NERCRAT DIRECTOR MEETS VIETNAM'S TAY NINH PROVINCIAL SECRETARY
Yuan Zhongxue, director of National Engineering Research Center for Rubber and Tire (NERCRAT) and honorary Chairman of Sailun Group, led a delegation to visit Nguyen Thanh Tam, secretary of Party Committee of Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province and Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Chair of Tay Ninh province’s People’s Committee, at Tay Ninh on May 9. Accompanying Yuan were Sailun Group Chair Jane Liu, President Xie Xiaohong and Deputy General Manager of Vietnam factory Cao Guoqiang.
During the visit, Yuan said the support of the Tay Ninh provincial government allowed Sailun’s Vietnam factory to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in compliance with the government’s “three localities” strategy to protect the safety of the company’s Chinese and Vietnamese employees, as well as achieve rapid increase in production capacity. As one of the world’s largest rubber tire factories, Sailun’s Vietnam manufacturing facility produces a wide range of highly acclaimed tires. Thousands of Vietnamese employees have taken up key positions after over 10 years of development. Sailun’s Vietnam facility will continue to upgrade its technology and equipment to build a smarter, more advanced and eco-friendlier factory.
Welcoming Yuan and his delegation, Nguyen Thanh Tam expressed his gratitude to Sailun Group for investing and building its factory, as well as his satisfaction with the factory’s rapid growth. He added that Sailun has made significant contributions in offering employment opportunities to locals, promoting economic development and fulfilling its social responsibility in Vietnam. Expressing Tay Ninh provincial government’s support towards Sailun’s development, he hoped the company would increase its investments and accelerate improvements to achieve further growth.
The Vietnam factory is Sailun’s first overseas manufacturing plant and represents the company’s first step in its internationalization strategy. Sailun will leverage on the strengths of NERCRAT’s supply chain to accelerate the use of new equipment and technologies in Vietnam's factory, and build a new model of an advanced global tire manufacturing facility.
