Jinyu completes Vietnam tire project

Qingdao, Shandong – Chinese tire maker Jinyu Tire Group has completed the construction of a passenger car tire plant in Vietnam as part of its strategy to return to the passenger car tire market.

The project launched in January last year is an expansion of Jinyu’s existing truck & bus tire production facility in Tay Ninh province, which currently has a capacity to produce 2 million units of TBR tires per annum.

In a 15 April ceremony, the group ‘fully commissioned’ the passenger car tire unit with the capacity to produce 10 million units of high-performance semi-steel radial tires per year.

The factory is expected to be ramped up to full capacity by the second half 2026, said Jinyu in a statement.

Once the project enters full-scale production, the group will have a dual production capacity of 10 million TBR and 10 million PCR tires annually across its production sites.

Described as a ‘milestone’ project, the PCR factory marks Jinyu’s return to the passenger car tire market following a five-year break to “focus on the development of TBR tires”.

The facility features a technical R&D centre, a testing unit, and “internationally leading automated production equipment,” according to Jinyu.

The factory also employs intelligent management systems such as MES, RDM, and LIMS for real-time data collection and analysis to ensure that processes are traceable and controllable.