History: Qingdao Huaxia Rubberbelt Co. Ltd., started to produce sidewall belting in 1998, initially for the Chinese domestic market, and in 2002 SBS made the first contact with them. After testing initial samples of sidewalls and cleats where the results were very encouraging, SBS made first visit to Qingdao to view the production, and this confirmed to everybody that here was a company that already had extensive knowledge in the production of the sidewall belt product. Since that time, SBS have used tens of thousands of metres of sidewalls as well as complete sidewall belts to supplement SBS production in the UK, and SBS have found these
products to be equal with those produced by other leaders in this field.
The conclusion of our continued association with them was the formation of a 50/50 Joint Venture in May 2007 under the name Qingdao Global
Specialised Belting Supplies Co. Ltd, and the main details of this company are as follows -
The company operates from a production area of 4200m2, with a production staff of 57 and 10 in sales/administration/management. With regard to
sidewall and cleat manufacture we have a total of 409 moulds and 13 compression moulding presses. For complete belt assembly, there are 6
production lines all based on hot vulcanising process. Currently, we are producing in Qingdao, 70,000m of sidewalls and 30,000m of complete belt per year. As to our production range, we can produce sidewalls from 40mm to 630mm, cleats from 35mm to 580mm, and complete belts from 300mm to 2400mm, in all major internationally accepted rubber grades.
Our products are sold widely into all European countries, as well as
USA, Australia, India, Africa and S. America, as well as of course in
the Chinese domestic market.