Triangle tire to build most efficient factory in the world

On April 22, Triangle Tyre (USA) Technologies LLC held project opening ceremony in Weihai, Shandong Province.

Sun Shutao, vice provincial governor of Shandong Province showed and gave a speech on the ceremony. Lu Jie (deputy secretory of Shandong Province), She Chunming (Director General of Commerce Department of Jiangsu Province), Zhanghaibo(Mayor of Weihai) and related leaders also showed on the ceremony.

(Ceremony in Weihai)

Standing in North Carolina eying on the world

Ding Yuhua, chairman of Triangle Tire Group said Triangle Tyre (USA) Technologies LLC will be Triangle Tire’s first plant outside China and will be one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly tire manufacturing facilities in the world. 

(Ding Yuhua, chairman of Triangle Tire)

Sun Shutao, vice provincial governor of Shandong Province, introduced economic society development in Shandong Province. He also said that Shandong Government recently has kept pushing “Going-out”Strategy into operation, and support tire companies ti construct tire plants and natural rubber production base abroad.

（Sun Shutao, vice provincial governor of Shandong Province）

Sun said Triangle Tyre (USA) Technologies LLC would help Shandong Tire brands lifting its international popularity and pushed local manufacture industry developing better.

Zhang Haibo,Mayor of Weihai, said Weihai Government was planning to build up seven industrial clusters focusing on advanced equipment and intelligence manufacture  etc., and accelerating new economic engine. 

(Zhang Haibo,Mayor of Weihai)

Forging most efficient factory 

Triangle Tire, one of the largest Chinese tire manufacturers, has selected EdgeCombe County in North Carolina as the location for its first manufacturing facility in the United States. 

The plant represents an investment of nearly $580 million by the tire company and will eventually employ up to 800 people when fully operational.

It will be a two-phased project -- a passenger tire facility as phase I and a commercial tire facility as phase II. The company expects to complete both phases by 2023. 

Once both facilities reach production capacity, Triangle expects to produce six million tires annually in North Carolina.

Triangle Tire is headquartered in Weihai, a major seaport city located in the eastern part of China’s Shandong province. The company operates five plants in China. Its R&D center in Weihai is the only R&D institutions from tire industry to have been awarded by the Chinese Government the status of National Engineering Laboratory and National Industrial Design Institute.