Michelin:Apollo Venture to be Operational In 2006

The $100 million joint venture tyre between India’s Apollo Tyres and Groupe Michelin will begin in early 2006, according to the operation’s chairman and managing director. Onkar Kanwar said construction work on the radial medium truck and bus tyre plant, in Pune, India, has started and should be operational in the first quarter of next year, Tire Review reported, citing wire reports.