Kenda expanding R&D, manufacturing to support North American sales push

摘要

PANAMA CITY, Panama-American Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.'s plan to move its U.S. technical center into a permanent facility in Green, Ohio, later this year underscores the company's taking a much higher profile in the North American passenger and light truck tire market. Supporting this objective, parent Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. is expanding production capacity at plants in Vietnam and Taiwan for these tires, according to Jimmy Yang, chairman of American Kenda and vice chairman and president of Kenda Rubber, in a recent interview with Tire Business at the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo in Panama City.