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Trelleborg takes a factory of agricultural and industrial tires in China
18/02/2011
April 18, 2011
Trelleborg has acquired a factory in tyres in Xingtai (Hebei), to the East of China in order to facilitate the expansion of the group in the Asian market. The acquired Chinese factory was part of the Group of the American Main Industrial Tire LLC. Trelleborg will also be responsible for approximately 180 employees of the Chinese company. "Our clients are increasingly global." Increasingly they are establishing in Asia and mainly in China, so for us it is very important to our position in this market. "This acquisition is an excellent way to enter the strategic and growing Asian market." Said Maurizio Vischi, President of Trelleborg Wheel Systems.
Trelleborg becomes the first manufacturer of agricultural tyres from the West to have its own production in China. The new plant enables close not only to Chinese customers, but also the delivery of U.S. and European customers.UU. "This acquisition gives us an advantage in this expanding market," continues Maurizio Vischi. "There is a huge potential in the agricultural machinery in China." "Today, more than half of all agriculture in the country is carried out manually and change to the use of vehicles and machinery is happening very quickly."
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