Sentury Tire

Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
Founded 1992 (1992)
Headquarters No.5 Tian Shan San Road,Jimo, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Products Car and aviation tires
Website senturytireusa.com

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. 1 2 3 Davis, Bruce (December 21, 2015). "Sentury scouting U.S. for possible plant site". Tire Business.
  2. ↑ "Sentaida becomes Sentury Tire Americas". Modern Tire Dealer. November 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sentury internationalising with US tyre factory investment". Tyre & Accessories. December 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sentury Tire Thailand Plant Turns Out First Landsail Units". Tire Review. September 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://lagrangenews.com/news/16830/tire-manufacturer-to-add-thousands-of-jobs-to-lagrange
  6. 1 2 "Aircraft tires: Up, up and away!". Modern Tire Dealer. June 14, 2013.
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