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Trelleborg inaugurates new factory in China

Trelleborg has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Xingtai, Hebei, China to manufacture high-performance specialty, primarily agricultural tyres.

The new investment is part of Trelleborg’s continued long-term strategy to grow in markets with favourable potential. Using proven leading-edge manufacturing processes, the site produces both radial and bias technology tyres for farming, forestry and agro-industrial applications ranging from 18 to 42 inches.

The manufacturing output from the state-of-the-art production facility will reach 150,000 units over more than 200 tyre sizes by 2013. It will serve the needs of Trelleborg’s partners by providing local supply to their Chinese facilities, and just as importantly to local manufacturers.

“We believe that China has highly favourable long-term growth opportunities and our strong global platform will be further reinforced by this facility,” says President and CEO, Trelleborg, Peter Nilsson. “This new production unit continues our commitment to the agricultural sector in China. The manufacturing facility will also strengthen Trelleborg’s competitiveness on markets other than the Chinese, by broadening the range and through more efficient production.”