Take over the Michelin factory and start producing a new ALBA tyre brand.
ScotGov should DEMAND that Scotland's police (2,000 patrol cars x 30,000 miles a year = 60 million miles per year) should be fitted with 16" tyres made in Dundee. Police Scotland run a total of 4,000 vehicles.
Council vehicles and NHS Scotland should do the same.
Potentially 200 million miles per year . . . a lot of tyres.
Michelin Dundee Current Production is 100,000 tyres per week, 5.2 million per year . . . enough for 1.3 million cars.
There are 30 million cars in the UK with approx. 33% (10m) requiring 16" tyres.
There is still a market for 16" tyres and no need to close Dundee.
That's a massive fleet of vehicles and will probably need 240,000 tyres every year alone.
Royal Mail maybe . . Then add Amazon, DPD etc ?
ALBA tyres made in Dundee could be designed specially for new zero-emission fuel cell hydrogen vehicles to be recycled to produce electricity for electrolysis to produce more hydrogen fuel instead of being dumped at sea.
That would give Dundee a big lead over conventional throw-away old tyres.
Have you been invited to join the task force Deetox? It's the price of the tyres that's the problem, I think. any ideas about how to make them cheaper?
Stop paying unskilled workers skilled wages would be a start wouldn't it?
I worked for a rubber moulding company in Aberdeen who pay £10.60 an hour for unskilled rubber moulders - that includes shift premium for a three shift cycle - these guys are much more skilled than the process operators at Michelin and earn significantly less. The company is booming.
I'm not able to join a task force at the moment.
ScotGov could specify 'ALBA tyres' made in Dundee for Scottish Government fleet vehicles only - Police, Councils and NHS for a start.
That's up to 20,000 vehicles with each travelling an average of 30,000 miles a year . . . 600 million miles a year.