Apollo Appoints Satish Agarwal as Chief of Manufacturing

Apollo Tyres Ltd has named Satish Agarwal as chief of manufacturing. Mr Agarwal joined the company in November 2000 as Unit Head for Apollo Tyres’ flagship manufacturing facility in Limda, Gujarat. According to the company, he has “transformed” this facility into India’s largest tyre manufacturing plant, during the past seven years. As a result, Apollo representatives describe the plant as having “one of the best manufacturing efficiencies in the industry.” In his new role Mr Satish Agarwal, will be based at the company’s headquarters in Gurgaon, outside New Delhi city. He will be responsible for all manufacturing operations and functions, including Quality, Corporate Engineering and Cost Optimisation, across plants in India, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other future facilities. He will be reporting directly to Mr Neeraj Kanwar, Joint MD and COO, Apollo Tyres Ltd.