On 14th December, the first TBR tyre for Jilin Linglong’s TBR Phase-I Project was unveiled at a ceremony, which took place in Changchun, China, Linglong’s fifth Chinese manufacturing base.
Ceremony Cements Linglong’s 7+5 Expansion Plan
At the ceremony, leaders of China FAW, industry leaders and local leaders of Jilin Province came along to see the inauguration of the tyre. Linglong’s distributors, partners and the media rounded off the attendees to witness Linglong’s 7+5 strategic global plan in action.
Linglong’s technological revolution focuses on intelligent manufacturing, which will promote the manufacturing industry to move towards the middle and high end of the global industrial chain. With Changchun being the 7th global manufacturing base, the manufacturer is on its way to having seven national and five international digital and intelligent plants helping improve the production efficiency, product quality and competitiveness of Linglong.
Jilin Linglong was positioned as a world-class intelligent plant during its construction. With a total investment of RMB 4.894 billion yuan, the yearly manufacture rate will hit 14 million radial tyres and 200,000 retreaded tyres annually when fully completed. The annual sales revenue of these tyres is expected to reach RMB 4.44 billion yuan.
