Giti Tire
Company Overview
Giti Tire is a Singapore-headquartered tyre group with roots in Indonesia, and it is a genuinely useful reference for anyone buying technical rubber or tyre-adjacent components out of China. Its origin is Gajah Tunggal, founded as "Fotaixing" in 1951 in Jakarta by members of the Lim family. Renamed PT Gajah Tunggal in 1961, the group entered China in 1993 through a joint venture with the Anhui Tire Factory for bias tyre production, and completed manufacturing facilities in Fujian in 2000 to serve passenger car tyre output.
For a sourcing reference the geography is the interesting part. Giti states that it produces in the USA, Indonesia and China, operating what it calls a "glocal" model — a Global One R&D platform feeding four R&D centres and a tyre testing facility, with localised production. Its China base sits in the Fujian province tyre cluster, which is one of the places to look if you are sourcing rubber compounds, tread stock, bead wire or tyre machinery rather than finished branded tyres.
The group employs more than 32,000 people globally according to its own corporate material, with eight manufacturing facilities and distribution to more than 130 countries. Brand Finance ranked it in the top ten tyre brands worldwide in its 2025 Tyres report, on brand value, brand strength and sustainability value.
Main Products
Giti manufactures passenger car, SUV and 4x4, commercial truck and bus, and specialty vehicle tyres, including an EV-oriented range. It sells under several brands for different markets and price tiers — Giti, GT Radial, Primewell, Runway and Dextero among them — which is worth knowing if you ever meet one of those brands in a tender and wonder who is behind it.
The group also runs a substantial motorsport programme, including endurance racing at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. That is not directly a purchase consideration, but it is the sort of thing that tells you where the compound development budget goes, and it is a reasonable question to ask a Chinese factory that claims motorsport-derived compounds: which series, which tyre, which year.
Certifications and Standards Context
As with any tyre group, the compliance set depends on the market: ECE R30, R54 or R117 for European approval depending on the class, DOT and the plant code for the US, CCC for China domestic sale, and IATF 16949 at plant level for automotive customers. Giti does not publish a consolidated certificate list, so the practical route for a buyer is to request the specific approval document for the specific SKU and check the number in the authority's register.
The sustainability angle is worth noting because it now shows up in tenders: the group publishes a sustainability framework and its brand-strength ranking explicitly includes sustainability value. If a European customer asks a Chinese tyre or rubber supplier about recycled content or rolling resistance class, this is the level of disclosure they are comparing against.
Key Facts
- Founded 1951 in Jakarta as Fotaixing; renamed PT Gajah Tunggal in 1961; headquartered in Singapore.
- More than 32,000 employees globally, eight manufacturing facilities, sales in more than 130 countries.
- Entered China in 1993 with a joint venture with the Anhui Tire Factory; Fujian facilities completed in 2000 for passenger car tyres.
- Manufacturing in the USA, Indonesia and China; four R&D centres plus a tyre testing facility on a shared Global One R&D platform.
- Brands include Giti, GT Radial, Primewell, Runway and Dextero.
- Ranked in the top ten tyre brands worldwide by Brand Finance in its 2025 Tyres report.
- Product scope: passenger car, SUV/4x4, truck and bus, specialty vehicles, plus an EV range.
Contacts and Official Sources
Corporate and product information is published at giti.com, including the regional site selector for China, Europe and the USA. The company background, manufacturing footprint and brand rankings referenced above come from that site and from Giti's published corporate material.
Contact details, distributor arrangements and regional sales offices should be confirmed on the official site — treat anything else, including numbers found in directory listings, as unverified. This profile is compiled from public information as a sourcing reference and is not an offer, an endorsement or a statement of current availability.