A domestic knowledge-based company has produced tire drums that ensure tire safety and balance, which also determines the final product’s quality, more efficiently than its foreign counterparts.
Novin Fanavaran Neda Company’s tire drum is also more economical than its foreign counterparts.
Tire drum gives shape to tires before they undergo production.
“Tire balance is one of the important issues considered in the manufacturing process to ensure a tire’s longer life and better safety,” Amir Saeed Sanatkar, CEO of the company, was quoted as saying by the news portal of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology.
“The process of producing tires for modern cars is much more complicated than that of older cars,” he added.
There are threads on each tire that tolerate tension on the tire’s surface and prevents the premature wear and tear of a tire that occurs over the course of its use.
Tire drum made by Novin Fanavaran Neda also assists a car’s acceleration more than other models.
Measurement, peeling and all processes are handled before its final production and there is no mechanical involvement of the operator, which ensures the product’s high precision.
“The European model of a tire drum costs about €750,000 and the Chinese model costs about $380,000, but the Iranian tire drum costs only $180,000 and is quite economical,” he said.
The use of the domestic tire drum machinery can earn up to $200,000 per machine, after including the charges for after-sales service and product support.
Sanatkar said exports can definitely help tackle the problems of knowledge-based companies, if facilities are provided to these companies in this regard.
No Increase in Tire Prices
The Organization for Protection of Consumers and Producers has postponed a review of tire prices to the first month of the next fiscal year (starting March 21), according to the head of Tire Industry Association.
"After holding a joint meeting of tire manufacturers with the Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade and explaining the situation in the industry, OPCP opposed an increase in the price of radial tires this year," Hamid Reza Abdolmaleki was also quoted as saying by Donya-e-Khodro.
After the meeting of two organizations, Deputy Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Abbas Tabesh set April 3 as the deadline for submitting tire manufacturers' documents for an OPCP review.
The decision follows a proposal by car tire companies in the eighth fiscal month (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) to raise the prices of light and heavy vehicle tires.
The proposal, which ultimately followed the organization’s approval of a 25% increase in the price of bias heavy-duty tires, opposed the rise in the price of passenger car tires.
According to Abdolmaleki, tire companies must submit their final purchase invoices before the end of the current Iranian year to the organization.
As a result, the case of increasing the prices of radial passenger car tires is closed in the current fiscal year (ending March 20).
Some experts suggest that tire production may be reduced by manufacturers in retaliation while there has been talk of revoking the tire export permit of manufacturers, if the domestic market needs are not met.
For this reason, tire production is not expected to decline in the last month of the year, as manufacturers pursue the export of their surplus production.
“The organization will determine the price increase after reviewing the documents of tire companies," the head of Tire Industry Association said.
"With this decision of the government, the price of car tires during the Norouz [Iranian New Year] holidays [starting March 21] will remain unchanged and the profit and loss records of tire manufacturers will be reviewed in the next fiscal year’s first month by the Organization for Protection of Consumers and Producers."
Surveys indicate a shortage of freight and bus radial tires and some passenger car tires during the holidays and the first quarter of the next fiscal year (March 21-June 21).
According to some reports, it is not possible to import light and heavy tires at competitive prices for all vehicles. Therefore, there might be a shortage of certain tires, but all importers cannot have a competitive presence in the market.
Other reports show that the use of foreign currency by tire importers at the same rate allocated to tire manufacturers, while domestic producers complain of suffering losses, can pose a major challenge to national tire production.
This is because tire factories have not succeeded in obtaining the permission to increase prices of their products and are offering tires at a loss.
