Balkrishna Tyres Ltd.

The success story of Balkrishna Tyres, well know as BKT, begun when it entered into production of off-highway tyres in 1995. With the help of intensive market research & production capabilities, BKT made its mark in the niche segments and offers tyres for Agricultural, Construction, Industrial & Earthmover applications. BKT has the widest niche product range containing more that 1500 SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) and boasts of having One Stop Shop for Off-highway tyres. The Agriculture range starts at 12 inches bead diameter up to 48 inches bead diameter and Industrial/Construction/Earthmover Range starts from 8 inches bead diameter to 35 inches bead diameter. The company has the capability to develop over 100 new sizes every year coupled with a low turn around time of 8 to 10 weeks for new product development.With introduction of Flotation Radial tyres under the AGRIMAX brand and the pattern name of FL-630, BKT enters into another niche segment, which is currently being catered by very few manufacturers. The Tractor radial tyres range is slated to expand from 85 series (launched in 2004) to 70 series, 65 series and finally the 95 series. And now BKT is expanding fast. Not far from Bhiwadi (northern India), where BKT has its second factory, it is building a third factory for radial agri-tyres as well as large earthmover tyres. Those will double the radial agri-tyres capacity to 250,000 units in 2006.BKT Waluj plant being already ISO certified since March 2002, recently the Bhiwadi plant also received ISO 9001:2000 certificate from KPMG. It was also awarded membership of the British Safety Council in September, 2005, showing its commitment towards Health, Safety and Environmental best practices. Furthermore, contract manufacturing for some large European tyre companies, proves as a testimonial to the quality procedures being followed at BKT factories. But the key to the companys success lies in its Research & Development Activities and the dedi