Kunshan tire exports over 300 million US dollars in the first half of the year

According to statistics from Kunshan Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in the first half of 2012, Kunshan tires exported 3204.5 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year. This is the third consecutive year of growth following the sharp decline in tire exports, which was affected by the international financial crisis and the US tire protection case in 2009.

There are currently three tire production plants in Kunshan, including Zhengxin Rubber, Jianda Rubber, and Cooper Tire. All of them are foreign-owned large-scale wholly-owned enterprises, and 70% of the products are exported.

The export products include car tires, truck and bus tires, bicycle tires, motorcycle tires, and industrial vehicle tires. Among them, passenger car tires and light truck and passenger car tires are the main varieties of tire exports in the region.

Products are exported to more than 120 countries and regions such as the United States, the European Union, Mexico, Australia, Canada, Russia, Japan, the Middle East, and Africa. Among them, Europe and the United States are the major markets for tire exports in Kunshan, accounting for more than 50% of their total exports.

In recent years, the domestic tire industry has experienced the United States "tire special security case", Kumho "tire door", natural rubber prices fluctuated at high levels, the EU REACH regulations gradually implemented, and the EU will officially implement in November 2012 "tire label Regulations."

In addition, with the worsening debt crisis in Europe, the economic recovery in the United States and Japan was worse than expected, the protectionist sentiment in global trade spread, and the uncertainty in the development of the world economy. Competition in the tire industry is facing unprecedented challenges.

The Kunshan Inspection and Quarantine Bureau combined the activities of “winning by quality, creating excellence first” to ensure that both supervision and service are of equal importance. It strictly supervises the export of tires, a key sensitive commodity, and helps enterprises in technical services to actively play the role of inspection and quarantine. .

Kunshan Tire exports can maintain a continual growth, benefit from the cooperation of inspection and enterprise, and continuously improve the quality of products by strictly controlling four barriers.

First of all, in the design of the link "strict quality control." In strict accordance with international standards, tire structure design and formulation are optimized and re-examined; technological research and development efforts are strengthened, and high-performance, high-value-added, high-tech varieties with independent intellectual property rights are designed and developed, such as low-noise tires and snow patterns. Tyres, run-flat tires, etc.

Second, strictly control the "quality of raw materials" in the procurement process. Implementation of the on-site assessment model for suppliers of raw and auxiliary materials to change the control of raw and auxiliary materials from the original sample inspection to the conformity assessment of the supplier's production and operation process to ensure the stability and consistency of the supply of raw and auxiliary materials. Conformity, the formation of a safe and reliable supply chain.

At the same time, strict inspection of raw materials into the factory, the use of infrared spectrometer, particle size analyzer, gas chromatography and liquid chromatography and other advanced equipment, raw and auxiliary materials for regular, quantitative, qualitative comparative testing and analysis research, and resolutely failed Raw and auxiliary materials are blocked outside the factory gate.

In addition, strict "process quality control" in the production process. Vigorously implement quality management system certification, establish TS16949, ISO9001 and other quality management systems; strictly enforce process documentation, implement key monitoring on critical process control points such as smelting, molding, and vulcanization in the production process; use barcode retrospective systems to achieve full-scale tire product quality The process is traced back to electronic management, so that it can be traced and documented; electronic information technology is used to construct digital management, and through the management, management, and management of equipment, a tire production process quality management system interlocking with each other is formed.

In addition, strict "product quality control" at the factory. On the basis of strict implementation of type tests, ensure that all tires passed the appearance quality inspection before leaving the factory, all steel radial tires passed X-ray inspection, and all semi-steel radial tires passed dynamic balance testing; the export tire cycle inspection mode was strictly implemented, and batch extraction was conducted. Appearance quality inspection, regular sampling, sent to AQSIQ Tyre Central Laboratory for performance testing.