Featured Trade Show
Official or authoritative source verified·Last updated 2026-09-14
Trade Show Details
A tire distributor and a tire-service operator arrive at CTF Qingdao with different shopping lists. The exhibition covers tires, casings and inner tubes, wheels and rims, repair equipment, and the materials and machinery used in tire production and retreading. For an importer, the first task is to define the vehicle applications, sizes and product range, then establish whether each contact manufactures the goods or supplies them through a trading business. Workshop and production purchases need a separate discussion about the operations a machine performs, supporting tools and replacement parts. This focused tire-and-wheel offer complements the wider polymer-processing programme of the concurrent AP-RubberPlas; a shared venue does not make the two sourcing briefs identical.
The organiser dates the series to 2004. Its Qingdao setting connects the event with Shandong’s tire-manufacturing base, adding a regional supplier perspective to the product comparisons.
Buyer-first analysis for choosing the right show and understanding this edition in greater depth.
Tire buying and rubber technology
Plan CTF tire and wheel meetings, then add AP-RubberPlas for a defined materials, retreading or production project at the same Qingdao venue.
Read ArticleUse the official product scope and buyer-facing topics to decide whether the event belongs in your sourcing plan.
Tires, casings and inner tubes form the finished-product offer. Start with the required sizes and vehicle uses, then compare the supplier’s product range, manufacturing role and supporting documentation. A sample or catalogue alone does not establish approval for your destination market.
Wheels, rims and tire accessories support a different specification check from the tire itself. Make vehicle fitment and dimensions explicit, and distinguish the supply of a finished wheel from machinery or materials for producing it before comparing quotations.
Repair equipment sits alongside tire-production and retreading machinery, materials and tools. Define whether the project concerns workshop service or manufacturing, then clarify each machine’s job, required accessories and parts support rather than treating every equipment supplier as a complete-line provider.
7977 Binhai Avenue, Huangdao District, Qingdao, China
Published indoor exhibition area
Entered operation in August 2018
Xentra planning estimate; range inferred from published early operating programmes and current public schedules; not an operator-published annual total
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Only additions with a defensible business, timing or location fit are included.
AP-RubberPlas: a focused visit to the rubber programme
8–11 July 2027 · same Qingdao World Expo City venue. CTF is part of the wider programme; confirm 2027 badge access and the final hall map.
Why It Adds Value
Add machinery, materials or testing meetings for a defined retreading or production project. Finished-tire buyers without those requirements can keep their time focused on CTF suppliers.
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