A week ago, we reported on the visit by Linglong chairman Wang Feng (王锋) to Uganda. Linglong has more details on its website. The Linglong delegation went to Uganda with its distributor there, City Tyres. Source: Linglong Press release
Zhongce Rubber Group (Jiangxi) held its General Assembly in Nanchang on 20 Feb. The meeting was hosted by ZC Rubber Group Vice President Ge Guorong (葛国荣) supported by group marketing manager Liu Leilei, (刘雷雷). Delegates included 900 of the top dealers in Jiangxi and their families Ge Guorong told them that the industry is facing
Zhongce Group held a series of dealer meetings towards the end of the New Year holiday and sold over 200,000 tires in three days. Feb18, Delong, ChaoYang and Yadu tire dealers meeting held in Northwest region. Hundreds of dealer participated and ordered 21500 TBR tires. Feb18, Zhongce Dealers meeting in Guiyang, 200 dealers participated and
Zhongce Group laid on over 23 buses to take over 1000 workers home (and back) for the New year holidays. Shen Jinrong, president of ZC Rubber attended some of the buses, giving out gifts and greeting workers. Zhongce did not charge workers for the transport and even added gifts, snacks nd other extras. The company
In a stock market statement, Guizhou Tire said it is cancelling its proposed share placement. The company had planned a rights issue, with details posted on 20 November 2015. Unfortunately the large loss posted for 2015 (see story below from issue dated 5 Feb) means the terms of the rights issue can no longer be
Zhongce Rubber Group Co., LTD (ZC Rubber) is launching Winter-rated medium- and heavy truck tires in the Westlake-brand for the European market. NS785 is a steer tire in size 315/70R22.5 ND783 is a drive tire in size 315/70R22.5 Zhongce says TüV tests showed that the new tires perform much better than the previous model and provides
Aeolus has launched a new range of truck tires in China based on a sailor theme. The 50th anniversary editions are said to be milestone products for Aeolus. They include the steer tire ASR79 (“navigator”), and drive tire ADR78 (“Helmsman”) trailer tire AGR29 (“Skipper”). The ‘Sailor’ theme derives from the recent Volvo Ocean race, in
Shandong Linglong has been named as one of ten top enterprises to enter the ASEAN region. An awards ceremony in Beijing named Linglong as the only tire maker in the “Top-10 companies to successfully move into ASEAN in 2015” (2015中国走进东盟十大成功企业). The award cited Linglong’s Thailand factory with capacity for 12 million sets of PCR, and
Linglong has profiled the recent achievements of company chairman and general manager, Wang Feng (王锋). The move follows the award of Taishan industry leading talent (泰山产业领军人才) by the Shandong Government. TaiShan is the mountain upon which Confucius wrote his Analects around 2500 years ago. Many Chinese revere it as a near-holy shrine. Around 100 industry
In a somewhat rambling piece, China Tire Dealer reports on a visit to Wanli (South China) Tire to learn about Wanli’s newest ranges of tires. The story argues that few in China understand the need to change tires when temperatures fall. In Northern China temperatures fall well below freezing, but precipitation such as snow is
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