Apollo Tyres Inaugurates Its Global R&D Near Chennai

Apollo Tyres has recently inaugurated its new global R&D centre for its Asia division on the outskirts of India’s southern metro city, Chennai. This R&D would focus on the research and development needs for all its product segments and is now tyre maker’s second global R&D setup after the Netherlands’ R&D centre established in the year 2013.

Apart from the research projects, these two global R&D centres of Apollo Tyres will also fulfil the development requirements of the respective regions.  Apollo Tyres Netherlands global R&D centre is based out of Enschede with the team size of more than 150 people. This R&D centre services the European and American regions. On the other hand, the newly inaugurated R&D centre has total employee strength of 140 people and services the product development requirements for the whole Asia-Pacific, Middle East & African regions.

On the occasion of the inaugural ceremony of the Chennai global R&D centre, Onkar Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres Ltd. stated that the company has been a consistent leader in terms of launching exclusive products over the past four decades. He also highlighted that the global R&D centre in Chennai will enable the company to accelerate its R&D vision for India as well as other targeted regions. The official also denoted that with this initiative, the company also aligns with PM Narendra Modi’s vision for Brand India.

In addition to the two global R&D centres, Apollo Tyres also has its two satellite R&D centres in Germany and Bengaluru. The Bengaluru based R&D centre is working to integrate electronics into tyre technology, whereas the another R&D satellite based out of Frankfurt, Germany is engrossing the German OE customers for both Vredestein and Apollo brands.

Author: Ankit verma

My need for speed began at a very early age and I realised this as soon as I got my first bicycle at the age of 8. When all the other kids would break downhill I would pedal harder just to go faster and enjoy the thrill. Adding to my interest for speed, I grew engrossed in the working mechanics of two wheelers thanks to my father as he is a hydraulic mechanic and would take me along with him on his repair sessions. Eventually I became familiar with the tools and basic technical concepts of two wheelers.Super sport and sport tourers are more of my liking and the sparks to these flames were ignited the first time I experienced the maddening power of a Yamaha YZF R1. I was just 14 years old at the time and got to ride as a pillion with an older acquaintance. This one short ride influenced my every decision in terms of the bikes I want to own. As of today I’m 26 years old and a proud owner of a Yamaha Fz15 version 2.0 and a Kawasaki Ninja 650 2014 model having clocked a decent 30k Kms only while touring, waiting to clock 1000s more as riding makes me feel whole again after enduring the dismal routines of life. Read more