Tire Factories

in

Version 1.0
! ! ! India
!
and
21st June 2010 South Asia
by

Neil Mullineux
 India &
South Asia

Contents

! ! Introduction
! ! Summary of plants
! ! Maps
! ! Details of plants
! ! ! ! India !
! ! ! ! Pakistan
! ! ! ! Sri Lanka
 Introduction
This gives details of all known factories in the region using information from a variety of sources. The
basic structure uses information from the Global Tire Report published annually by Crain
Communications (Tire Business, Rubber and Plastic News, European Rubber Journal) but this has
been added to by information from trade magazines, press releases and websites of the individual
companies.

Organisation

The information is arranged by the countries in the region in alphabetical order. For each country the
companies are treated alphabetically under four separate headings:

! Major World Companies

! This comprises the three largest tire manufacturers - Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin. The
plants are usually wholly owned but in the case of a joint venture(s) details of the other partner are
given.

! Other World Companies

! Eight important world manufacturers are included in this group:
! ! Continental
! ! Cooper
! ! Hankook
! ! Kumho
! ! Pirelli
! ! Sumitomo
! ! Toyo
! ! Yokohama

! Other Foreign Companies

! This group comprises smaller or more specialist companies which have invested in the
country, either as sole investors or as part of a joint venture.

! Local Companies
! This group consists of indigenous companies based in the region. In the case of India there
are some relatively large companies so those appearing in the Top 75 in the Global Tire Report have
their relative ranking shown in brackets and the largest five companies are shown separately.

Maps
! Some general maps for reference.

Plant details
! The company is shown in blue.
! The factory name or location is highlighted in purple.
! If a company has more than one factory they are shown in alphabetical order.
! New or planned plants are highlighted in a light green wash.
! Plants which have closed in the last five years or which are scheduled for closure have a pale
! red wash.

! The information given for each factory is mostly self explanatory

Ownership structure! The official name of the company. In the case of a joint venture (JV) both
! ! ! ! parties are shown and, if possible, their proportion of ownership.

Year plant opened! ! This can vary a lot. Usually the company has taken the question literally
! ! ! ! and given the date of the plant opening, but sometimes it gives the date of
! ! ! ! the most recent major investment.! ! !
! !
Employees! ! ! As given by the company but subject to frequent change.

Location! ! ! Where details are given this is usually the province or state in which the
! ! ! ! plant is located. This can be found on the map.
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! Self explanatory.

Plant capacity ! ! The capacity is shown in the same format as the response given to the
! ! ! ! Global Tire Report questionnaire. However, in order to make comparison
! ! ! ! easier, this has been converted where necessary into either units or
! ! ! ! tonnes per year. These editorial calculations are shown in brackets. Where
! ! ! ! a daily capacity is given we have assumed 350 working days in a year for
! ! ! ! the purposes of our calculation.

Additional Notes! ! Any other useful information.

! ! !
 Summary of plants

India

Major World Companies

! Bridgestone
! ! Kheda, Madhya Pradesh
! Goodyear
! ! Aurangabad
! ! Hariani
! Michelin
! ! Thervoy Kandigal

Major Indian Companies

! Apollo (20)
! ! Kalamaserry (Premier Tyres)
! ! Limda
! ! Oragadam
! ! Perambra
! Birla (42)
! ! Balasore
! ! Laksar
! Ceat (37)
! ! Halol
! ! Mumbai
! ! Nasik
! J.K.Tyre (22)
! ! Banmore
! ! Kankroli
! ! Mysore
! MRF (18)
! ! Arakonam
! ! Chennai (Tiruvottiyur)
! ! Goa
! ! Kottayam
! ! Medak
! ! Pondicherry

Other Indian Companies

! Alliance Tire
! ! Tirunelveli
! Agarwal Rubber
! ! Palincher (Patancheru, Medak near Hyderabad)
! Balkrishna Industries (48)
! ! Bharad
! ! Chopenko (Chopanki)
! ! Waluj
! Dewan Tyres
! ! Meerut
! Dunlop
! ! Calcutta
! ! Madras
! ! Savli
! Falcon Tyres (67)
! ! Mysore
! Govind Rubber
! ! Bhiwadi/Alwar
! ! Ludhiana
! Hindustan Tyres
! ! Ludhiana
! Innovative Tyre
! ! Halol
! Malhotra Rubbers
! ! Noida
! Metro Tyres (70)
! ! Ludhiana
! Mewat Tire
! ! Alwar
! Michigan Tyres
! ! Betul
! Modi Rubber
! ! Modipuram
! ! Modipuram
! Monotona
! ! Thane
! Poddar Tyres
! ! Ludhiana
! Ralsom (India)
! ! Ludhiana
! Stallion Tyres
! ! Hyderabad
! Superking Manufacturers
! ! New Delhi
! TVS Srichakra (62)
! ! Madurai
! Tyre Corp of India
! ! Kankinara
! Wearwell Tyres
! ! Betul
 Pakistan

Other World Companies

! Continental (General Tire)
! ! Karachi

Local Companies
! Atlas Tyres
! ! Lahore
! Delta Tyre
! ! Islamabad
! Kings Tyre
! ! Lahore
! Master Tyres
! ! Karachi
! Mian Tyre
! ! Lahore
! Service Industries
! ! Gujarat
Sri Lanka

Other World Companies

! Continental
! ! Colombo
Foreign Companies
! Ceat
! ! Kalutara (Associated Ceat)
! ! Colombo (Ceat-Kelani Holdings)
! Loadstar
! ! Colombo
! Trelleborg
! ! Colombo

Local Companies
! Associated Rubber
! ! Colombo
! Laugfs Rubber
! ! Millewa
! SLTB
! ! Colombo
Maps
 Plant Details

India

Major World Companies

! Bridgestone
! http://www.bridgestone.co.in/
! ! Kheda,(Indore)
Ownership structure! ! Bridgestone India Pvt Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1998! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 970
Location! ! ! ! Plot No.12,
! ! ! ! ! Kheda Growth Centre,
! ! ! ! ! Post Sagore 454 774,
! ! ! ! ! Dist. Dhar,
! ! ! ! ! Madhya Pradesh
Kheda
! ! ! ! ! Also known as Indore
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Pune
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 15,000 u/d (5.25 mill/yr)
! ! !
!
Additional notes

The Kheda plant opened in 1998.

26.5 hectares
! A $56.3m investment plan
in 2007 projected to increase daily
capacity from 10,500 units per day to
15,000 units by mid-2010.
! In early 2010 Bridgestone announced that it was investing $36.7m to add capacity for radial
truck and bus tires. The new production should come on stream in the first half of 2011, gearing up to
full capacity of 400 units a day by the second half of 2012. The project will create about 190 jobs on
top of the 970-current employees.It will require expanding the size of the plant, which stands at 7.1
million square feet.

! In addition, the company has decided to build a new plant at Chakan, near Pune, Maharashtra,
at a cost of $540m. PSR (passenger car radial) production is scheduled to begin in January 2013 and
TBR production (truck and bus radial) is scheduled to begin the following August. By the end of 2020,
production capacity is expected to reach approximately 10,000 units per day for PSR and 3,000 units
per day for TBR. Bridgestone has secured a 190 acre plot in Pune, about 170 kms south east of
Mumbai.
! Goodyear
! ! www.goodyear.co.in/

! ! Aurangabad
Ownership structure! ! Goodyear South Asia Tyres Pvt Ltd (Quoted company,
! ! ! ! ! 74% Goodyear)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1994! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 550
Location! ! ! ! Maharashtra State, 280 kms east of Mumbai.
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 6,000 u/d (2.1 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
Originally established in 1993, this was a 50:50 JV between Goodyear and Ceat Tyre, a subsidiary of
RPG. In 1998, Goodyear bought out its partner and then decided to offer 26% of the company to
Indian investors. In February 2010, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. initiated a voluntary delisting of the
equity shares of Goodyear India from the Bombay Stock Exchange, in effect, taking the company
back into 100% ownership.

An architectural model of the Aurangabad plant.

! ! Ballabgarh
Ownership structure! ! Goodyear India Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1961! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 700
Location! ! ! ! 32 kms outside New Delhi. Also known as Haryani plant.
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4,000 u/d (1.4 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
Goodyear India is aiming to boost the combined annual capacity of both plants by 15 per cent to 4
million tires a year, according to various online news sources. The news follows the launch of the
Goodyear DuraPlus in the country, a tire aimed at small family hatchbacks that account for the largest
segment in the Indian car market. Goodyear India reportedly wants to target the replacement market
with the new tire.

Ballabgarh

Aurangabad
! Michelin
! http://www.michelin.in/
! ! Thervoy Kandigal
Ownership structure! ! Michelin India Tamil Nadu Tyres Pvt Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 2012 (planned)! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1500 - 2000
Location! ! ! ! Near Chennai, Tamil Nadu
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR

Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !

!
Additional notes
! Michelin has been interested in manufacturing in India for several years but only formally
announced its plans in November 2009, after it had arranged to sell its minority 10% holding in Apollo
Tyres. Only outline details have been released, probably because plans are still flexible. However,
rumours and speculation had been published in the Indian press for two years before that.
Development will be in several phases with the first phase entering production in 2012 and reaching
completion in 2016. Investment will be about $1 billion over 10 years and a total 1127 acres has been
secured for the plant although only 290 acres will be built on initially.

The company also owns 103 acres of land at Rajangaon, near Pune, Maharashtra. There has been
speculation in the local press that this land could be used for a second facility in India to make car
tires. Michelin has refused to confirm this but, in any case, it is unlikely to commission a second
factory before the first has opened.

Pune

Thervoy Kandigal
Major Indian Companies
! Apollo
! http://www.apollotyres.com/

Limda

Oragadam
Perambra

Kalamaserry

! ! Kalamaserry (Premier Tyres)

Ownership structure! ! PTL Enterprises Ltd (Apollo Tyres Ltd)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1995! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1120
Location! ! ! ! Kerala!
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 93 tonnes/d (32,550 tonnes/yr)! ! !
!

! ! Limda
Ownership structure! ! Apollo Tyres Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1991! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2725
Location! ! ! ! Limda, Baroda, Gujarat

Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car

! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 450 tonnes/d (157,500 tonnes/yr) This includes 20,000 passenger
! ! ! ! ! radials and 400 truck radials /day (7.0 million and 140,000 per
! ! ! ! ! year)! ! !
Additional notes
! This is Apolloʼs largest and flagship plant. Additional investment of Rs2 billion ($43 million) was
announced in mid 2009 for production of OTR tires. This is the result of a partnership with BEML, an
OE manufacturer, and Coal India. .
! ! Oragadam
Ownership structure! ! Apollo Tyres Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 2010! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 750
Location! ! ! Kanchipuram, near Chennai on the route to Bangalore.
! ! ! ! ! Tamil Nadu! ! !
! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! Initial production will be 8,000 car tires +6,000 truck/bus tires/day
! ! ! ! ! (2.8 m/yr + 2.1 m/yr)
! ! ! ! ! Initial capacity will be 150 tonnes/day, rising to 450 tonnes. (52,500
! ! ! ! ! tonnes/year and 157,500 tonnes /year.
Additional notes
! This plant was commenced in 2008 on a 135 acre site at a budget cost of 22 billion rupees.
Initially it was planned to produce 8,000 car tires and 3,000 truck tires each day and to design the
factory in a flexible manner to allow production to be tripled in future. In the event, radialisation in the
Indian truck tire market has happened much quicker than forecast so Apollo merged some expansion
phases to double the initial capacity for truck tires.
! It is now, after its opening in March 2010, potentially Apolloʼs largest plant. It is intended to be
the main hub for the companyʼs R&D activity.

! ! Perambra
Ownership structure! ! Apollo Tyres Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1977! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2253
Location! ! ! ! Perambra,
! ! ! ! ! Kerala ! ! ! ! !
! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 311 tonnes/d (108,850 tonnes/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Birla
! www.birlatyre.com/
! ! Balasore
Ownership structure! ! Birla Tyres Ltd (Kesoram Industries Ltd)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1992
Employees! ! ! ! 2,110 plus about 450 casual
! ! ! ! ! employees.
Location! ! ! ! Chandipur, Orissa! !
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car Laksar
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 143 tonnes/d (50,000 tonnes/yr) Balasore
!
Additional notes
! Birla Tyres and its parent company, Kesoram Industries,
are part of the BK Birla conglomerate. The company claims to
have capacity for 1.5 million tires per year, but this figure includes
tubes and flaps. Approximately, 30 percent of its production, worth
$80 million, is exported to 50 countries. In mid 2009 the company
announced plans to invest 80 million euros over the next two years

Laksar - New Plant

! ! ! !

A new state-of-the-art factory at Laksar-Haridwar, Uttaranchal has been built in a record time of 10
months. This modern Rs.2300 billion ($214 million) factory has a combined production capacity of
over 4.4 million truck tires per year.!
Ceat !
! http://www.ceatyres.com/
! Ceat is the flagship company of RPG Enterprises. It has ambitions to expand capacity and
become Indiaʼs second or third biggest tire manufacturer. To this end it plans to grow at a rate of 20%
per year, outpacing the tire market growth in India of around 8%.

! ! Halol
Ownership structure! ! CEAT Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 2010 (Planned)! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1000+!!
Location! ! ! ! Near Baroda, Gujarat
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4.0 m/yr!
!
Additional notes
! Initial building for this plant started in early 2009 and it is planned to open in late 2010.
Investment in the 125 acre site is in two phases. The first phase will cost Rps 5 billion ($107 million)
and a second phase from 2011 - 2012 will cost Rps 2 billion ($47 million) to raise the capacity above
the initial plan of 4 million per year. The plant is well-placed as Gujarat is emerging as a major
automotive manufacturing area and the company expects to export between 25 and 40% of
production.

! ! Mumbai
Ownership structure! ! CEAT Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1958! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2800! ! !
Location! ! ! ! Located in Bhandup, a suburb of Mumbai
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 1.6 mill u/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes
! The company has already sold 7 acres of the Bhandup (Mumbai) plant to raise finance for this
company expansion and it is now trying to sell the remaining 25 acres.

! ! Nasik
Ownership structure! ! CEAT Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1974! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1800
Location! ! ! ! Maharashtra!
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 2.4 mill u/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes
! J.K.Tyre
! http://www.jktyre.com/
! JK Tyre has the capacity to produce 9.2 million tires annually from its five Indian plants but it
intends to raise this to 9.8 million over the next three or four years with an investment of Rps8 billion
($171 mill.) It sees particular opportunities for its OTR and speciality tires. In addition it is hoping to
establish a greenfield plant in South India, probably in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu.
Investment for this would be about Rps4 billion ($85mill) and initial production capacity would be
about 2.5 million passenger tires per year and 400,000 truck tires. If a suitable site is confirmed it
would come on stream in early 2012.

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! ! Banmore
Ownership structure! ! JK Tyre & Industries Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1991! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2006
Location! ! ! ! Near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Racing

Plant capacity ! ! ! 14,348 u/d (5.02 mill /yr)! ! !

!
Additional notes

! ! Kankroli
Ownership structure! ! JK Tyre & Industries Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1976! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1728
Location! ! ! ! Rajasthan!
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4838 u/d (1.69 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Mysore
Ownership structure! ! JK Tyre & Industries Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1980! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2116
Location! ! ! ! Karnataka!
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 5576 u/d (1.95 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

In late 2009 JK Tyre & Industries

inaugurated what is reputed to be Indiaʼs first
radial truck and bus tire manufacturing plant.
The project doubles the radial tyre capacity
at this site from 400,000 to 800,000 a year,
at a cost of 45 million euros. A further
expansion of OTR capacity in Mysore,
involving an investment of 17.2 million euros
is scheduled for completion in early 2010.
! MRF
! http://www.mrftyres.com/
! MRF, the largest Indian tire manufacturer, also has the largest number of plants, all located in
South India. In early 2010 the company announced an expansion ambition which would cost 30
billion rupees, to be spent over an undefined period. Of this, about one third would be spent on
expanding radial tire capacity at the existing factories and the remaining two thirds would be spent on
building two new greenfield factories; one in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu and the other at an existing plant at
Medak, Andhra Pradesh. Civil works have commenced at Tiruchi but neither plant is listed below as
full details have not yet been released.

Medak

Goa
Arakonam
Chennai
Pondicherry
Kottayam

! ! Arakonam
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1973! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 3139
Location! ! ! ! Tamil Nadu
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Racing

Plant capacity ! ! ! 44,750 u/d (15.66 mill/yr)! ! !

!
Additional notes
! Union officials state that the factory capacity is 26,000 tires and 42,000 tubes per day. This
plant has suffered from poor labour relations and it is likely that new investment here will suffer.

! ! Chennai (Tiruvottiyur)
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1962! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1190
Location! ! ! ! Tiruvottiyur High Road, Chennai
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 3,850 u/d (1.35 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Goa
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1973! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1450
Location! ! ! ! Goa, west coast of India.
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4,100 u/d (1.44 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Kottayam
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1971! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1525
Location! ! ! ! Kerala!
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 2,400 u/d (0.84 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Medak
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1991! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2850
Location! ! ! ! Andhra Pradesh
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 26,000 u/d (9.1 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
! A new greenfield factory is under construction at this location. The new plant will roll out
350,000 car and truck radial tyres in the first phase. The total capacity at the completion of the
second phase will be 700,000 units.

! ! Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Ownership structure! ! MRF Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1997! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2000
Location! ! ! ! Puducherry !
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Racing
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 14,600 u/d (5.11 mill/yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Union officials state that the factory capacity is 10,500 tires per day.
Other Indian Companies
! Alliance Tire
! http://www.alliance.co.il/eng/index.php

Alliance is an Israeli based company but since 2007 it has been owned and managed from
India. In 2007 Alliance was fully acquired by "Warburg Pincus" the global private equity firm
and the Mahansaria family. Originally came from Balkrishna Tyre. Although the head office is
in Mumbai the newly established Indian factory is in the south of India, in Tamil Nadu.
! ! Tirunelveli
Ownership structure! ! ATC Tires Pvt Ltd (Mahansaria and Warburg Pincus)
Year plant opened! ! ! 2009! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Tamil Nadu!
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 50,000 tires/year! ! !
!
Additional notes

! Agarwal Rubber
! ! Patancheru,
Ownership structure! ! Agarwal Rubber Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! na! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2000
Location! ! ! ! Medak District, Andhra Pradesh. About 30 kms from Hyderabad.
Website! ! ! ! http://agarwalrubber.net/index.html
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Aircraft
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Balkrishna Tyres
! http://www.bkt-tires.com/Home.aspx
Balkrishna Tyres has changed from being a manufacturer of scooter tires to a specialist in off-
highway tires for agricultural and construction use. It moved into this area at the same time as the tire
majors were moving out because production volumes were too small and too labour-intensive.

! ! Bhiwadi
Ownership structure! ! Balkrishna Tyres (Sujaram-Poddar Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 2002! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 400
Location! ! ! ! Rajasthan
! ! ! ! ! ! ! Bhiwadi
Tire types manufactured! ! Agricultural Chopanki
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial Aurangabad
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 50,000 tonnes/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Chopanki
Ownership structure! ! Balkrishna Tyres (Sujaram-Poddar Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 2006! ! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 500
Location! ! ! ! Outside Bhiwadi, Rajasthan
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 50,000 tonnes/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Waluj (Aurangabad)
Ownership structure! ! Balkrishna Tyres (Sujaram-Poddar Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1988! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 300
Location! ! ! ! 12 kms south of Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Tire types manufactured! ! Agricultural

! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 25,000 tonnes/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes
! This capacity figure probably equates to about 0.22 million units of mixed sizes per year.
! Dewan Tyres
! ! Meerut
Ownership structure! ! Dewan Tyres Ltd! ! !
Year plant opened! ! ! 1993! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 450
Location! ! ! ! Uttar Pradesh!

Tire types manufactured! ! Truck/Bus

! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Aircraft
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 3,500 u/d (1.05 mill/yr)!

Additional notes
! Dunlop
! http://www.dunlop.co.in/
After a somewhat chequered history Dunlop India was bought by the Ruia Group in 2005. There were
numerous financial, legal and labour relations problems to overcome and production was intermittent
for several years but by late 2009 the chairman was confident that most of the problems had been
resolved and the factories were moving back to normal production. Ruia Group bought Falcon Tyres
in 2005 at the same time as Dunlop and in 2007 it bought Monotona Tyres. Whereas Dunlop
produces tires for 4-wheeled vehicles, bioth Falcon and Monotona make only 2 and 3 wheeler tires.
! ! Ambattur
Ownership structure! ! Dunlop India Ltd (Ruia Group 74%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1959! ! ! !
Employees ! ! ! ! 644
Location! ! ! ! Ambattur, Tamil Nadu! !
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4,700! tonnes/m (56,400 tonnes/yr)! !
!
Additional notes
! This plant restarted production in October 2009 after a long period of negotiation with the new
owners. it should reach full capacity of 130 tonnes per day by the end of 2010.

! ! Sahaganj
Ownership structure! ! Dunlop India Ltd (Ruia Group 74%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1936! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 4007
Location! ! ! ! West Bengal. The town is a two-hour drive from Kolkata.
! ! ! ! ! Nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Aircraft
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 3,250! tonnes/m (39,000 tonnes/yr)! !
!
Additional notes

! This was the original Dunlop factory, the first tire manufacturer in India. This plant restarted
production in October 2009 after a long period of negotiation with the new owners. it should reach full
capacity of 130 tonnes per day by the end of 2010. A balanced output for this factory is 10 tons a day
of industrial tires; 20 tons a day of OTR tires and 100 tons a day of CV tires
! Falcon Tyres
! Ruia Group bought Falcon Tyres in 2005 at the same time as Dunlop and in 2007 it bought
Monotona Tyres. Whereas Dunlop produces tires for 4-wheeled vehicles, both Falcon and Monotona
make only 2 and 3 wheeler tires.
! ! Mysore 1
Ownership structure! ! Falcon Tyres Ltd (Ruia Group 86%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1975! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 600
Location! ! ! ! Kamataka!
Website! ! ! ! http://www.falcontyres.com/about.php
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 1 mill u/yr According to the chairman the company was producing
! ! ! ! ! 900,000 tyres per month at the end of 2009, equivalent to about
! ! ! ! ! 10.8 million annually.
!
Additional notes
! The Ruia Group is expanding the capacity at Falcon by an additional
500,000 tyres a month. The new capacity, which is only for cross-ply tires,
should be operational by mid 2010. About 20% of production is exported.
! Govind Rubber
! http://www.govindrubber.com/index1.asp
! ! Bhiwadi
Ownership structure! ! Govind Rubber Ltd (Siyaram Poddar Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1993! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! n.a.
Location! ! ! ! Alwar, Rajastan! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! !
! ! ! ! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle

Plant capacity ! ! ! 3 mill/yr ! ! !

Additional notes

! ! Ludhiana
Ownership structure! ! Govind Rubber Ltd (Siyaram Poddar Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! na! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Punjab ! ! ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car! ! !
! ! ! ! ! Light truck Ludhiana
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle Bhiwadi
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Industrial! !

Plant capacity ! ! ! 60,000 tonnes/yr in both plants

! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Hindustan Tyres
! http://www.hindustantyres.com/
! ! Ludhiana
Ownership structure! ! Hindustan Tyres Pvt Ltd (Hindustan Cycles & Tubes Ltd)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1968! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1200
Location! ! ! ! Punjab
! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes

! Innovative Tyres & Tubes

! http://www.innovativetyres.com/
! ! Halol
Ownership structure! ! Limited company! ! !
Year plant opened! ! ! 2002! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Gujarat
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! !
!
Additional notes
! ! The company has an export sales partnership (and
possibly financial links) with Tionale Enterprises Pte. Limited, Singapore (www.tionale.com.sg).
Tionale is a multi location global organization with investments in Manufacturing, Trading &
Distribution. It also makes tires for CEAT.

! Malhotra Rubbers
! http://www.mrltires.com/
! ! Noida
Ownership structure! ! Malhotra Rubbers Ltd! !
Year plant opened! ! ! 1978! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Uttar Pradesh

Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car

! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes

The company has had the capacity to make some radial tires since 2003.
! Metro Tyres
! http://www.metrotyres.com/index.html
! ! Ludhiana
Ownership structure! ! Metro Tyres
Ltd! ! ! !
Year plant opened! ! ! 1968! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 3600
Location! ! ! ! Punjab
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Bicycle
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 100,000 u/d (30 mill/yr)
!
Additional notes
In total the company operates six plants in Delhi and Ludhiana.It has a
technical co-operation with Continental, manufacturing 0.6 million motorcycle tires per year which are
sold under joint branding. This capacity has now been expanded to 1.8 million. Motorcycle tires
represent 10% of sales with the rest coming from rickshaw and bicycle tires.

! Mewat Tire
! http://www.mewattire.com/
! ! Alwar
Ownership structure! ! Mewat Tire & Rubber Pvt Ltd (American International Tires Inc.)
Year plant opened! ! ! na!
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Rajasthan

Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck

! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na
!
Additional notes
! The factory currently covers 100,000 sq ft on a site of 14 acres. It
was established by a marketing company - American International Tires
- which had previously been sourcing product from a variety of plants in
India and China.
! Michigan Tyres
! http://www.michigantyre.net/
! ! Betul
Ownership structure! ! Michigan Tyres Ltd (Michigan Rubber (India) Ltd.)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1987! ! ! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 650
Location! ! ! ! Madhya Pradesh ! !
Samba
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural Betul
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! ! ! ! ! Aircraft
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 0.6 mill u/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes
! The company was established in 1987, under the name of Betul Tyre and Tube Industries,
which is now owned by Michigan Rubber (India) Ltd. The main factory is in Betul occupying a total of
40 acres (of which 210,000 square feet is built up.) In addition the company is building a factory in
Samba, Jammu & Kashmir. This will have 86,000 sq.ft. of buildings in a total area of 7 acres.
! Modi Rubber
! http://www.mtcpl.in/
! ! Modi Rubber, part of the V K Modi Group, http://www.modigroup.net/, closed its plants
in Uttar Pradesh in 2001 following a strike by workers when management proposed to link wages
with productivity, but there had been a long history of labour disputes and litigation. The plants were
only re-opened in 2009 after an investment of Rps 3 billion and the re-establishment of a technical
agreement with Continental. Initially the company will produce around 1 million Continental-branded cross-ply
truck tyres for the Indian market. The Continental bias tyres will be distributed via a revived Modi sales network. The
collaboration between Continental and Modi dates back to 1974 when an extensive technical
cooperation was agreed on for the set-up of a new Modi tyre plant in Modipuram. However,
Continental also has agreements with JK Tyre and Metro Tyres.

! ! Modipuram-A
Ownership structure! ! Modi Rubber Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1974! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 2300
Location! ! ! ! Uttar Pradesh 56 kms NE of Delhi.
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle

Plant capacity ! ! ! 155,000 u/m (1.86 mill/

yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes

! ! Modipuram-B
Ownership structure! ! Modi Rubber Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1993! ! ! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Uttar Pradesh
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Monotona Tyres
! http://www.monotona.com/
! ! Thane
Ownership structure! ! Monotona Tyres Ltd (Ruia Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1997! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Maharashtra, part of Mumbai conurbation.
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle

Plant capacity ! ! ! 3.6 mill/yr

!
Additional notes
! Ruia Group bought Falcon Tyres in 2005 at the same time as
Dunlop and in 2007 it bought Monotona Tyres. Whereas Dunlop
produces tires for 4-wheeled vehicles, bioth Falcon and Monotona make
only 2 and 3 wheeler tires.
! According to the chairman Monotona was producing 300,000
tyres per month at the end of 2009, equivalent to about 3.6 million
annually.

! Poddar Tyres
! http://www.bedrocktyres.com/index.aspx
! ! Ludhiana
Ownership structure! Poddar Tyres Ltd
Year plant opened! ! 1964
Employees! ! ! na
Location! ! ! Ludhiana, Punjab

Tire types manufactured

! ! ! ! Bicycle
! ! ! ! Motorcycle
Plant capacity ! ! 12 mill/yrWebsite claims 18mill tires and 36
! ! ! ! mill tubes per year.

Additional notes

Website claims 18mill tires and 36 mill tubes per year.

!
! Ralson India
! www.ralson.com/
! ! Ludhiana
Ownership structure! ! Ralson (India)Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! na! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1400
Location! ! ! ! Doraha, nr Ludhiana, Punjab
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Bicycle
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 600,000 u/d (210 mill/
yr )! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Ralson is India's largest manufacturer of bicycle tires. It also makes tubes and bicycle
components. The Ludhiana factory is a natural development into the market for rickshaws, scooters
and light commercial vehicles. Company's turnover was over $ 100 m in 2008.

! Stallion Tyres
! http://www.stalliontyres.com/ (Under Construction)
! ! Hyderabad
Ownership structure! ! Stallion Tyres Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1976!
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Nacharam, Hyderabad

Tire types manufactured! ! Motorcycle

! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 40,000 u/m (0.48 mill/yr)! !
!
Additional notes
In 2004 Ceat struck an alliance with Hyderabad based Stallion tyres.
This will enable Ceat to increase its annual capacity of two and three
wheeler tyres by over 77% to 5mn units.

! Superking
! www.superking-tyre.com/
! ! New Delhi
Ownership structure! ! Superking Manufacturers (Tyre) Pvt Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1982! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! New Delhi

Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck

! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Superking is a small venture for making agricultural equipment
tires and tubes. During the past 25 years, the company has developed a market for its products, in
more than 30 countries.
! TVS Srichakra
! http://www.tvstyres.com/
! ! Madurai
Ownership structure! ! TVS Srichakra Ltd (TVS Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1983! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 1824
Location! ! ! ! Tamil Nadu! !

Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck

! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Earthmover/OTR
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 11 mill/yr! ! !
!
Additional notes
! TVS Srichakra is one of the leading two and three wheeler tyre
manufacturer in India. The Madurai plant covers 250,000 sq metres.

! ! Pantnagar
Ownership structure! ! TVS Srichakra Ltd (TVS Group)
Year plant opened! ! ! 2009
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Uttarakhand state in northern India.

Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck

! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle

Plant capacity ! ! ! 3.6 mill/yr

!
Additional notes
! ! This factory was planned to serve the aftersales market in northern and western Indian
markets.
! Tyre Corp of India
! http://www.tcilcorp.gov.in/
! ! Kankinara
Ownership structure! ! Tyre Corp of India Ltd (Indian government)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1960! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 250
Location! ! ! ! Bhatpara, West Bengal. 60 kms from Kolkata.
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 10,250/month (123,000/yr)
!
Additional notes
The company was established in 1984 when the government took over
the assets of Incheck Tyres and National Rubber Manufacturers. In the
last seven years it has produced between 125,000 and 356,000 tires
each year. In each of those years it has made a loss except where
financial restructuring has enabled it to make a nominal profit. It has
completely disbanded its marketing department and relies upon jobbing work from other
manufacturers. It is now in the process of being disinvested by the Indian government. More details
can be found on this site:
http://sites.google.com/site/tyrecorpindia/Home

! Wearwell Tyres
! ! Betul
Ownership structure! ! Wearwell Tyre & Tube Industries Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1982! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 400
Location! ! ! ! Madhya Pradesh
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
 Pakistan

Other World Companies

! Continental (General)
! http://www.gentipak.com/
! ! Karachi
Ownership structure! ! General Tyre & Rubber Co of Pakistan Ltd (Continental has minority
! ! ! ! ! shareholding 9.8%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1964
Employees! ! ! ! 1500
Location! ! ! ! Sindh

Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car

! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 4,352 u/d (1.31 mill/yr)
! ! Press reports suggest a capacity of 2.3 mill
! ! tires/year and a normal daily production of
! ! 5000 tires. ! ! !
Additional notes
! The General Tyre and Rubber
Company of Pakistan Limited (Gentipak)
was established in 1963 by General Tire
USA and has been in production since
1964. When Continental took over
General it continued the relationship with
a Technical Services Agreement which
enables Gentipak to produce tyres of
“GENERAL” brand and also to receive the
latest technology for production of tires
based on Continentalʼs, R&D.

The Plant and the Offices, are located in a

25 acre site in a suburb of Karachi. Initial
production capacity was only 120,000
tyres per annum but is now around
2,000,000 tyres per annum.
The company is owned by Bibojee
Services Ltd (a family controlled business) with other shareholdings by Continental and some
investment companies.
It has made losses for many years but it now seems to be trading profitably and an investment of $15
million has been made over the last four years for general improvements and to expand farm tire
production.
Local Companies
! Atlas Tyres
! ! Lahore
Ownership structure! ! Atlas Tyres (Pvt) Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1985
Employees! ! ! ! 250
Location! ! ! ! Punjab

Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car

! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 1,000 u/d (0.3 mill/yr)
!
Additional notes
! Owned by Atlas Group of industries which is
particularly involved in textile and garment manufacture.

! Delta Tyre
! ! Islamabad
Ownership structure! ! Delta Tyre & Rubber Co
Year plant opened! ! ! 1987
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes

! Kings Tyre
! ! Lahore
Ownership structure! ! Kings Tyre Industries
Year plant opened! ! ! na! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 200
Location! ! ! ! Punjab
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger car
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 2,700 u/d (0.81 mill/
yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Master Tyres
! ! Karachi
Ownership structure! ! Master Tyres (Pvt) Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1950!
Employees! ! ! ! 250
Location! ! ! ! Sindh!

Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck

! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle

Plant capacity ! ! ! 1,250 u/d (0.38 mill/yr)

!
Additional notes

! Mian Tyre
! http://miantyre.com/
! ! Lahore
Ownership structure! ! Mian Tyre & Rubber Co
(Pvt) Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1983
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Punjab
! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Bicycle
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na
!
Additional notes
! OE Supplier to Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha etc. Manufacture Panther brand.

! Service Industries
! ! Gujarat
Ownership structure! ! Service Industries Ltd
Year plant opened! !
! 1971! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 750
Location! ! ! ! Punjab
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Scooter
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 80,000 u/m (0.96 mill/yr)
Additional Notes
 Sri Lanka

Other World Companies

! Continental
! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Eu-Retec (Pvt) Ltd (JV Continental 51%, Eu-Retec 49%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1999
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Kalutara

Tire types manufactured! ! Industrial

! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na
!
Additional notes
! This company was a 50:50 JV with Watts Industrial Tires from 2005 - 2009 with Continental as
one of its major customers. In 1999 Watts sold its stake and Continental took a controlling interest.
Foreign Companies
! Ceat
! ! Kalutara
Ownership structure! ! Associated Ceat Pvt Ltd
Year plant opened! ! ! 1993! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 779
Location! ! ! ! Nagoda, Kalutara. 40 kms S of Colombo
!
Tire types manufactured! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 24 tonnes/d (7,200 tonnes/yr)
Additional notes

! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Ceat-Kelani Associated Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
! ! ! ! ! JV of CEAT India, Associated Motorways PLC and Kelani Tyres
! ! ! ! ! PLC. The Ceat share rose from 27% to 50% in March 2010.
Year plant opened! ! ! 1967! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 691
Location! ! ! ! Nungamugoda, Kelaniya
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Passenger
! ! ! ! ! Light truck
! ! ! ! ! Truck/Bus
! ! ! ! ! Agricultural
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 60 tonnes/d (21,000 tonnes/yr)
!
Additional notes
! Claims to be the largest tire manufacturer in Sri Lanka with 60% share
of the passenger/light truck market
! Ceat is owned by the RPG Group of India which also owns Phillips Carbon Black.
! Loadstar
! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Loadstar Pvt Ltd (JV Solideal 60%, Jinasena Group 40%)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1984
Employees! ! ! ! 6,000+ in all factories
Location! ! ! ! Five factory complexes in the Colombo area.

Tire types manufactured! ! Industrial

! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! Typically the company produces 6500 mixed size tires each day.
! ! ! ! ! (2.28 mill/yr)
!
Additional notes
! Loadstar consumes about 70% of the total annual sheet rubber production in Sri Lanka. The
main manufacturing locations are:
Ekala Tyre Division
The first production unit. This factory which once assembled motor scooters, has been converted
into a Solid Tyre Manufacturing plant.
Kotugoda Tyre Division
The next factory to be commissioned, in 1992, once belonged to Rubberite producing shoe soles. It
was converted into a pneumatic tyre production factory. and another solid tyre production unit was
setup here.
Central Mixing Plant
The KTD complex also houses a Central Mixing Plant.
Ekala Metal Product Division
EMPD was established in 1994 and produces metal products such as industrial wheels, rims, axles,
assemblies, etc.
Kyoto Metal Product Division
Commissioned in 2003, this is the latest metal products facility acquired from Minebea Co., of Kyoto,
Japan. This is a completely automated unit consisting of ten production lines specialising in
construction wheels.
Midigama Tyre Division
Midigama, commissioned in 1998, is the most technologically advanced of all the factories. It
produces pneumatic and solid tyres as well as rubberized track for construction machinery.

Kotugoda factory
! Trelleborg
! www.trelleborg.com
! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Bergougnan Lanka (Trelleborg Lanka (PVT) Ltd)
Year plant opened! ! ! 1993! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! 313
Location! ! ! ! Kelaniya, near Colombo

! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Agricultural
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 2,900 tonnes/yr (about 0.4 mill /yr)! ! !
!
Additional notes
! Trelleborg has a second factory at Malwana, 14 kms from Colombo. Much of the production
from the Hartville, Ohio plant was transferred here in 2008/9.
Local Companies
! Associated Rubber
! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Associated Rubber Ind
Year plant opened! ! ! 1959! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Motorcycle
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! na! ! !
!
Additional notes

! Laugfs Rubber
! ! Millewa
Ownership structure! ! Laugfs Rubber (Pvt) Ltd (Laugfs Holdings Ltd)
Year plant opened! ! ! 2005! ! ! ! !
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Millewa, Horana, 43 kms SW of Colombo
Website! ! ! ! www.laugfs.lk/tyre/index.htm
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tire types manufactured! ! Motorcycle
! ! ! ! ! Industrial
! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 100 tonnes/d (30,000 tonnes/yr)!! !
!
Additional notes
! Laugfs Rubber acquired the defunct three-wheeler tyre manufacturing plant from the former
Sri Lanka Rubber Export Manufacturing Corporation located at Millawa, Horana in 2007. An
investment of Rs.450 million transformed the abandoned factory into a modern solid and industrial
tyre manufacturing facility The company markets tires for forklift

! SLTB
! ! Colombo
Ownership structure! ! Sri Lanka Transport Board
Year plant opened! ! ! 2009
Employees! ! ! ! na
Location! ! ! ! Ampara

Tire types manufactured! ! Truck & Bus retreads.

! !
Plant capacity ! ! ! 24,000/yr
!
Additional notes
! The company (wholly owned by the Sri Lankan government) refurbished this factory to supply
its own needs for tires. Although this is only a retreading facility it intends to build two new tire
factories in Matale and Ekala. It requires about 150,000 tires each year and the two plants would
supply half of this demand.