ?xml:namespace>
  The company also lowered its expectations for 2013 segment operating income from its previous target of $1.6bn (€1.2bn) to $1.4bn-$1.5bn in 2013.
  The reduced expectation for 2013 reflects continued volume weakness and related production cuts in Europe, restructuring in
  For the full year of 2013, Goodyear expects the North American consumer replacement tyre market to be flat to up by 2%, and consumer original equipment to be up by about 5%. Commercial replacement and original equipment volumes are expected to remain at about 2012 levels.
  For the full year in
  Goodyear confirmed plans to close a facility in
  The measures, when complete, would eliminate about 6m units of high-cost tyre capacity and result in about $75m of annual profit improvement,