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When asked for his opinion on the current situation in terms of pro- duction levels and sales in South East Asia. Bike told us, “Despite an increasing amount of obvious competition, which at the moment has been fuelled by Chinese manufacturers who are trying to work around - growing and prosperous market.
“There are a great deal of quality brands available within the sector, and in my opinion a growing number of end users are beginning to appreci- that will last them much longer as opposed to just going for the cheapest win the battle when it comes to value for money tyres.
“Of course, there will always be a need for drivers to periodically re- place their worn tyres, so a competitively priced market in South East Asia has to be maintained. At the same time, innovative technical de- velopments in tyre production will continue to evolve with autonomous future mobility. Therefore, the tyre market as a whole will need to react and advance at the same level of innovation, and at Vee Rubber we have the ability and vision to keep pace with these exciting develop- ments in our industry.”
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