JK Tyre & Industries Ltd of New Delhi, one of India’s largest tyre manufacturers, says it has partnered with integral bus builder, JBM Auto Ltd1 of Gurugram (New Delhi) to supply radial tyres fitted with its smart tyres device for JBM’s CNG (JBM Citylife) and electric buses (JBM Ecolife).

CEAT Ltd of Mumbai, a full range tyre manufacturer, says it plans to make an investment of USD164m (INR1200Cr) in financial year 2021-22 to expand production of its radial bus and truck tyres.

Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, says it has now entered the truck-bus tyre segment in the USA and Canada and developed tyre range that meets the demand of the North American commercial fleets. It says it has a phased product rollout to cover some 90% of the truck and bus market by 2024.

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd of New Delhi, one of India’s largest manufacturer of tyres has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX)1 of Pithampur towards the development of a wet grip test track at NATRAX Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) for the government of India has issued a draft notification proposing new tyre standards to be incorporated as a part of the Automotive Indian Standards (AIS) 142:2019 as an amendment, subject to clearance and no objection, and that all current tyre design meet these new standards from October 2022.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) for the government of India, has announced it plans to implement a ‘Star Rating’ system for tyres, which will be based also on standards set by the European Union; ‘Tyre Labelling’ standards set under the regulation UNECE R 117.

Tyre manufacturer, Michelin of Clement-Ferrand, France, has launched its first range of dedicated electric bus tyres with the introduction of the new Michelin X InCity EV Z for the original equipment and replacement markets.

Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, has launched Abhimanyu, a new cross-ply (or bias) tyre for steer axles in CVs.

Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, has received approval with ISO/IEC 17025 for wet grip and coast-by (run by) noise tyre tests on its track situated in Oragadam, Chennai, which is supported by the Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) of Chennai to introduce tyre labelling and certification tests in India.

Trailer manufacturing giant, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co (Utility) - a major manufacturer of refrigerated trailers, dry freight vans, flatbeds and Tautliner curtainsided trailers - is making ConMet Preset Plus wheel-end hubs its standard base specification on all Utility trailer models.

Maxion Jantas has completed construction of the buildings and infrastructure of a new 21,000 sq m commercial vehicle steel wheel manufacturing plant in Manisa, Turkey.

With an investment of more than USD30m, the Michelin Group of Clermont-Ferrand, France has started construction of its first ever end-of-life tyre recycling plant in the Antofagasta region of Chile, South America.