Nizhnekamskshina Increases 6-month Production to 6.9 million Tyres

Between January and July 2006, Nizhnekamskshina OJSC increased tyre production by 13.5 per cent compared with the same period of last year to 6.974 million tyres. Russia’s Financial Information Service reports that this number includes 4.173 million tyres for passenger cars, a 9.7 per cent growth compared with the same period of 2005. The company also increased the production of tyres for trucks by 19.7 per cent to 2.585 million; and agricultural tyres by 21 per cent to 204,000. Production of ‘other’ tyres declined by 17.2 per cent to 12,000.