Shanghai Tyre & Rubber Co., Ltd was restructed form the group enterprise established on June.16th,1990, comprising Shanghai Ta Chung Hua Rubber Factory and Shanghai Tsen Tai Rubber Factory. According to the records for 2000 sales turnover, the company became the 26th largest among the 500 industries and enterprises in Shanghai ,ranking 15th largest among the 75strongest major tyre manufacturers in the world. The company boasts a strong technological force with a state-level research and development centre with 150 intermediate and advanced technical staff and engineers engaged in the research and development work. The Double Coin heavy-duty radial tyre factory with state-of-the-art technology and fairly large scale have been established in the early 1990's in the Min Hang development zone. The output of all-steel radial truck tyres reached 1.3 million units per year .