JK Tyre selected among Asia's most admired brands

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd, was named among admired 100 Asia at the first Asian Brand Conclave 2015 in New Delhi today. Also, Dr. Raghupati Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director, JK Tyres, was ranked among Asia’s most admired leaders.

Admired 100 Asia is an initiative of VWP World Brands and it recognises the brands that have shown exceptional reliability, sustainability over the years. It also features 50 leaders who have the distinction of leading these brands over the years. ‘Admired 100 Asia’ is a research based list of selected brands and leaders from several Asian countries and have Ernst and Young as their process advisors.

Established in the late 1970’s, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. is part of JK Organisation, the Rs.21,000-crore Indian conglomerate. It has several firsts to its credit in the industry; this includes pioneering radial technology in India way back in 1977, leading it to be a leader Truck/Bus Radial tyre segment in the country.

Currently, JK Tyre has global presence in 100 countries across six continents with six plants in India and three in Mexico, and has a capacity across 9 plants exceeds 20 million tyres per annum. Also, the company is expanding its capacities and aims to increase its total production to 20 million tyres per annum by the end of 2015.