ZC Rubber to be OE supplier for forklift maker
China's Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. (ZC Rubber) will be supplying original equipment OTR tires for forklifts made by Linde Forklift Truck Corp.
ZC Rubber will supply Chaoyang- and Westlake-brand tires in more than 20 sizes to Linde.
Linde Forklift Truck, established in 1993, is the Asian research and development, manufacturing, sales and service base of Aschaffenburg, Germany,-based Linde Material Handling, which manufactures industrial forklift trucks.
ZC Rubber said it is "proud that our tires could meet premium vehicle manufacturers' demands and bring customers more value and safety."
In the past, ZC Rubber has been an OE suplier for De Sammenslutted Vognmaend (DSV) and Schmitz Cargobull in Europe.
The company said it will continue to expand the OE market this year and develop targeted tires for OE manufactures based on their requirements.
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