AKP Phnom Penh, February 18, 2025 --

A tire manufacturer, Double Star, buys from 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes of local rubber annually to supply its tire production chain at its factory in Cambodia's Kratie province.

The figures were reported by Double Star's management when receiving a group of over 50 journalists recently.

The journalists, from over 20 institutions, led by Mr. Puy Kea, President of the Club of Cambodian Journalists, visited the tire production factory at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Snoul district, Kratie province.

Double Star is a large tire manufacturer in China, and it invested US$200 million to establish a tire production factory in the northeastern province.

The factory provides over 1,700 jobs for the locals and produces tires for exports to the United States of America, the European Union, and other countries.

Article in Khmer by Chan Sophoeun
Article in English by Lim Nary