{{Short description|Chinese tire manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd. | logo = | type = | traded_as = [[Shenzhen Stock Exchange]] | foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1992}} | location_city = No.5 Tian Shan San Road,Jimo, [[Qingdao]], [[Shandong]] | location_country = China | key_people = | ISIN = 002984 | industry = | products = Car and aviation tires | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | homepage = {{URL|senturytireusa.com/}} | intl = }}
'''Sentury Tire''' (formerly the '''Sentaida Group''') is a Chinese manufacturer of tires for cars and aviation, listed on the [[Shenzhen Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=QINGDAO SENTURY TIRE CO., LTD. |url=http://www.szse.cn/certificate/individual/index.html?code=002984 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.szse.cn}}</ref> In 2015, it was ranked the 50th largest tire maker in the world by sales according to the trade publication "Tire Business".<ref name="ranking">{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Bruce|title=Sentury scouting U.S. for possible plant site|url=http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20151221/NEWS/151229993/sentury-scouting-u-s-for-possible-plant-site?CSAuthResp=1%3A173610945828487%3A52284%3A7%3A24%3Aapproved%3AA211D7B7D2EEB88F7EF3236CD065D477|publisher=Tire Business|date=December 21, 2015}}</ref> The company markets tires under the Landsail and Delinte brands.<ref name="brands">{{cite news |date=2013-11-01 |title=Sentaida becomes Sentury Tire Americas |url=http://www.moderntiredealer.com/news/398844/sentaida-becomes-sentury-tire-americas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105120155/http://www.moderntiredealer.com/news/398844/sentaida-becomes-sentury-tire-americas |archive-date=2015-11-05 |publisher=Modern Tire Dealer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sentury Tire to roll out next phase of TBR products |url=https://autocraze.com.au/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Tire Business}}</ref>
==Manufacturing== The company's original main manufacturing site is located in its hometown of [[Qingdao]] near the [[Qingdao Liuting International Airport]].<ref name="qingdao">{{cite news|title=Sentury internationalising with US tyre factory investment|url=http://www.tyrepress.com/2015/12/sentury-internationalising-with-us-tyre-factory-investment/|publisher=Tyre & Accessories|date=December 17, 2015}}</ref> The company claims the factory opened in 2009 and that it is one of the most automated tire factories in the world. Its other manufacturing facility is in Thailand where it opened a factory in 2015, with a capacity to produce 12 million units per year.<ref name="thailand">{{cite news |date=2015-09-17 |title=Sentury Tire Thailand Plant Turns Out First Landsail Units |url=http://www.tirereview.com/sentury-tire-thailand-plant-turns-out-first-landsail-units/ |publisher=Tire Review}}</ref>
In 2016 Sentury Tire announced plans to open a facility in [[LaGrange, Georgia|LaGrange, GA]] initially adding 1,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-08 |title=Tire manufacturer to add thousands of jobs to LaGrange |url=http://lagrangenews.com/news/16830/tire-manufacturer-to-add-thousands-of-jobs-to-lagrange}}</ref> It planned to establish its American headquarters, research and development, distribution and manufacturing center with a capacity of 10 million tires per year.<ref name="ranking" /> In September 2016 it was announced that they had found a location for the factory and had hired Rami Helminen, an executive formerly with [[Nokian Tyres]] to oversee the project.<ref name="ranking" />
In July 2019, it was announced that the project was on "indefinite hold" due to "the uncertainty with the trade relations between the U.S. and China" resulting in difficulties in their [[initial public offering]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Bruce |date=2019-07-08 |title=Sentury's U.S. plant on hold 'indefinitely' |url=https://www.tirebusiness.com/news/senturys-us-plant-hold-indefinitely |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Tire Business |language=en}}</ref> At that time, they closed their LaGrange offices, and Rami Helminen left the company.<ref name=":0" />
==Products== Sentury mainly produces passenger car tires. In 2013 it became a new entrant in [[List of aircraft tire companies|aviation tires]], a specialized industry dominated by an oligopoly.<ref name="aircraft">{{cite news|title=Aircraft tires: Up, up and away!|url=http://www.moderntiredealer.com/article/312174/aircraft-tires-up-up-and-away|agency=Modern Tire Dealer|date=June 14, 2013}}</ref> Its product line in aviation includes the main landing gear tire for the [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-700/800/900]] aircraft certified under [[Federal Aviation Administration]] technical standard TSOC62e-2006.<ref name="aircraft"/>
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[[Category:Tire manufacturers of China]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Qingdao]] [[Category:Automotive companies established in 1992]] [[Category:Chinese brands]]
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