Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Starts TBR Production in Serbia Link...
Linglong Tire Group has started commercial production of TBR tires at is new plant in Zrenjanin, Serbia. The stated capacity is 1.2 million tires/pa.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Unveils Bio-Rubber Based Tires Link...
Shandong Linglong Tyre unveiled a new range of bio-based rubber tires during the 22nd China International Industry Fair, held in mid-September in Shanghai. Developed in joint collaboration with Beijing Chemical Industry University over the past three years, the tires use a host of bio-based rubber products including: Dandelion rubber in snow tires, eucommia rubber in truck tires and itaconate biosynthesis in steel-belted tires.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Medium-Long Term Development Plan 2020 to 2030 Link...
Linglong plans to elevate its position to a top five global industry player by 2030 with a focus on product quality and competitiveness, together with social, economic and ecological environmental sustainability.
The company is targetting production of 160 million tires pa by 2030 with an updated 6 + 6 strategy to optimise global industrial output. This is an updated strategy to operate 6 domestic and 6 overseas production bases by 2030 (previous strategy was 5 + 3).
The company currently has four production bases in China and two overseas (Thailand, Serbia). A fifth production facility is targetted to be operational in China by 2023 followed by the sixth facility in 2025. The additional capacities in China will also see rationalisation of legacy tire production (11 million units). A further three overseas production bases will be selected by 2021.
The fifth domestic production base will be built in Changchun which is being developed as a world-class automotive production and development hub. The proposed capacity is 14 million tires pa consisting of 12 million PCR, 2 million TBR and 200k TBR retreads. Construction will be completed by 2025, with the project being implemented in three phases: I) 1.2 million TBR II) 0.4 million TBR, 6 million PCR III) 0.4 million TBR, 6 million PCR, 0.2 million TBR retreads.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: TBR Commissioning Starts at Hubei Linglong Plant Link...
Hubei Linglont Tire Co., Ltd., Linglong's fourth domestic manufacturing plant has produced its first TBR tire and has entered the commissioning stage 16 months after the groundbreaking ceremony. Hubei Linglong Tire will cover a total area of over 1,000,000 square meters with planned floor area more than 670,000 square meters. The main products of this manufacturing base will include TBR tire, PCR tire, and OTR etc., with the aim of annual capacity of PCR reaching 12 million units, annual capacity of TBR reaching 2.4 million units, and the annual capacity of OTR reaching 60,000 units with estimated sales revenue reaching RMB five billion.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Milestone in Graphene Research Link...
Linglong Tire, and Beijing University of Chemical Technology, has passed the audit and acceptance held by Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(BMSTC) for the research on the large-scale application of graphene composites.
This research is another milestone for Linglong Tire after the first low rolling resistance concept tire was made and published in an international authoritative academic journal in 2015. The current research is for the development of cost effective graphene pretreatment technology allowing standard production techniques for tires.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Site Selected in Serbia for New Consumer & Commercial Tire Plant Link...
Shandong Linglong tire has selected a site in northern Serbia for new tire plant. The plant will be built in three phases over six years. First phase construction is due to start Q2 2019. Final capacity (all phases) will be 13.6 million high performance radials, 1.6 million TBR and 20 k OTR. Completion of all phases is expected to be Q2 2025.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Planning Facility Upgrade Project Link...
Shandong Linglong are raising funds through an IPO in order to upgrade production at their Yantai facility and to divest 3 MM units of bias tire capacity.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd: Commissioned New PC and LT Factory in Thailand Link...
The plant will initially manufacture in the region of 2 million PC tires with a longer term view of achieving up to 10 million tires.