Construction has been completed on Double Coin Tires new advanced manufacturing facility in Thailand.
According to the company, production will begin soon on truck and bus, OTR and industrial tires for the North American market. Built on a 3.6 million square-foot site, the new facility is set to manufacture more than 2.5 million TBR tires and 50,000 OTR tires annually, the company says.
“This is Double Coin’s first manufacturing plant outside of China and one of a total of six plants. This project is also an important cooperation between China and Thailand according to China’s One Belt And One Road strategy,” says Tim Phillips, vice president of Marketing and Operations for Double Coin. “This plant needed to be built in order to meet the growing demand for Double Coin tires as well as our continued plans to expand our product line.”