Create competencies to match opportunities

Apollo Tyres

JK tyres

The companys corporate R&D Centre at Limda :testing and analytical

R&D Centre. HASETRI (Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute.

Apollo Tyres plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in the next three years to increase its production capacity both in the country and abroad The firm, which plans a greenfield facility in Hungary, is also setting up a plant in Chennai, while increasing the capacity at its Vadodara plant.

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd (JKTI) in May 2007 was looking to investing between Rs 500 crore to Rs 600 crore

JK Tyres is scouting for suitable land for a greenfield project to manufacture passenger car radial tyres(aim:3.68 lakh tyres to 8 lakh tyres)

Create competencies to match opportunities

Increase its truck-bus radial tyres manufacturing capacity at Vadodara: 300 tyres a day to about 1,100 tyres a day by the middle of next year.

JK Tyre and Industries has acquired 100 per cent shares of Tornel, the Mexican Tyre company, along with its subsidiaries, for Rs 270 crore

Post-acquisition, collective capacity of JK Tyre has risen to 940 tonne per day from 650 tonne earlier. This makes JK Tyre, India's largest four wheeler tyre company. The takeover of Tornel. Tripartite agreement with BEML for OTR tyre productions.

The Vadodara plant would also manufacture off-the-road tyres for which the firm has entered in to a tripartite pact with construction equipment maker BEML and Coal India 7/10

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Customer focussed organization

Apollo tyres At Apollo Tyres we believe in creating a brand that fosters social responsibility and goodwill among its key stakeholders and community at large. Organizing events involving LCV owners and their families in entertainment and educationApollo Tyre Fit, Aap Bhi Fit Azadi Ke Rang, a painting competition for the kids of the LCV community. Apollo Shiksha Abhiyan: This nationwide scholarship programme was launched for the talented children of the LCV community Launched mission 2018-young tennis talent.

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JK Tyres
The company is commited to environment protection and

the health and safety of associates ,customers and society.

All the plants of the company are ISO-14001 certified,and

are deeply involved in water conservation,afforestationand zero effluent discharge efforts.

It has launched Indias first eco-friendly colour tyres. Has been ranked No.1 in the 'Tire Customer Satisfaction

Index Study' conducted by J D Power Asia Pacific 2005 India

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Monitor and benchmark customer satisfaction

According to JD Powers TCSI:

Key Factors Affecting customer satisfaction are:

Appearance
Durability Traction Ride quality Handling
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Key findings:
Nearly one in five new-vehicle owners reports having a

problem with their tires. most frequently cited reason is puncture damage..

When purchasing new tires, tire brand name is the most important consideration among owners, followed by selfsealing tires. At the factor level, owners report the highest levels of satisfaction with tire appearance and ride quality at highway speeds.

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With an overall CSI score of 836 on a 1,000-point scale, MRF ranks highest Apollo follows MRF in the rankings with 816 points. Developing economy shift from crossply to radial tyres