Top Chinese Tyremakers: Manufacturers ranked by tyre production capacity in 2023
In 2023, Linglong’s various factories had a production capacity of 91.34 million tyres. Including the production of PCR products at the Serbian factory, in 2025 the tyre manufacturer’s annual production capacity will likely exceed 100 million tyres. Linglong’s tyre production base in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, has an astonishing production capacity of 36.1 million sets, including 30 million PCR, 5.85 million TBR, and 250,000 OTR tyres. The Dezhou base in Shandong has capacity for 9 million PCR and 3.2 million TBR tyres a year. The Guangxi production base can make 11 million PCR (1 million more than the designed capacity), 2 million TBR, and 140,000 OTR annually. The Hubei production base has capacity for the construction of 9 million PCR and 2.4 million TBR tyres. That opeartion’s designed PCR capacity is 12 million, and further under-construction capacity is expected to be completed in 2024. The Jilin production base can make 1.5 million PCR and 1 million TBR tyres. The company said that the capacity of the Jilin factory’s PCR production lines is expected to reach 6 million tyres a year in 2024. The company’s planned two production bases in Shaanxi and Anhui have not yet released their production capacity in 2023. The Thailand factory has 13 million PCR and 2.2 million TBR among overseas factories. Linglong said that its Thailand factory reduced its PCR production capacity by 2 million in 2023. The Serbian factory achieved a production capacity of 800,000 TBR tyres in 2023, and the designed scale of 1.6 million tyres is expected to be completed in 2024.
Continue Reading
HiQ network expands with flagship centre in Bicester
HiQ Tyres & Autocare has further extended its UK footprint with the inauguration of a new service centre in Bicester, an outlet it considers a “flagship” site for the brand. The new outlet is a continuation of the expansion occurring within the network, and since opening in May, it has experienced significant growth and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from local customers.
Continue Reading
Yokohama included in FTSE4Good for 20th straight year
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series of global ESG stock indices for the 20th consecutive year. The company has also been included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for an eighth straight year and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index for a third year in a row.
Continue Reading
Tyre makers recognised for sustainable business management
Pirelli, Continental and Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) have earned accolades for their innovative approaches to sustainable management. Time magazine and online intelligence platform Statista recently named this trio of companies amongst the “World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024.”
Continue Reading
Bridgestone gains two Toyota supplier awards
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) recently conferred 69 awards to acknowledge exceptional performance among its North American parts and components suppliers in 2023, and two of these went to a tyre maker. Bridgestone Americas gained supplier awards in the Technology & Development categories; according to Bridgestone, TMNA awarded it twice this year due to the company’s “strong collaboration and continuous improvement mindset.”
Continue Reading
Goodbye Continental & Bridgestone – hello Gislaved
At the start of July, Russian tyre maker JSC Cordiant announced completing rebranding of the former Continental tyre plant in Kaluga. The facility is now producing Gislaved tyres, thanks to a brand rights deal negotiated with Continental in May 2023. It appears the Gislaved name will also take centre stage when tyre production at the ex-Bridgestone factory in Ulyanovsk restarts.
Continue Reading
Melett expands Authorised Service Centre network into Latin America
Melett, a global supplier of precision-engineered turbochargers and components for the automotive aftermarket, has announced the expansion of its Authorised Service Centre (ASC) network into Latin America.
Continue Reading
Shandong Province relaxes restrictions on new tyre projects
On 27 June, the province of Shandong, which is an important tyre manufacturing location in China, issued a “Notice on Promoting the Transformation, Upgrading, Adjustment and Optimisation of Project Management in the Tyre Casting Industry.” Tyrepress China noted that the release of this document means that the province has lifted restrictions on new and expanded tyre projects to a certain extent.
Continue Reading
ISCC PLUS sustainability certification for Continental’s Púchov plant
The Continental plant in Púchov, Slovakia recently achieved the distinction of becoming the companys first truck tyre manufacturing facility to gain International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS credentials. Púchov is Continental’s third ISCC PLUS-certified production site, following the tyre plants in Lousado, Portugal, and Hefei, China. Anton Vatala, who is in charge of the plant, calls the certification “a sign of our commitment to both quality and sustainability.”
Continue Reading
Yokohama confirms interest in Goodyear OTR
Following reports that Yokohama is in “advanced talks” with Goodyear regarding the purchase of Goodyear’s OTR tyre business, Yokohama officials have released an official statement confirming that the Japanese company is interested in Goodyear OTR.
Continue Reading
Brembo invests in Spoke Safety
Brembo has acquired a stake in Spoke Safety, a U.S. startup specializing in technology that communicates between “vehicles and the road ecosystem”. No details of the size of the stake or the amount invested have been released.
Continue Reading
Nexen Tire extends SK Slavia Praha sponsorship
The partnership between Nexen Tire and Czech First League (Chance League) club SK Slavia Praha will continue for a fourth consecutive season. Announcing the extension, Nexen Tire comments that the aim of this renewed partnership is to leverage the popularity and reach of SK Slavia Praha to solidify Nexen’s “strong market position.” Together with the club, Nexen Tire will “engage in various co-branded activities designed to enhance brand visibility and fan engagement” across the region.
Continue Reading
Yokohama tyres OE on Lexus GX 550
Buyers of the 2024 Lexus GX 550 in North America and Japan have the option of selecting Yokohama Geolandar tyres with their new vehicle. Lexus has approved the Yokohama Geolandar X-CV (Pattern No. G057E) as an original equipment tyre for the SUV in size 265/55R20 113V for North America and 265/55R20 109V in Japan.
Continue Reading
Tanzanian government seeks outside investment to re-start ex General Tyre East Africa factory
During June the Tanzanian government welcome potential investors to visit the country with a view to resurrecting the erstwhile General Tyre East Africa (GTEA) factory in Arusha, in northern Tanzania. At the same time, a pre-bid meeting was also scheduled 19 July.
Continue Reading
Government can address tyre recycling stagnation, says Australia’s TSA
During a parliamentary inquiry into government agency procurement practices, Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) emphasised that procurement policy and a robust approach to product stewardship are “the keys” to creating hundreds of local jobs in the waste tyre sector. Australia currently generates half a million tonnes of waste tyres, equivalent to 62.5 million passenger car tyres, every year.
Continue Reading
