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Birla Tyres

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Birla Tyres
Company typePublic
IndustryTyres
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
HeadquartersKolkata, West Bengal, India
ParentHimadri Special Chemicals[1]
Websitebirlatyre.com

Birla Tyres is an Indian company engaged in the manufacture of tyres[2] for automobiles, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, farm vehicles and heavy earth-moving machinery.[3] It was first established in 1991 as a division of Kesoram Industries.[4] In 2023, the company was acquired by Himadri Specialty Chemicals and Dalmia Bharat Refractories under an insolvency plan.[1]

It has over 170 sales depots with more than 491 sales engineers and 8,831 dealers at major locations.[5][6]

History

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Birla Tyres was first established in 1991, as part of Kesoram Industries Limited. It then collaborated with tyre manufacturer Pirelli, in the production and development of its tyres.[7]

Products

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Birla Tyres have a wide range of tyres from motorcycles to farm tractors. The company manufactures bias and radial tyres with over 170 sales depots in India and in the international network across 17 countries worldwide. The company produces truck & bus tyre, SCV & LCV tyre, passenger car tyre, two & three wheelers tyre, farm and mining tyres.[8]

Awards and recognition

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  • 2012: Capexil Special Export Award 2012-13[9]
  • 2018: Ranked 67th worldwide on the Tire Business Global Top 75 Tire Makers list in 2018.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Himadri to run Birla Tyres, fund acquisition through internal cash". Mint. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Product Information". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ^ Kumar, Arun (6 July 2015). "JK Tyre leads race for Rs. 2,000 crore Birla Tyres deal". The Economic Times.
  4. ^ "About the Company". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ^ "BirlaTyres". www.kesocorp.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Office Locations". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ "BirlaTyres". www.kesocorp.com.
  8. ^ "Birla Tyres". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  9. ^ "CAPEXIL EXPORT AWARD 2012-13 Presented in New Delhi". pib.gov.in.
  10. ^ "Kesoram to 'demerge' Birla Tyres, list it separately". Tire Business. 5 December 2018.