Type Public
(BSE: 530007) Website www.jktyre.com Founded 1874 | Industry Tyres, Tubes, Mudflaps Headquarters India | |
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Key people Raghupati Singhania, Chairman
Vivek Kamra, President Net income ₹1.06 billion (US$16 million) (FY 2012–13) Number of employees ~5,010 (as on 3 Sept 2013) Stock price JKTYRE (NSE) ₹ 128.70 -0.80 (-0.62%)17 Mar, 3:30 PM IST - Disclaimer Revenue 60.15 billion INR (2012–2013, US$890 million) Founders Hari Shankar Singhania, Lala Kamlapat Singhania, Lala Juggilal Singhania Profiles | ||
Jk tyre born to run part 2
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd is an Automotive Tyre, Tubes and flaps manufacturing company based in Delhi, India. The name JK is derived from the initials of Kamlapatji (1884–1937) and his father Seth Juggilal (1857–1922). The company is the market leader in Truck/Bus Radial tire in India and is the only tyre manufacturer offering the entire range of 4 wheeler radials for Trucks, Buses and Cars. JK Tyre has a worldwide customer base in over 80 countries across all 6 continents. It is a part of J. K. Organisation group of Companies. JK Tyre acquired Mexican tyre major – Tornel in 2008. With production facilities in all 9 plants, total production capacity is almost 20 million tyres p.a.
Contents
- Jk tyre born to run part 2
- Make in india story of jk tyre industries ltd
- Locations
- Research Development
- JK Tyre National Racing Championship
- Achievements and Awards
- Related
- References
Make in india story of jk tyre industries ltd
Locations
The Company is headquartered in New Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. Registered office is in Kankroli, Rajasthan. Manufacturing plants are located at Nine centers in India, located at -
JK Tyre has also enhanced its global reach by taking over Tornel, a Mexican company, which has 3 plants in Mexico. Jk tyre has acquired LAKSAR plant of BIRLA TYRES located in Haridwar, in the name of Cavendish Industries. With the new agreement company has now total of 10 manufacturing plants in India
Research & Development
It has an R&D division, Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer And Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI) with headquarters at Kankroli under the directorship of renowned scientist, Dr. Mukhopadhyay. It has two more branches: one in Faridabad and one in Chennai. It is known for its state-of-the-art Finite Element Method, NVH and tyre-testing capabilities. This R&D facility is one of its kind in Asia. HASETRI is India's first and foremost independent Research and Testing Center, which fulfills the Nation's need for developing newer and better technologies for Elastomer and Tyres. It is recognized under SIRO (Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India. It is also acknowledged by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and other universities for registration leading to higher studies. Product Development Center & R&D facility is present at Mysore, Karnataka. The Chennai operation is a joint initiative of IIT Chennai and JK tyres.
JK Tyre National Racing Championship
The JK Tyre National Racing Championship also known as JK-NRC is a track racing championship series consisting of several single make series events of open wheel single seater formula cars and saloon cars in India. This championship series is also considered to be the stepping stone for Indian Racing drivers who want to break into international motorsports. Several drivers including Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok and Armaan Ebrahim have gone on to take part in international events including Formula One and A1 Grand Prix and other premier racing series around the world.