India
The Davanagere, India district administration has banned the use of tyres as fuel in puffed rice industries from 27 August, Deputy Commissioner M B Dyaberi told New India Press. The district administration has identified 60 puffed rice industries for installation of wood gasifiers and the list has been handed over to Puffed Rice Industry Owners Association, the deputy commissioner added.
The Ambattur unit of Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) is set to start production this week, a month ahead of the schedule, according to company chairman, Pawan Kumar Ruia. Ruia said initial start-up capacity of 40 tonnes daily would be ramped up to 130 tonnes a day by December. The first tyres to roll out would be for light commercial vehicles and truck tyres, while tractor tyres would be produced later.
In recent years Indian tyre manufacturer Ceat (established in 1958) has shown consistent signs of growth, and the company’s wide range of industrial products is no exception to this trend. The Ceat industrial range includes tractor drive axles tyres R3 and R4, skid steer products, industrial forklift MPT fitments and container handling tyres. According to the company, Altura tyres feature high contact areas for low rolling resistance, brake plies to increase puncture resilience and high tensile strength bead wires for proper rim/tyre fitment. So whether your vehicles operate in a port or an urban warehouse, the Indian manufacturer says it has a product for you.
General Rubbers, the manufacturer of Midas brand of tyre retreading materials, has recently been certified as a Star Export House by the Ministry of Trade and Finance. This was in recognition of the excellent growth in sales of its products in international markets over the past few years.
Luxury car imports into India could slow down after the Indian government circulated plans to require all replacement and OE tyres to bear the ISI mark. A draft circular for the new regulation has already been issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards and the rule is expected to take effect in the next 40 to 60 days.
(Akron/Tire Review) In line with its business plan focused on global distribution, Stamford Tyres Corp. of Singapore has recently expanded into China, India, South America and the US. In March, Stamford announced that its 50 per cent owned joint venture company, Tyre Pacific (HK) Ltd, has incorporated a 100 per cent owned subsidiary company, Orizz (Shanghai) Ltd in Shanghai, China.
Onkar S Kanwar, chairman and managing director of Apollo Tyres Ltd, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to acquire 135 acres of land, in the Oragadam Industrial Park, 11 kilometres from Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The company says that it plans to build a radial tyre production facility. The factory will initially produce 75 tonnes of tyres per day, rising to 250 tonnes or more over time, according to the company.
Samir Kumar Paul has been appointed as the new managing director of Dunlop India. Following the acquisition of the company from the Chhabrias, company owner, Ruia, had brought Ashok Jajodia, Dipak Rudra, Narayan Prasad Agarwalla, and Sajid Khan onto its board. The company has taken steps to compile and reconcile accounts for 2001-02, after getting access to statutory and other relevant records from its erstwhile registered office at Dunlop House.
Pakistan has published a list of 38 items, which are banned from being imported into the country from India. Interestingly retreaded tyres and part-worn tyres feature on the list alongside a string of unsavoury items including: Cannabis, Opium, tanks, machine guns, automatic rifles and armoured vans! A number of more innocuous items including lambs, rabbits and freezers also feature on the list. The 2006 Import Policy Order issued by the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce lists 773 items that can be imported into Pakistan during the 2006/07 financial year. India has complained that the law is against the letter and spirit of the South Asia Free Trade (SAFTA) agreement, which came into force on 1 January 2006.
Stamford Tyres Distributors India Private Limited (Stamford Tyres India) was incorporated on 6 July 2005 with an authorized capital of 500,000 rupees (£5700) and will sell and distribute wheels and tyres to the Indian market.
In a move that could remove the threat of cheap tyres imported from China, the government proposes to make quality certification compulsory for tyres manufactured and sold in India, says the Indian website of Business Standard. This would mean that only tyres that conform to the standard specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards can be sold and foreign tyres cannot be sold through local outlets.
Michelin is keen to enter the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) segment of the Indian passenger car and truck markets, according to the Indian press. This was made clear in an article with The Hindu recently, in which Herve Dub, Chief Executive Officer, Michelin India Tyres Private Ltd. said, “We are in discussions with some OEMs. There will be some good news on this front in 12 months,” he added.
(Akron/Tire Review) Indian tiremaker Ceat say it will increase imports of radial truck tyres to 2,000 units per month within the next 18 months. Currently, Ceat imports some 500 tyres per month, produced for Ceat by Pirelli at its manufacturing plant in Turkey. “Seeing a gradual increase in demand for domestic radial truck tyres, we intend to step up our imports from Pirelli,” Ceat managing director Paras Chowdhary told Indian media.
Hayes Lemmerz is to build new facilities at its plant in Pune (200 kilometres south of Mumbai) where it currently produces steel truck wheels. The joint venture factory is 85 per cent owned by Hayes Lemmerz with Indian company Kalyani (one of the largest suppliers of automotive components, especially castings) as junior partner.
Mr Raghupati Singhania, vice chairman and managing director of JK Industries Limited has received an honorary doctorate in science at the seventeenth convocation of Mohanlal Sukhadia University at Udaipur by Her Excellency, Smt. Pratibha Patil, Governor of Rajasthan. The degree was conferred in recognition of Mr Singhania’s contributions towards encouraging education, training and research activities in Rubber and Allied industries in India.
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