- Business
- Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. (000589.SZ) manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of tires principally in China with exports to approximately 120 countries including Europe, Africa, and the Americas; its core products encompass truck and bus radial tires, passenger car tires, off-the-road (OTR) tires for construction machinery such as loaders, excavators, dump trucks, and rollers, agricultural and forestry machinery tires for tractors and harvesters, industrial vehicle tires including pneumatic and solid variants for forklifts and port equipment, mining tires, trailer tires, and special tires such as heavy off-road and desert transportation tires, offered under the Advance, Samson, Tornado, Chinhoo, and Jingang brands with over 3,000 specifications. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, the company operates as one of China's largest tire producers and top exporters of construction machinery tires, serving domestic and international markets in the automotive and industrial sectors with a workforce exceeding 6,600 employees across facilities including a major campus in Zhazuo Town. In recent developments, Guizhou Tyre expanded its international production footprint through its subsidiary Advance Tyre (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. by launching Phase 3 of a $230 million plant in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, in December 2024 as part of a total $615 million investment, aimed at producing six million passenger car radial tires annually by 2025 to target the European replacement market with sustainable, EV-ready products; the company also plans a second overseas facility in Morocco to optimize capacity and enhance global resilience, while reporting 2024 revenue of 10.69 billion yuan (up 11% year-over-year) driven by Advance brand demand in Europe despite profit pressures from expansion costs, and undergoing shareholder changes involving Guiyang Industrial Investment.