Gujarat Steadily Becoming Tyre Makers Home

Following the footsteps of the leading automobile manufacturing companies that include Ford Motors, Maruti Suzuki India and Honda Cars India, the tyre manufacturers in the country are seen marching towards Gujarat to set up their tyre making units. The top tyre market players Ceat Tyres and Apollo Tyres are already operating their production facilities there, while the third and latest inclusion has been in the form of MRF Tyres.

Ceat Tyres Ltd operates its Halol located facility which has the capacity to manufacture 10,000 tyres each day, while Apollo produces 10,000 commercial tyres and 15,000 passenger car tyres per day from its Waghodia (Vadodara) manufacturing unit.

Meanwhile, MRF has conveyed to the Gujarat government that in 28 months after acquiring the possession of the land, the company will commence its commercial manufacturing. The proposed unit is in line with company’s expansion program that takes forward the plan, which stated that company is scouting for manufacturing factory outside South India. Earlier in 2015, the Chennai-based tyre maker had announced the expansion in Tamil Nadu, which currently holds its three fully-functional production units. In southern India, the company has a total of eight manufacturing plants distributed among four states (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh), which has the collective production capacity of 1.2 lac tyres per day.

Besides MRF, Maxxis Group, a Taiwan-based tyre brand is also mulling over to set up its manufacturing base in Sanand with an investment of INR 2500 crore.

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