Iranian tire manufacturers have produced 10.5 million tires in the first three months of the current Iranian year registering a 27 percent increase compared to the similar period last year, a report shows.
The report by IRNA news agency said that the amount also included 5.1 million passenger car tires with a 27 percent surge in production year-on-year.
It further said that increased production in the passenger car section was more visible when the sheer weight of the output is taken into account, meaning that tire manufacturers had boosted their output for tires used by SUV cars and crossovers.
An industry source said that major tire companies and auto manufacturers had collaborated successfully through research and development programs to increase production for tires compatible with SUVs and crossovers amid a surge in popularity for those cars in Iran in recent years.
“That comes as in the past we had no option but to rely on foreign assistance to change the tires (production) generation,” said Mostafa Tanha, a spokesman of the Iranian Tire Syndicate.
Tanha said that output for passenger car tires in Iran had reached 36,512 metric tons, an increase of 30 percent year-on-year.
He added that total tire output, including tires produced for heavy trucks, buses and agricultural machinery, had increased by 24 percent in volume terms to reach 67,734 tons in the first quarter of the calendar year.