On June 16, 2026, Linglong Tire (601966) responded to investors’ concerns on the investor relations platform.
Some investors said that on the basis of adhering to the passenger car supporting tire market, Linglong Tire has vigorously expanded all-steel tires and off-highway tires, bringing business development back on track. At the same time, Linglong Tire has continued to increase its holdings and buy back, fully demonstrating its determination to maintain the market.
The investor also wants to know about the capacity utilization of factories in Thailand and Serbia in the second quarter of 2026, as well as the company’s progress in exploring the truck and bus tire market and engineering special tires.
Linglong Tire replied that regarding the company’s second quarter operations, please pay attention to the subsequent announcement of main operating data for the second quarter of 2026.
In terms of truck and bus tires, the company achieved great breakthroughs and improvements in the supporting business of Dongfeng, Sinotruk and other OEMs in the first half of this year.
Domestic retail sales are also accelerating product layout in the new energy commercial vehicle market. They have newly launched the tubeless tire series driving wheel center flower products and the inner tube series drive wheel center flower and mineral flower products. In the future, they will continue to expand the product line dedicated to the new energy commercial vehicle market.
This series of measures shows that Linglong Tire is actively adapting to market changes in the field of truck and bus tires and continuously expanding its business territory to meet the needs of different customers.
In terms of engineering machinery tires, the company mainly supplies products to customers such as Lingong, Lonking, Liugong, Shantui, and Sany.
The 63-inch special tires that will roll off the production base in Jilin Linglong in October 2025 have also undergone technical docking and road testing with a number of core partners, and are currently in the key market verification and customer certification stages.
In 2026, special tires will add strategic partners such as Taizhong Group and South Korea’s Doosan Bobcat, and will continue to expand the scale of product supply based on the implementation of strategic cooperation.
This shows Linglong Tire’s technical strength and market expansion capabilities in the field of engineering machinery tires. Through continuous innovation and cooperation, it has further enhanced the competitiveness of its products.
In general, Linglong Tire has shown a good development trend in the first half of 2026.
Important progress has been made in many fields such as truck and bus tires and engineering machinery tires. It has not only made breakthroughs in the traditional OEM supporting business, but also actively deployed in the new energy commercial vehicle market. At the same time, it has also achieved remarkable results in the technology research and development and market expansion of engineering machinery tires.
In the future, with the continuous development of the market and the continuous advancement of the company’s strategy, Linglong Tire is expected to achieve better results in the global market and introduce more high-quality Chinese tire products to the world.
