Get Profiles of 8 of China's Top 15 Tire Makers, All of Which Are Ranked Among the World's 75 Largest Tire Companies Based on Sales

DUBLIN--June 5, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38002) has announced the addition of China Sourcing Reports: Tires to their offering.

With hundreds of China suppliers, producing millions of tires each year, finding the most competitive and most cost-effective ones is a difficult job. But it will be much easier with the essential sourcing intelligence you'll find in this report.

Get the help you need to:

- Pre-select the suppliers that best meet your needs

- Preview new products before your competitors do

- Plan your sourcing trip well in advance -- with full contact
  details for featured companies

Get profiles of 8 of China's top 15 tire makers, all of which are
ranked among the world's 75 largest tire companies based on sales.
Plus profiles of 3 of Taiwan's top 5 manufacturers, including Cheng
Shin, the island's largest maker.

What you'll get:

- Deep profiles of 13 major suppliers that offer details on
  manufacturing capabilities, quality controls, future development
  plans and more. Based on personal factory tours and interviews
  with senior managers, this information is available nowhere else
- Profile tables of 26 additional suppliers, with key information
  such as production capacities, key export markets and main machinery
  installed
- A Product Gallery featuring 101 of the most popular tire models,
  with key specifications and full-color pictures
- The results of Global Sources' latest supplier survey, 
  summarizing price, product, production and R&D trends for the
  next 12 months
- This report covers the following types of tires: Bias tires,
  semisteel radial tires and all-steel radial tires

How you will benefit:
- Shortlist suppliers using at-a-glance profile tables that highlight
  main export markets, in-house capabilities, product focus and more
- Get full company contact details, including phone numbers, e-mail
  addresses and website URLs
- Source more efficiently using the detailed price guides
- Stay ahead of your competitors by being among the first to know
  leading suppliers' future plans
- Profit from a review of the tire industry in Taiwan, where
  companies are focusing on the development of high- and ultra-high
  performance tires

Contents are as follows:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Supplier demographics
Production hub: Shandong
Products and prices
R&D/design
Manufacturing
Supplier survey -- export prices, export sales,
major challenges, target markets, capacity expansion plans, product
trends, efficiency, capability

SUPPLIER PROFILES
Products
Manufacturing
Capability
Outlook
Popular export models

PRODUCT GALLERY
Bias tires
Semisteel radial tires
All-steel radial tires

SUPPLIER CONTACT DETAILS

China is one of the largest tire manufacturing and exporting countries in the world. January 2006 figures show that overseas shipments are still on the rise, already totaling close to 8 million pieces worth US$297 million. In 2005, China shipped more than US$3 billion worth of tires, which is 55 percent more than what it exported the year before. Export volume rose at a relatively slow rate of 34 percent from 68.7 million pieces in 2004 to 91.8 million in 2005. Rising prices are the primary reason behind the higher growth rate of export value. Customs statistics show that the average unit value of tires increased close to 16 percent in 2005, compared with the 10 percent adjustment the previous year. The following are some of the key trends we see in China's tires industry:

China-made tires are available in bias, semi steel radial and all-steel radial models. The Products & Prices section in this report discusses the key characteristics of each category, as well as the major factors that distinguish low end, mid range and high-end products.

The production of bias and radial tires starts off the same, but diverges at assembly stage. The processes are described in detail in this report's Manufacturing section, which also compares small, midsize and large suppliers in terms of production capability and the machinery they use.

Product development in China's tires industry often involves in-house and collaborative efforts with buyers and research institutes. The results of these partnerships are discussed in the R&D/Design section of this report.

The Industry Overview elaborates on the composition of China's tires industry, highlighting the key characteristics of the different types of suppliers.

The majority of the estimated 500 tire manufacturers in the country are private, locally owned companies. In addition, there are several foreign invested enterprises or joint ventures with the top tire brands in the world.

Global Sources surveyed a wide range of suppliers to produce this report, including some of the largest companies in China. This report has profiles of eight of the top 15 tire makers in China, all of which are ranked among the world's 75 largest tire companies based on sales. These suppliers include Triangle, Hangzhou Zhongce, Shandong Linglong and Aeolus, which generated more than US$1 billion worth of export revenue from tires last year. This report also profiles three of the top five tire manufacturers in Taiwan, including Cheng Shin, which is the island's largest maker. Apart from these high-profile suppliers, we also interviewed many midsize and emerging manufacturers, which form the core of the industry.

The selection of suppliers in this report is consistent with the composition of the industry, with more than three-quarters of the interviewed companies wholly China-owned. The rest are foreign invested or publicly listed. In addition, more than half of the suppliers in this report are based in Shandong province, which is the center of tire production in China.

The author's research teams toured the factories of 13 makers and spoke with senior executives, who discussed their 2005 performance and forecasts for 2006. This report has an in-depth profile of each of these makers, as well as detailed profile tables of an additional 26 suppliers.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38002

Source: Global Sources