Sri Lanka has been able to become a significant player among global rubber exporters with rubber being a key agriculture product and economic export crop. Identifying the business potential in this lucrative industry, LAUGFS Holdings diversified into the rubber industry in 2008 through the establishment of LAUGFS Corporation (Rubber) Ltd., which is specialized in manufacturing industrial solid tires. The Minister toured the LAUGFS Rubber factory in Horana; and obtained a detailed overview of the manufacturing facility.

With the core pillars of cutting edge technology, sustainable processes and strong ethics, LAUGFS Rubber currently operates one of the most modern and eco-friendly manufacturing plants in the country. The plant in Horana produces a full spectrum of industrial tires including industrial solid tyres which are used for material handling, construction, mining and support equipment for a multitude of industrial operations. 

Bolstering these capacities are LAUGFS Rubber’s highly skilled workforce and heavy focus on research and development, including its fully fledged tire and accessory design facility. In January of 2020 LAUGFS (Corporation) Rubber, unveiled the latest addition to its product portfolio with the Super Solid Loader Grip Tire, the largest tyre manufactured in Sri Lanka.

LAUGFS Rubber concentrates on maintaining sustainable eco-friendly operations, its facility is outfitted with several environmentally friendly technologies including solar panels for electricity generation, an effluent treatment plant for recycling factory waste and rainwater collection to be used in the manufacturing process. 

With a strong commitment to quality and environmentally sound manufacturing practices, LAUGFS Rubber has received the ISO 9001-2015 certification for policy management, ISO 50001-2011 certification for energy management and ISO 14001-2015 for environment management and utilizes globally recognised Total Quality Management (TQM) processes to produce Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) compliant solid tires of international standards. LAUGFS Rubber tires are exported to over 36 countries across 6 continents including the United States and Europe and the organization maintains overseas distributions offices in Illinois, USA and Florijnweg, Netherlands. 

LAUGFS Corporation (Rubber) Ltd. is planning to construct the second line of production, by adding a new solid tire plant, which would expand the factory capacity and double its current output. This project is estimated to be completed in two years. In addition to that an industrial pneumatic tire plant is in the pipelines. The company has already taken steps to expand its distribution network by appointing three new distributors in France, UAE and the West Coast of the USA.

LAUGFS Holdings is one of the largest diversified business conglomerates and a trusted and well-loved home-grown business in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1995, LAUGFS today has expanded across 20 industries in Sri Lanka and overseas, establishing a strong presence as a leader and pioneer in the power and energy, retail, industrial, services, leisure and logistics sectors. With 3,500 employees and an annual turnover exceeding Rs. 60 billion, LAUGFS continues to expand and empower millions as a trusted Sri Lankan brand.

20.5 – 25 is designed for extreme applications in the scrap yards, glassworks, dumping sites, wastes sites, and loading fields. It has high loading capability as required for loader trucks and other industrials applications and is resistant to cuts, chunking and chipping on hard off the road terrains.

With self- cleaning wide lug tread pattern and aperture sidewalls, it provides excellent traction and grip with long wear life and makes it ideal for loader/grader applications. The robust design complemented by superior compounds and construction offers outstanding performance with Zero maintenance.

It is available in Smooth tread too for specific applications. And also available with the wheel as an assembly.

LAUGFS Rubber is planning to launch its new pneumatic range of tires for forklifts and skid steer before end of 2019. The pneumatic tire market opens a very large opportunity for LAUGFS Rubber which the company will be vigorously pursuing in the coming years. LAUGFS Rubber is entering into the pneumatic market purely from the demand perspective to serve its customer base to the maximum extent.

Initially, Company is planning to introduce all major sizes for industrial – forklift and construction – skid steer applications. Addition of pneumatic range to LAUGFS’s product portfolio will add synergy to its product offerings and add more value to its product strength, leading to improved customer satisfaction.

During the past four years, market size maintained an average annual growth rate of 1.56% for pneumatic tires for industrial applications. Industry analysts believe that in the next few years, the market size will be further expanded for industrial pneumatic tire applications. The market size of the pneumatic tires for industrial applications will reach 1350 million in 2021 with the rising production of industrial equipment.

LAUGFS Super Solid tires are designed for tough on the road and off the road construction machinery and vehicles. It is designed with extra deep directional tread and deep lugs to provide traction and durability. The wide-tread pattern and extra thick sidewall prevent tire distortion while cornering. Its self-cleaning design keeps the tire clean of mud and dirt and makes the machine more energy efficient.

Available Sizes

1. 00 – 24  8.5”
2. 00 – 24  8.5”
3. 00 – 25  11.25”
4. 5  – 25  14.00”
5. 5 –  25  17.00”

LAUGFS CURED ON tires are made in lug design – XT pattern and also in premium ULTIMA pattern. And also available in smooth tread and ribbed pattern with excellent rolling behavior and fuel/energy saving, with minimum wear. LAUGFS Cured On tires come with mainly five sizes as below.

 Available sizes

1. 15 x 5 ULTIMA Tread Pattern/ XT Tread Pattern
2. 16 x 5 Ribbed Tread Pattern
3. 12 x 4 Smooth-Tread Pattern
4. 12 x 4.5 XT Tread Pattern
5. 10 x 3 Ribbed Tread Pattern

ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals come to find their supply chain WOW – that trend or technology that will take their supply chain to the next level of success. LAUGFS RUBBER will showcase its Material Handling Specialty Tires at ProMAT. Come and visit us at Booth S2781.

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