Breaking the Super High-End Barrier! China General Tire 28-Inch UHP Tires Roll Off the Line

Recently, China General Tire (601500.SH) welcomed a new breakthrough in high-end manufacturing, with the company's first 28-inch ultra-high performance (UHP) tire—the strategic grade product with specification 305/25R28—successfully rolling off the line at the Thailand production base. The smooth landing of this product with an ultra-large rim diameter and ultra-low aspect ratio marks that China General Tire's R&D and smart manufacturing capabilities in the radial passenger car tire field have entered the international advanced ranks, providing strong support for the company to grab the global high-value-added niche market.

Overcoming Process Limits, Smart Manufacturing Standards Aligned with International

In the tire engineering field, the combination of 25-series ultra-low aspect ratio and 28-inch extra-large rims means ultra-narrow sidewalls and wider contact width, posing near-severe challenges to the molding and vulcanization processes. During the R&D phase, China General Tire's technical team conducted in-depth research targeting tread rigidity matching, contact print adjustment, and high-speed stability, successfully finding the optimal solution between extreme handling and high-speed durability.

In the manufacturing process, this UHP tire deeply applied the industry frontier "One-Pass Molding Process". This process places extremely high requirements on the control accuracy of large-diameter green tire forming, special rubber extrusion, and high-precision vulcanization equipment. Currently, only a few top tire companies worldwide master its mass production capability. The successful launch of this new product this time confirmed with hard-core results that the hardware configuration and manufacturing tolerance control of China General Tire's overseas base have fully aligned with international top standards.

Thailand Base Capacity Strong, Solidifying a Steady Supply Foundation

The landing of cutting-edge products cannot be separated from a steady capacity base. As the first beachhead of China General Tire's "5X Strategy" going global, the Thailand base has maintained extremely strong supply chain resilience and a trend of booming production and sales since the first phase went into production in 2020.

With the completion of the second phase 10 million radial tires annual production project in June 2024, the Thailand base capacity entered a phase of efficient release. Latest data shows that in May 2026, China General Tire Thailand base monthly shipment volume exceeded 1 million tires, strongly creating a new historical high. Excellent delivery data demonstrates the company's stable supply guarantee and lean operational efficiency to the world.

Piercing the High-Value Blue Ocean, Enhancing Global High-End Discourse Power

For a long time, the market for super-large size UHP tires such as luxury car modifications and original equipment for high-performance supercars, due to extremely high material and manufacturing thresholds, possesses generous single product value-added, but this dividend zone has long been monopolized by international first-tier giants.

The rolling off the line of China General Tire's 28-inch UHP product this time is precisely a strategic blade piercing into this high-value blue ocean. Relying on the Thailand base's mature localized capacity, China General Tire can not only effectively avoid trade barriers but also radiate the vast high-end modification markets in Europe and America nearby. Shorter delivery cycles and optimized trade costs will tear open broad profit space for the company in the overseas high-end UHP track, practically enhancing the discourse power of domestic independent brands in the global high-end circle.

From the construction of a global capacity matrix to the breakthrough of high-end product process limits, China General Tire is driven by "New Quality Productive Forces" and steadily advances toward the top of the global tire industry value chain. In the future, the company will continue to uphold the original intention of "making every tire a premium product". In the blueprint of striving for "10 Billion General", it will present a shining "China Smart Manufacturing" card to the world.