‘World’s biggest tire plant’ planned for Saudi Arabia

Helsinki –  Black Donuts Engineering (BDE) of Tampere, Finland is involved in a project in Saudi Arabia that is likely to become one of the world's biggest tire plants.

Kai Hauvala, president & CEO of the tire and tire-plant engineering firm declined to give details of the client or exact location but did provide some figures to indicate the scale of the proposed facility.

“They are talking about 12-15 million PCRs and maybe… in steps something like 6 million TBR tires,” Hauvala said at a recent BDE press conference near Helsinki.

Asked about the status of the Saudi project, Hauvala said that the feasibility study had been done and “the pre-design phases are waiting for financing.”