'Giti Chongqing plant has been discontinued! '12 May 3, a shocking news spread in the industry.

A series of events this year, the tire industry contact occurs, it is easy to think of: This plant is not also closed down?

Chongqing Jia Tong massive layoffs

It is understood, Chongqing Jia Tong officially shut down time for the November 21, 2015, shutting down the resolution made by the board of directors GITI.

Informed sources told Tire World Net: 'Giti Chongqing plant has been shut down, workers are properly arranged.'

It is reported that Chongqing GITI original factory employs about 1175 people, including 1050 people were laid off. At present the relevant resettlement work was nearing completion, the abolition of all employees have signed a compensation agreement.

The reason for the layoffs, the plant staff presented terminate the labor contract documents, said: Because of the objective economic situation changed significantly, resulting in the labor contract can not perform, Party (Chongqing Jia Tong) is determined to implement economic layoffs and personnel shunt.

However, another source close to the tire World Network said that economic reasons are not the Chongqing Jia Tong discontinued most important reason. The plant because of environmental issues, requested by the government to improve, but because of no agreement, so had to move.

Because pollution Giti be interviewed

For this purpose, the tire GITI World Network call headquarters. Relevant personnel, the company said pollution problems do exist, Chongqing, the local government authorities have interviewed Giti Tire discuss shutting down and relocation.

It is understood, Chongqing Giti Tire Co., Ltd. located in Jiulongpo District of Chongqing, is mainly engaged in the production of all steel radial truck tires, in August 2002 put into production.

As factories nuisance problems related to sewage, Chongqing Jia Tong frequently encountered complaints from residents this year.

Report Jiulongpo District Environmental Protection Bureau on April 28 this year showed, field diagnostics and monitoring and analysis, Chongqing Giti tire factory mixing and curing workshop gas collection is not complete, processing facilities, aging, according to the new emission standards, mixing workshop exhaust gas emissions of non-methane hydrocarbon concentration in excess of the total.

In this regard, the Bureau of Chongqing Giti Tire filing penalties, the whole plant production restrictions.

For Giti, the pollution has apparently become a major problem plagued its development. In addition to the shutdown of the Chongqing factory, the factory Jia Tong Hefei there are similar problems.

July of this year, due to odor emissions curing workshop, nearby residents stand it, Giti tire factory located in Hefei, Anhui also frequently complaints from residents.

To this end, the plant was forced to implement GITI Anhui sulfide odor control engineering workshop and mixing plant gas collection management project.

Dealer prices received notification

According to the tire world network to understand, for good tires, the Chongqing Jia Tong's position is very important, it is one of its five major production bases in China.

Statistics show that, Giti Tire was founded in Singapore, in addition to the construction of factories in the United States, currently at eight tire plants worldwide, including seven in China, located in Hefei, Anhui, Fujian Putian, Yinchuan, Mudanjiang and Chongqing five cities another a factory in Indonesia.

In the year 2015 top 75 global tire, good tires with annual sales of $ 3.474 billion, and ranked No. 11.

'Whether it is forced to relocate or economic situation dictates, Chongqing Jia Tong shutting down has become a reality.' Chongqing, a local source said.

World Network look into the matter of the tire in the process, informed sources said, in fact, Hankook Tire in Chongqing production situation is not very good, also recently reduced yield.

In this regard, a senior industry professionals sigh: 'It seems this year the market situation really bad the original number of ambitious companies have begun to slow down the pace of expansion!'

This year, due to market and financial and other reasons, the world's top 75 tire treasure of Federer, the first tires were declared bankrupt, more multiple small tire companies were forced to shut down.

As before the date of publication, there GITI Tire dealer told World Network said it has received good tires manufacturers price notifications.

Chongqing plant shutdowns influence, perhaps in Giti has begun to appear.