India Facility to Boost Alliance Tire Agri, OTR Capacity
Alliance Tire, the Israel based company purchased in July 2007 by former BKT CEO Yogesh Mahansaria and global private equity company Warburg Pincus, has plans to construct a ≤50 million greenfield facility in India.
Tyremakers Get Earthy at Agritechnica
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The Agritechnica exhibition, held in Hanover, Germany between Nov. 13 and 17, provided a platform for European and international tyre manufacturers to display their latest products.
Exhibitors Backing Tyrexpo Africa ’08
(Douglasdale, South Africa/ SA Treads) The second staging of southern Africa’s only dedicated exhibition for the professional tyre and equipment sector is set to make a big impact when it comes to town at the Sandton Convention Centre next March 4-6.
Tyrexpo Asia Continues to Grow Despite Clash of Dates
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The sixth Tyrexpo Asia, held in Singapore in September, left no hint of a doubt as to the importance of the regional tyre market and of the show itself in comparison with other regions and events.
Balkrishna Tyres: World’s Widest Off-Highway Range
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Founded in 1995, Balkrishna Tyres (BKT) claims to have the world’s widest product range of off-highway tyres, with more than 1,700 stock units of designs, patterns and sizes.
Techking Tires Becomes 100th Exhibitor at Tyrexpo Asia
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) China’s Techking Tires has become the one hundredth exhibitor to sign up for September’s Tyrexpo Asia exhibition in Singapore, breaking all records for the show as it approaches its 10th anniversary.
Unipneu Opens New Distribution Centre
(Longueuil, Quebec/Tire News) The new Unipneu stronghold, located on J.-Armand Bombardier Street in Boucherville, Quebec, spreads over 400,000 square feet and is quite impressive.
A Family Affair
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The next generation of the Poddar family, who control the ≤175 million Siyaram group, is getting ready to take the baton from their elders.
The Widest Possible Niche
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The history of Balkrishna Tyres, a company that is probably better known by its initials BKT, began with its incorporation in 1988. The production of off-highway tyres followed in 1995.