The Tyre General Gisborne – Nexen
Phone: +64 6 867 1229
Tyres Brands: Nexen, Michelin
Address: Childers Road, Gisborne.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–13:00, Sunday: Close.
Nexen Tyres Models
The Tyre General Gisborne
Tyre General is a 100% New Zealand company. Today it has 14 branches throughout the South Island. If you have a tyre puncture, or your tyres are wearing excessively due to your vehicle being out of alignment, or you have failed at the W.O.F., or you simply need to change your tyres; fortunately, the Tyres General staff can advise you correctly on everything related to tyres for your vehicles.
The company prides itself on offering a wide range of top brand tire brands suitable for Kiwi roads. The company also specializes in the maintenance of commercial tyres for truck fleets and agricultural equipment. It has a modern fleet of mobile service vehicles that provide urgent roadside assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tire General is also a proud supplier of Vipal brand retreads. Vipal’s innovative new retreading designs help them offer customers the lowest tire operating cost per kilometre while also helping the environment.
Tires General is also a company that actively participates in the agricultural industry; some of the brands they offer are Alliance, BKT, Michelin and Vredestein, among others. Proud Ruralco and Farmlands supply partners ensure the best available prices tailored to your budget.
Nexen History
Nexen Tires was created in 1942, the Nexen Tire Corporation has over 70 years of tradition as a leader in the tire industry. Originally founded as Heung-A Tire, Nexen was recognized as the first Korean tire company to start producing automobile tires in 1956. The company subsequently expanded its technology through an alliance with a Japanese manufacturer. called OHTSU Tire & Rubber.
After 77 years of experience in the tire industry, with the founding of Heung-A Tire Industry in 1942, Nexen Tire (its name since 2000) currently has four factories (two in Korea, one in China and one in China). the most recent opened in the Czech Republic) and four R&D centres, in Seoul (Korea), Kelkheim (Germany), Ohio (United States) and Quindao (China), plus “The Nexen university”, its central institute Research, based in the Korean capital, opened in April 2019.
Nexen Tire’s commercial activity is channelled through seven companies and 16 delegations throughout the world. The set goal is to achieve annual sales of close to 5,000 million dollars in 2025, which would mean multiplying its turnover by four in 2018. For this, its production capacity will be increased, from 43 million tires to 52 million in 2023.
In designing its strategy for the next few years, the European market is of vital importance for Nexen Tire. Hence the construction of its state-of-the-art factory in Zatec (Czech Republic) to produce a range that includes covers for passenger cars, SUVs and vans. With its strengthened manufacturing capacity, Nexen Tire’s objective is to continue to bring advanced technology products to the market, which will also help increase its market share in vehicle manufacturers’ first equipment.
The current product offering of the Korean brand includes the N’Fera Sport models (UHP segment), whose series will expand in 2020 with its SUV version, N’Fera Primus, N’Blue HD Plus and its all-season tire, the N’ Blue 4Season. Also, the Winguard Snow G3 and Winguard Sport 2 range, both winter covers, and the Roadian CT8, specific for vans.
Gisborne, located in the northwest corner of the North Island of New Zealand, is characterized as the first city in the world to see the sun. Known for its agriculture and for the production of wine that is valuable for its economy, it has an enviable coastline. In these mountainous parks, surfing and fishing are practised. In the centre of the city, Whataupoko is the headquarters of the District Council.
Ancient traditions haunt and are evident in many parts of the city such as Kaiti Beach, where Captain Cook first arrived in New Zealand. Its history tells that Titirangi was the arrival point of the migratory waka (canoes) that brought the first Maori to the area, Horouta.