Europe is under process for labeling its tyres from November 1 and India will have no other option to join the race to lead us all to a better and greener future. Mr Christoph Kalla, Vice-President, Marketing (BU Performance Butadiene Rubbers) of Lanxess, told Business Line that India should enable the tyre labeling especially when [...]
JK Tyre to increase tyre price by up to 2 percent
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
JK Tyre has plans to increase its tyre prices by about 1-2 percent in the month of June 2012. This is due to high input cost along with a weak rupee. The company claims that they haven’t increased the prices of its products even the competitor’s increase but there is an impact of the rupee [...]
Bridgestone inaugurates Select concept store in Vijayawada
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bridgestone is in very aggressive plan that is has already setting up a new facility at Chakan for manufacturing radical tyres. At the moment, the tyre and rubber manufacturer has recently expanded its presence in Andhra Pradesh by opening its exclusive “Select” showroom in Vijayawada. The Select store which enables the customers to have a [...]
Bridgestone investing in new facility to develop radial tyres at Chakan
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bridgestone India is planning to commission its new Greenfield plant at Chakan in Maharashtra by early 2013 which helps the company to increase the market share in India. Bridgestone is investing Rs 2600 Crore in the new facility that will help them to develop radial tyres for use in passenger cars, trucks and buses. The [...]
Apollo Super Zone Outlet Opened in Dubai
April 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Apollo Tyres, a leading Indian tyre brand has recently launched its first premier branded retail showroom, the Apollo Super Zone in Dubai. The showroom in designed in such a way that customer to get an enhanced retail experience and a better feel for the brand and its production which is located in Al Qiyada, near [...]
Dunlop Unit at Shahgunj to absorb laborers in three phases
April 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dunlop India management has recently placed a proposal during the tripartite meeting between the West Bengal government, trade union representatives and the Dunlop India management to reopen its Shahgunj unit at Hooghly in a phased manner. The re-opening of the said unit will enable the company to absorb laborers in three phases. During the first [...]
Vredestein Premium Tyre Brand for India
March 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
Apollo Tyres gracing to launch the premium tyres Vredestein brand in India by Mid-2012. Vredestein tyres will cater to the high-performance vehicle segment. The company studies the demands of the Indian market under the premium segment and concluded to launch the premium tyre brand in India. The company study portraits that India’s low-level and heavy [...]
Michelin Launches Energy XM2 Tyres in India
March 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Michelin India has launched its new range of tyre christened as Energy XM2 tyre. The company claims that the Energy XM2 tyre will improve safety and mileage the vehicle. The rim sizes are available from 12″ to 15″ that replaces the existing XM1 tyre. The new tyre from Michelin which will return an 28% more [...]
Apollo Tyres Thirsty for Investment
March 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Apollo Tyres is all set to hit the investment button and throw down €400 million (over Rs 2,500 crore) to set up shop in in East Europe and Brazil. The Indian tyre manufacturer is globally recognized. Just a few days back they had launched the Apollo Aspire 4G performance tyres at the Geneva Motor Show. [...]
JK Tyres bags Daimler India’s Bharat Benz order
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
JK Tyre and Industries Ltd have recently bagged the orders from Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd to supply tyres for its Bharat Benz trucks in India. The company hasn’t released any details on the order volume and whether JK Tyre is the sole tyre vendor for Daimler India’s truck to be branded as Bharat [...]
