General Science to ramp up production at new Cambodia plant

ANQING, China—Chinese tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. Ltd. (JGST) is set to start up production at a new tire plant in Cambodia, while also ramping up production at its facility in Thailand.

In a recent statement, the manufacturer said the $188 million (1.3 billion yuan) tire factory in the Sihanoukville special economic zone, in western Cambodia, would come online by yearend.

Initially scheduled for startup this September, the Cambodian factory is designed to have the capacity to produce 6 million units of passenger car tires annually.

In addition, JGST will fully ramp up production at its $260 million Thai factory, which has the annual capacity to produce 1 million truck and bus tires and 6 million passenger car tires.

"The sharing of resources between China, Thailand and Cambodia will further consolidate and enhance the company's competitive advantage," said JGST.

The company also unveiled plans for further growth through digitalization and intelligent manufacturing.

As part of this, General Science said it would further build the "industrial brain, general cloud and smart logistics, (and) deeply integrate advanced technologies into tire manufacturing.

"(We will) explore the construction of a smart tire factory model in the industry to improve human efficiency, energy efficiency and product efficiency," the company added.