JK Tyre
Total Control (Worldwide)
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| Industry | Tyres, Tubes, Mudflaps |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Founder | Lala Juggilal Singhania Lala Kamlapat Singhania Hari Shankar Singhania |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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Key people
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Raghupati Singhania, Chairman |
| Revenue |
 ₹6,015 crore (US$890 million) (FY 2012–13)
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₹1.06 billion (US$16 million) (FY 2012–13)
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Number of employees
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~5,010 (as on 3 Sept 2013) |
| Website | www.jktyre.com |
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.
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
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.
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