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Giti Tire opens European and US technical centres

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Giti Tire has opened two new technical centres – one in Europe and North America, with Stefan Fischer R&D director of the German-based operation.
According to Fischer, the move marks a significant development with Giti's R&D capabilities, with both sites due to work with existing facilities in China, Indonesia and the UK – the latter at MIRA. Based in Hannover, Germany, the new site will employ tyre designers, compounders, chemists and physicists. It will work across the portfolio of Giti's brands, which encompass passenger car, 4x4, van, light truck, heavy truck and bus tyres. "The new facility will have a strong focus on customer requirements, especially OE, where no target is unachievable," states Fischer. Meanwhile, Giti Tire's North American technical centre will be in Akron, Ohio, under the leadership of new R&D director Hamid Aboutorabi, a 23-year veteran in the tyre industry.

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