Grupo Sailun Latin America

Our History

2019

  • March
    Broke ground for the Vietnam ACTR Project.

  • June
    Sailun Off-Road Team win the Golden Helmet Award and Manufacturers Cup Championship at the 2019 Taklimakan Rally.

  • July
    Donated 20 million CNY to the Qingdao University of Science and Technology to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the university’s founding.

  • July
    Participated in the international Silk Road Rally for the first time and won three first place titles.

  • July
    Sailun becomes Global Tire Partner of Valencia Club de Futbol (VCF)

  • August
    Placed 386th in the list of “Asia’s Top 500 Brands”.

  • October
    Sailun Drift Team named singles, drift-chase, and Manufacturers Cup Champions at the 2019 DCGP.
    Sailun establishes its Shanghai subsidiary.

  • November
    Cornerstone-laying ceremony for the East China (Dongying) Intelligent Connected Vehicle Test Field.
    The Sailun and Cooper jointly established ACTR Tire Company officially begins production.

  • November
    As Transportation Partner, Sailun celebrates five-year partnership with World Child Cancer (WCC) charity by donating another 50,000 Euros.
    Sailun Tire places 6th in the International Drifting Cup, marking the best results for a Made in China tires ever.

2018

  • August
    Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with FAW to create the East China Intelligent Connected Vehicle Test Field.
  • October
    Recognized as an “Industrial Internet Pilot Demonstration Project” enterprise by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
  • November
    Sailun Drift Team wins the D1GP Annual Championship in both singles and drift-chase competitions.
  • December
    Awarded “Service Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprise”, “Industrial Internet Pilot Demonstration Project Enterprise” and “IoT Integrated Innovation and Integration Application Project Enterprise”, and “National Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Giant OTR Tires and New Material Application” awards by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

2017

  • January
    The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology awards Sailun with the integrated management system certificate for IT application and industrialization.
  • April
    Passed Geely Commercial Vehicle’s supplier system review.
  • May
    Sailun Off-Road Team wins the T2 Category Championship, Manufacturer’s Cup Championship, and Team Championship in their third attendance of the Taklimakan Rally.
  • June
    Ranked among “China's 500 Most Valuable Brands” by the World Brand Lab's 2017 "world-class" brands ranking.
  • July
    Signed an innovation fund and talent training cooperation agreement with the School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology.
  • September
    Named supplier of Sany Heavy Industry.
  • October
    Awarded with both the “National Quality Leading Tire Enterprise” and “National Trusted Quality Products” awards.
  • December
    Named supplier of SAIC Maxus. December Won the bid to become tire supplier for the Qingdao Public Transportation Group.

2016

  • January
    Became one of Qingdao's first Internet Industry “Three-Five” demonstration base.
  • March
    Rated as one of the top 10 multinational companies in Qingdao.
  • June
    The Sailun Off-Road Team win new awards in their second debut at the Taklimakan Rally.

2015

  • April
    Signed a strategic cooperation with JD Mall on the theme of "Creating Trends—Connected Life".
  • July
    Sailun and Zhengzhou Nissan win Taklimakan Rally championship in T2 category.
  • August
    OTR tire factory is established.

2014

  • January
    Acquire controlling stake of Jinyu Industrial.
  • March
    Sailun Group Co., Ltd. was formed.

2013

  • August
    Phase 1 of Sailun Vietnam production line is completed and the first tire rolls off the production line.

2012

  • April
    Construction starts for the Sailun Vietnam Tire Production Base.
  • August
    Acquisition of Shenyang Heping Tire as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

2011

  • June
    Sailun Group was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
  • August
    Began building the National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Tire Equipment and Key Materials.

2009

  • April
    Sailun named the National Rubber and Tire Engineering Technology Research Center scientific research demonstration base.
  • September
    The first GOTR tire was successfully produced.

2008

  • August
    The retread production line is put into operation.

2007

December
The shareholding system reform was completed.

2006

November
The first OTR tire was successfully produced.

2003

  • December
    The first tire came off the production line.

2002

  • November
    Sailun Group is established.