Linglong opens test centre at IDIADA

At the end of July Chinese tyre manufacturer Shandong Linglong opened a European tyre testing office at the IDIADA facility in Tarragona, Spain.

At the opening ceremony general manager, Feng Baochun, deputy general manager of marketing, welcomed visitors on behalf of chairman Wang Feng and spoke of the company’s desire to take its products to the next level. Following the ceremony Linglong Tire Europe demonstrated texts designed to assess its radials’ rolling resistance, fuel consumption, noise (there is a semi-anechoic chamber on-site) and other characteristics.

Exports have become increasingly important to Linglong, which now sells its products in more than 180 countries worldwide and which now has deals with GM, Ford, Tata, Renault-Nissan, Fiat, Hyundai and other automotive manufacturers specifically in the domestic market the company works with China FAW, Shaanxi Zhongqi, Dongfeng, Beiqi Foton, Chongqing Hongyan, SAIC-GM-Wuling, CNHTC Jinan, Xiamen Golden Dragon – more than 50 domestic OEMs in total.