It is reported that Qingdao Doublestar Industrial Co Ltd is opening its first North American distribution centre in Memphis.

The Chinese company will warehouse and distribute Doublestar brand medium-sized steel radial heavy-duty truck tires from the Del-Nat Tire Corp facilities in South Memphis.

A partnership agreement between the two companies was announced this morning in Memphis by Mr Bing Liangguang vice general manager of Doublestar Group Inc and general manager of Doublestar Tire Inc and Mr Jim Mayfield president of Del-Nat Tire.

Mayfield said in a statement that “The tire business is truly an international industry with products sourced, produced and distributed by companies from around the world to locations around the world.”

He said that “We are pleased that Del-Nat and our headquarters city of Memphis have been selected for the North American hub by this major international company.”

Officials indicated that additional opportunities in private label tire production and distribution between the two organizations are possible in the future.

Mayfield said “We hope this warehousing and logistics partnership with Doublestar is just the beginning of a growing business relationship for products and services. We also hope this presents an opportunity for Memphis to establish itself within this major global production company for additional product distribution opportunities.”

China is a leading supplier of tires distributed by Del-Nat.

(Sourced from www.commercialappeal.com)