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Titan International, Inc.
Quincy, Illinois-based tire and wheel manufacturer (NYSE: TWI); the world's largest dedicated agricultural and off-highway tire maker. Acquired Goodyear's farm tire business (Des Moines IA + Freeport IL, 2005) and Continental AG's OTR tire plant (Bryan OH, 2006). Manufactures Titan and Goodyear (farm tires, under license) brands. February 2024: acquired Carlstar Group for ~$296M, adding four manufacturing facilities and 12 distribution centers across North America and Europe; Carlstar's 2023 revenues ~$615M. Key OEM supply agreements: John Deere worldwide supply agreement (effective November 1, 2024, for North and South America facilities); exclusive Kubota Trac Loader II tires (2022, first Titan OEM-branded offering); AGCO, Case IH, New Holland, Caterpillar. ~80% of US business is farm market.
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Titan International – Des Moines, Iowa →
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Titan's agricultural tire headquarters and primary production facility; acquired from Goodyear in 2005. Produces Titan-branded and Goodyear (licensed) farm tires. Effective November 1, 2024, this facility is part of Titan's worldwide John Deere supply agreement. Also part of the 2022 UAW three-year contract covering Des Moines, Freeport IL, and Bryan OH. Note: Titan and Bridgestone both operate major ag tire plants in Des Moines, Iowa — two of the largest ag tire facilities in North America are in the same city.
Titan International – Freeport, Illinois →
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Farm tire manufacturing plant in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois; acquired from Goodyear in 2005. Part of Titan's core North American agricultural tire manufacturing network alongside Des Moines IA and Bryan OH. Covered by the 2022 UAW three-year contract.
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Agricultural Tires
55%Off-the-Road (OTR) & Construction Tires
22%Wheels & Undercarriage
12%Carlstar Specialty & Consumer Brands
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Did you know2025
Two of the world's largest agricultural tire manufacturing plants are located in the same city: Des Moines, Iowa. Bridgestone's Firestone Ag plant (established 1945, self-described "largest farm tire facility in the world") and Titan International's plant (acquired from Goodyear 2005) are both in Des Moines. These two plants together likely supply 25-30% of North America's agricultural tire needs — concentrated in a single mid-Iowa city that no tire industry policy analyst has flagged as a geographic chokepoint. A tornado, flood, or major labor dispute in Des Moines could simultaneously disrupt supply from both of the top farm tire facilities in North America.
Tyrepress ↗Incident2024
Titan International — through its 2024 acquisition of Carlstar Group ($296M) — became the parent company of industrial, specialty, and agricultural tire brands that previously competed with Titan. Carlstar manufactured tires under the Carlisle, ITP, Dico, and other brands at facilities in Aiken SC, Jackson TN, Clinton TN, and Meizhou China. Titan simultaneously signed a worldwide supply agreement with John Deere (effective November 1, 2024, covering North and South America) and an exclusive OEM agreement with Kubota. In 12 months, Titan went from competing for Deere supply to holding a named worldwide supply agreement — a competitive repositioning in the largest agricultural tire customer relationship in the world.
PRNewswire ↗Origin2023
Titan International was formed through a deliberate consolidation strategy that reassembled the farm tire assets of its larger rivals. Founder Maurice Taylor (CEO 1990-2014) bought the Des Moines farm tire plant from Goodyear in 2005, the OTR plant from Continental in 2006, and a series of smaller acquisitions. His successor Paul Reitz executed the same playbook at larger scale: the 2024 Carlstar acquisition ($296M) added Carlisle brand specialty tires across four manufacturing sites. Titan now holds more farm tire brand licenses, plant assets, and OEM agreements than any US-based competitor -- having assembled its portfolio entirely from pieces other tire conglomerates sold off as non-core. The agricultural tire segment is not a growth focus for Bridgestone, Michelin, or Continental; Titan built its dominant position by buying what they shed.
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