Sentury Tire
Founded | 1992 |
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Headquarters | No.5 Tian Shan San Road,Jimo, Qingdao, Shandong, China |
Products | Car and aviation tires |
Website |
senturytireusa |
Sentury Tire (formerly the Sentaida Group) is a Chinese manufacturer of tires for cars and aviation. It is ranked in 2015 the 50th largest tire maker in the world by sales by trade publication Tire Business.[1] The company markets tires under the Landsail and Delinte brands.[2]
Manufacturing
The company's original main manufacturing site is located in its hometown of Qingdao near the Qingdao Liuting International Airport.[3] The company claims the factory opened in 2009 is one of the most automated tire factories in the world. Its other manufacturing facility is in Thailand where it opened a factory in 2015 with a capacity to produce 12 million units per year.[4] The state today announced a multi-million deal for Chinese tire manufacturer Sentury Tire to locate in LaGrange, GA initially adding 1,000 jobs.[5] It is planning to establish a factory in the US with a capacity of 10 million tires per year.[1] As of 2015 it was scouting for locations for the factory and had hired Rami Helminen, an executive formerly with Nokian Tyres to oversee the project.[1]
Products
Sentury main produces passenger car tires. In 2013 it became a new entrant in aviation tires, a specialized industry dominated by an oligopoly.[6] Its product line in aviation includes the main landing gear tire for the Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft certified under Federal Aviation Administration technical standard TSOC62e-2006.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 Davis, Bruce (December 21, 2015). "Sentury scouting U.S. for possible plant site". Tire Business.
- ↑ "Sentaida becomes Sentury Tire Americas". Modern Tire Dealer. November 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Sentury internationalising with US tyre factory investment". Tyre & Accessories. December 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Sentury Tire Thailand Plant Turns Out First Landsail Units". Tire Review. September 17, 2015.
- ↑ http://lagrangenews.com/news/16830/tire-manufacturer-to-add-thousands-of-jobs-to-lagrange
- 1 2 "Aircraft tires: Up, up and away!". Modern Tire Dealer. June 14, 2013.