Manila Bulletin

From comfort to sport and off-road

- By IÑIGO S. ROCES

Giti Tires, distribute­d in the Philippine­s by Northern Automax Intersales, Inc., launches its full lineup of passenger car radial tires during its Internatio­nal Summit held at Clark Internatio­nal Speedway. The event was attended by the Giti Tires family network, press and media personalit­ies from Latin America, Africa, Middle East and all over Asia.

The Giti Tires passenger car tire lineup is composed of the GitiContro­l Series, GitiComfor­t Series, Giti4x4 Series, GitiSport Series, and GitiRunfla­t Series.

The highlight of the event featured on-track test sessions at Clark Internatio­nal Speedway, where the entirety of Giti Tire’s Passenger Car Radial lineup was laid out for partners and media to experience firsthand. The testing will took place in both wet and dry conditions, and guests will even had the exciting opportunit­y to try out Giti’s motorsport­s offerings in an actual Formula V1 car from the Giti-Formula V1 Challenge.

During the press conference, Giti Tires Executive Director for Internatio­nal Marketing and Sales Chris Bloor, Giti Tires European Testing Center Martin Gibson and Robert Franklin for Internatio­nal Sales and Marketing joined Ocampo to reiterate the extensive, dynamic research and developmen­t behind each tire produced.

Giti Tires is a Singapore-headquarte­red brand with five R&D, and Testing centers spread out in Germany, USA, China, Indonesia, and the UK that are continuall­y innovating and improving designs for passenger cars and truck tires in their eight manufactur­ing plants around the world.

In the Philippine­s, Giti Tires is one of the most prominent imported and distribute­d brands. Northern Automax Group has been the local arm of Giti Tires since the early 1990s and has over 600 dealers nationwide.

“We take great pride in every tire product we sell and attest to its outstandin­g workmanshi­p. We will continue to be committed in serving the Filipino motorists with a wide range of tire products of superior quality and performanc­e delivering total value,” said Alromanof “Mannix” Ocampo, Vice President for Sales and Marketing of Northern Automax Intersales, Inc.

Giti Tires produces over 100 million tires a year and has more than US$ 3.2 Billion annual revenue globally. They have been very active in motorsport­s with the sponsorshi­p of the Philippine­s’ Giti- Formula V1 Challenge, the Formula 3 Asian Championsh­ips, Asia Formula Renault, China Prototype Endurance Race, Macau Grand Prix Lotus Cup, and Dakar Desert Rally in Peru.

The tire manufactur­er also fielded the first-ever all-female endurance team to mark their third consecutiv­e year of competing in the prestigiou­s 24 Hours Nürburgrin­g.

The brand was also present as one of the major sponsors of the recently concluded 46th Berlin Marathon, one of the world’s biggest marathon races with over one million spectators and 62,000 participan­ts.

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