Nama adding Thailand site for expanded product range

QINGDAO, China — Qingdao Nama Industrial Co. Ltd. is adding a fourth production site/partner in Southeast Asia for the Nama-brand passenger and light truck tire product range it’s selling in the U.S.

The Qingdao-based contract manufacturer is adding production in Thailand, but declined to identify the company it’s partnering with for the expanded product range, which the firm expects to have available before year-end.

The expanded range eventually will encompass 150 SKUs in high-performance passenger and a range of light truck/SUV tires in all-terrain, rugged-terrain and highway-terrain styles, Qingdao Nama said.

The Qingdao-based company already works with tire makers in Thailand and Vietnam for the production of the lines sold in the U.S.

Regarding the pending increase in U.S. import duties on consumer tires from Thailand and Vietnam, the company, through its Nama Tires Inc….