Internet of Things (IoT) would be fully installed at the new Toyo plant in Serbia, which would operate as a sophisticated smart factory.
Toyo Tire to Build First European Plant
Toyo Tire Corporation announced that it would build a factory in Indijia City, Serbia and was investing 390 million euro in the first phase of the project.
The company planned to begin construction of the production plant in Serbia in May 2020, and initiate tyre manufacturing operations in January 2022, with capacity projected to reach five million tyres per year by the summer of 2023.
“Internet of Things (IoT) would be fully installed at this plant, which would operate as a sophisticated smart factory. Toyo would take on the challenge for a new level of competitive manufacturing, while achieving high quality at low cost and plan to supply differentiated and highly added value products for luxury passenger vehicles and light trucks within and outside the European market,” Toyo Tires says.
Toyo Tire is supplying tyres for the European and Russian markets from factories in Japan and Malaysia. As of 2022, the new manufacturing base in Serbia would take on a key role in this regard.
In September 2019, Toyo Tire would establish a Serbian subsidiary, based in Belgrade, with a capital of 160 million euro, which would be active in the manufacturing and sales of radial tyres for passenger vehicles and light trucks, the Japanese investor said.
Toyo Tire says it intends to continuously strengthen its business platform by producing highly added value products with timely supply to the global market. It is in such a connection that Toyo Tire announced within the ‘2017 mid-term plan’ to consider a new manufacturing platform with a focus on sustainable growth in 2020 and onwards.
东洋轮胎塞尔维亚建厂
东洋轮胎将于塞尔维亚的Indijia 城建立新工厂，该项目的首阶段投资达3亿9000万欧元。
根据规划，新工厂将于2020年5月破土动工，2022年1月投产，并预期可在2023年夏天实现每年生产5百万条轮胎的产能。
“这家新厂将完全安装上物联网（IoT）成为一个精密的智能工厂。东洋将接受新的制造业竞争水平，实现高品质低成本的制造，并且为欧洲以内和以外的豪华轿车和轻卡市场供应差异化和高附加值的产品。”东洋轮胎表示。
目前，东洋轮胎通过日本和马来西亚的工厂，为欧洲和俄罗斯市场提供轮胎。到了2022年，将改由塞尔维亚工厂供货。
东洋轮胎将于2019年9月在塞尔维亚的贝尔格莱德成立子公司，注册资本为1.6亿欧元，制造和销售轿车和轻卡子午胎。
东洋轮胎说，它计划透过生产高附加值的产品和及时供应全球市场，继续巩固其业务平台。这正是东洋轮胎在其2017年中短期计划中考虑建立一个新制造平台，聚焦于2020年及以后的可持续增长的原因。
