Wanli progresses €280m Malaysia tire plant project

Guangzhou, China – Wanli Tire has moved forward with its planned tire production base in Malaysia, selecting a preferred bidder for engineering design and drawing-conversion services.

In a 28 Aug announcement, Wanli said tender evaluation for its “Malaysia high-performance green rubber tire production base construction project” had been completed.

Qingdao Xiangjian Industrial Engineering Co., working with Malaysian engineering consultancy Petareka Perunding (M) Sdn Bhd, was named first preferred bidder for the contract.

The consortium submitted a bid of Yuan7.65 million (€910,000), compared with Yuan7.88 million from second-ranked Bluestar Engineering and Malaysian partner Unified EC Projects.

The contract covers engineering design and drawing-conversion services for the Malaysian production-base project, with the successful bidder required to meet the schedule specified in the tender documents.

Wanli did not provide further details on the plant's investment, capacity or construction timetable in the announcement.

In July, Wanli and Malaysia's Berjaya Group agreed to invest around $320 million (€279 million) in a new high-performance tire manufacturing plant in Malaysia.

The agreement will see Wanli and Berjaya will jointly develop the project in Bukit Tagar, Selangor.

The project will occupy 67.9 acres and is designed to produce 1.2 million truck and bus radial (TBR) tires and 5 million passenger car radial (PCR) tires per year. (ERJ report)