New Facility Managed by Pirellis Logistics Partner Kuehne
+ Nagel To Supply Eastern U.S.

Rome, Georgia, Dec. 10, 2004 Complementing recent
investments in its state-of-theart tire factory in Rome, Georgia,
and responding to a rapidly growing customer base in the Eastern
U.S., Pirelli Tire has opened a major new warehousing facility near
Atlanta in association with its newly appointed logistics partner,
Kuehne + Nagel.
Officially announced today by Governor Sonny Perdue, the new
investment confirms Pirellis growing commitment to the
Georgia economy. Destined to house more than $35 million of tire
inventory, the new warehouse is ideally located not only for
Pirellis factory in Rome, but also for the 2000-plus
containers of Pirelli tires that annually arrive from European and
South American factories through the port of Savannah.
We have a solidly growing business in North America,
particularly in the Southeast; so our Georgia location is really
working for us, commented Guy Mannino, president and CEO of
Pirelli Tire North America. This new warehouse is part of
Pirellis new Logistics and Customer Care Action
Plan targeted to enhance our total client service. In
particular, this initiative is geared to improving service to our
customers across the Eastern United States.

Pirelli Tire North America specializes in the manufacture and
marketing of high performance car, light truck and motorcycle tires
and currently has three of its highly advanced MIRS (Modular
Integrated Robotized System) modules in operation in its new
factory in Rome, Georgia, to better serve the American OEM and
Replacement markets.

For more information visit the companys web site at
www.us.pirelli.com
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