Al-Dobowi group celebrated its founder's 70th year with the launch of all-season tyre. DURING THE RECENT TIRE COLOGNE exhibition Tyres & Accessories met with Al-Dobowi founder and chairman Surender Kandhari and son and vice-chairman Jasjeev Kandhari. We even heard a little about Kandhari senior's latest project - a book. But first a subject that on everyone's lips in Cologne - European anti-Chinese truck tyre tariffs. In short, Surender Kandhari acknowledged that Chinese tyre production market consolidation continues, with policies such as the tariffs continuing to put pressure on the supply side. This therefore makes growth challenging. However, Al-Dobowi's Chinese-based tyre manufacturing partners (which includes the well-known and fast-growing Linglong Tires) are said to be providing lots of options to help move things forwards. For example, the truck tyres Linglong makes for Al-Dobowi in China are destined for the US and other non-tariffed import markets. Meanwhile, the plant has got a new and modern tyre manufacturing plant in Thailand, which can produce tyres for tariff-affected markets such as Europe. Indeed that is why the Al-Dobowi stand was populated.
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