Linglong Tire

Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd. (Linglong Tire) is a Chinese tire manufacturing enterprise, which has been among the global top 20 tire enterprises and top five in Mainland China for many years.[1][2][3]

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Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd.
IndustryTire manufacturing
Founded1975 (1975)
Headquarters
No.777 Jinlong Road, Zhaoyuan, Yantai, Shandong
,
China
Productspassenger car radial (PCR) tires, light truck radial (LTR) tires, radial truck and bus radial (TBR) tires
Number of employees
13,300
Websiteen.linglong.cn

Linglong Tire has established manufacturing bases in Zhaoyuan, Dezhou, Liuzhou and Thailand.[4][5] The company opened its first overseas plant in 2014, a passenger tire factory in Chonburi, Thailand, and added capacity in 2015 for truck/bus tires.[6][7]

In 2018, Linglong Tire announced in February its plan to build a fourth China site with nearly 14.5 million unit total annual capacity in Jingmen, Hubei Province, China.[8]

In March, 2019, Linglong launched construction of second overseas manufacturing base in Zrenjanin, Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, which is a new milestone for the company. Planned capacity is 13.6 million tires annually. Plant cost is about $994 million, on 136 hectare in industrial and free trade zone.[9] Planned production start is in 2021.

The brand attracted controversy when a test carried out by Consumer Reports showed that the tires required an extra 22 feet to stop from 50 mph compared to the best tires they tested. Which then in the tire industry coined the name "too long to stop tires".[10] The company's booth at SEMA, an industry event, was seized as a result of unpaid bills.[11]

References
  1. Pourriahi, Shahrzad. "Linglong mulls tire plant locations in Europe - Tire Business". Tire Business. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  2. "Linglong considering European factory" (Tyres&Accessories). May 30, 2017.
  3. "2017 Global Tire Company Rankings". Tire Business. September 8, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  4. "Shandong Linglong Tire update". Modern Tire Dealer. November 10, 2014.
  5. "Linglong Tire working on China's first 3D printed tire project". Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. "Serbia courting Linglong for tire plant". Tire Business. July 5, 2017.
  7. "China's Linglong Tyre considering central European plant". Reuters. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. "Linglong to build new site and mulls another two". European Rubber Journal. March 2, 2018.
  9. "Linglong signs framework agreement for Serbian tire plant". Tire Business. September 19, 2018.
  10. "With Chinese tires, it's buyer beware". msnbc.com. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  11. Moore, Miles. "Authorities seize Shandong Linglong Tyre booth at SEMA - Rubber & Plastics News". Rubber & Plastics News. Retrieved 2017-12-30.


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