Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc (TWSAI) has moved its North American corporate offices in Ohio about 25 miles (40 km) to Fairlawn from Hartville.

"We are very pleased with our new location" for the business's industrial tyre and agricultural tyre divisions, says Ydo Doornbos, managing director. "The city of Fairlawn has been very welcoming."

The Hartville location remains as a satellite distribution centre. The main Ohio distribution centre is located in Akron, Ohio.

Within the US forklift market, "the overall package we offer―people, quality, service, warehouse footprint, product knowledge, technology, 360° focus, financial stability―is what makes us stand out," says Jessica Aubley, marketing co-ordinator with Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas. The business has 85 employees, including 32 in the Fairlawn facility.

Publicly traded parent engineering group Trelleborg AB of Trelleborg, Sweden employs about 20,000 and established TWSAI in 1991 when Trelleborg acquired the Monarch Tire assets from Teledyne Inc of Los Angeles.

Globally, the firm's Trelleborg Wheel Systems business area supplies tyres and complete wheels for agricultural and forestry machines, forklift trucks and other material handling equipment.

On 24 November, the business area moved to strengthen its industrial tyre segment in agreeing to acquire the Watts Tyre Group of Lydney, England for about USD33.1 million (SEK230 million). The deal is expected to close during 2011's first quarter.

Trelleborg Wheel Systems plans to exhibit its industrial tyre capabilities during Deutsche Messe AG's 2011 CeMAT intralogistics trade fair from 2-6 May in Hannover, Germany.