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Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia
I checked their web site about 1.5 years ago. Then it stated some tires made in US. The tires I needed where made in China, I never went through their products to learn which tires are made where. I wonder if they really are leaving their factory in China or just increasing their production.
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Tires have a lot of information about themselves printed right on their sidewalls, including the country where they were made and the actual manufacturing plant in that country. The underlined
8D in the picture below is the plant code for HANGZHOU GENERAL RUBBER FACTORY, Jiande, China which can be found in the plant code reference. That's a Westlake tire.
http://www.irv2.com/photopost/showfull.php?photo=29710
http://www.harriger.com/tires.htm
On Edit: The plant code on Every Carlisle ST tire I've personally inspected have had code "AQ"; CARLISLE TIRE & WHEEL CO. LTD. - MEIXIAN, GUANGDONG, China.