Native name | 建大工業股份有限公司 |
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Industry |
tire bicycle tire motorcycle tire |
Founded | 1962Yuanlin | in
Headquarters | Yuanlin, Changhua County, Taiwan |
Products | Tires for bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, trailers, automobiles, and industrial equipment |
Website | www.kendatire.com |
Kenda Tires (Kenda Rubber Industrial Company) ( Chinese: 建大工業股份有限公司; pinyin: Jiàndà Gōngyè Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a manufacturer of pneumatic tires in Taiwan since 1962 with manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. They make tires for bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, trailers, automobiles, and industrial equipment. [1] [2]
Kenda was the 27th largest tire maker in the world in 2010. In 2011, Kenda decided to sell the 50-percent share that it has in the $200 million joint venture that it started with Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in China in 2003. [3]
Kenda is a sponsor of the Giant Asia Racing Team, a UCI Continental cycling team, and a national sponsor to National Multiple Sclerosis Society's MS 150. [4]