original equipment


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original equipment

a PART or COMPONENT (e.g. a tyre) incorporated into a final product (e.g. a car) at the time of its initial manufacture or assembly At a later date ‘replacement parts’ may be required to replace the original parts as a result of wear and tear, malfunction or damage.
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I saw that the body of my dead antagonist had been stripped, and I read in the menacing yet respectful attitude of the warrior who had brought me these trophies of the kill the same demeanor as that evinced by the other who had brought me my original equipment, and now for the first time I realized that my blow, on the occasion of my first battle in the audience chamber had resulted in the death of my adversary.
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* Original equipment passenger tires: For 2008, this market is projected to decrease by approximately 4%, or 2.2 million units, to nearly 44 million units.
RMA predicts no growth for tire shipments
* Original equipment passenger tires: This market is projected to decrease in 2007 by approximately 2% to 47.3 million units compared to 2006, as a result of a decrease in domestic light vehicle sales and production.
Little growth predicted for 2007 tire shipments
The original equipment passenger tires market is projected to decrease by more than 8%, or 4.6 million units, to approximately 48 million units in 2006 as a result of a decrease in domestic light vehicle sales and subsequent decreases in domestic light vehicle production.
Tire shipments forecasted to decline in 2006
The original equipment passenger tire market is projected to decrease by more than 2% to approximately 51 million units in 2006 as a result of a decrease in domestic light vehicle sales and subsequent decreases in domestic light vehicle production.
Tire shipments to decrease in '06
The combined original equipment (OE) and replacement shipments for 2006 auto and truck categories are anticipated to increase by 3.8 million units to nearly 325 million units compared to 320.8 million total shipments in 2005.
Slight tire growth predicted
Similarly, tire shipments for the combined original equipment (OE) and replacement consumer and commercial sectors are expected to increase by 2.2 percent compared to 2004 as a result of continued steady economic growth.
Passenger replacement shipments set 2005 record
Auto Business News-August 13, 2019--Hankook Tire to provide original equipment tyres for all-new 2020 Ford Explorer
Hankook Tire to provide original equipment tyres for all-new 2020 Ford Explorer

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