JK Tyres

Origin and Expansion

JK Tyre & Industries Limited finds itself among the top-notch tyre manufacturers in the country. A part of the JK Organisation conglomerate, JK Tyre is one of India’s oldest tyre makers and features in the list of top 25 tyre manufacturers worldwide. The name JK is derived from the initials of its founders – Lala Juggilal and his son Lala Kamlapat Singhania – who instituted the JK Organisation.

The Delhi-headquartered tyre firm was first to introduce radial tyre in 1977 and holds a massive market share in the Truck Bus Radial (TBR) segment. JK Tyre had been instrumental in developing modern tyres for agricultural and OTR applications. In 2019, the company recorded its name in the Limca Book of Records for manufacturing the country’s largest off-the-road tyre christened VEM 045.

JK Tyre pioneered radial tyres and went on to become the first Indian tyre manufacturer to develop radial tyres for the entire range of vehicles that comprise truck/bus, LCV, passenger cars, SUVs, MUVs and tractors. When it comes to innovation and expertise, JK Tyre has been a torchbearer for the tyre industry in India. It introduced the country’s first ‘Smart Tyre’ tech and offered Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) through TREEL Sensors, which examined vital stats of the tyre such as air pressure and temperature.

In 1977, JK began manufacturing tyres, tubes and mud-flaps with a capacity of 0.5 million tyres per year. The production grew manifold over the span of four decades. The current capacity of its 12 manufacturing units spread across India and Mexico consists of about 35 million tyres per year.

Owing to the excellence in every tyre segment, JK Tyre has been the popular choice of two-wheeler, four-wheeler, and other segment Original Equipment manufacturers. The list of OE partners of JK Tyre includes biggies like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & Mahindra, Volvo Eicher, Volkswagen, Fiat, Nissan, and TAFE.

R&D Facilities

Situated in the middle of Mysore city, Raghupati Singhania Center of Excellence is a state of the art facility. Another is HASETRI (Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute), which is an Independent Research Institute that specializes in the Elastomer Research and Tyre Engineering. This is followed by the JK Tech Centre. This centre deals in catering to the demands of the market and consumer needs. It takes care of the design, development and validation of the tyre products from every domain and category.

Achievements

• JK Tyre Mysore Plant is a recipient of the ‘Golden Peacock Environment Award’
• Excellent Energy Efficient Unit for JK Tyre Chennai Plant
• National Water Award for JK Tyre Plant, Kankroli
• Recognized as the Iconic Brand of India 2020 by The Economic Times
• Recognized as Trusted Brand 2020, by Readers Digest
• Digital Marketing for the Smart Tyre campaign at the 9th Global Customer Engagement Award 2020 (Asian Customer Engagement Forum)
• Kankroli Tyre Plant awarded with Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency
• Icon of Indigenous Excellence by Economic Times
• Trusted Brand Award in the Gold category by Readers Digest 2016
• Awarded as Best Market Campaign for Rural Brand Development in 2018
• Won the Extraordinary Brand award at the Brand Vision Summit 2017-18
• Got Employer Branding Award for Talent Management in 2008
• Golden Peacock Environment Award by World Environment Foundation, UK
• National Award for Excellence in Water Management by CII-GBC, Hyderabad
• Ranked Highest in JD Power Tyre Customer Satisfaction in Original Tyres 2009
• Export Excellence Award 2009, Federation of Karnataka, Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Capexil ‘Top Export Award’ for the year 2008-09
• Awarded the Fifth Social and Corporate Governance award 2010
• Certificate of Vendor Performance and Appreciation from the Secretary Labour, Government of India
• National Energy Conservation Award
• Rajasthan Energy Conservation and CII Water Management Award in 2009
• Global HR Excellence Award, 2010
• Asia’s Best Employer Award for Excellence in Training
• National Award for Excellence in Energy Management, 2010
• Corporate Icon of the year by IIPM Power Brand awarded to Dr Raghupati Singhania
• Award for "Organisation with Innovative HR Practices" by Asia Pacific HRM Congress

Passenger Car Tyre

The passenger car tyre segment comprises tyres for hatchbacks, sedans and SUVs. Some of the popular passenger car tyre patterns include the likes of JK Brute 4x4, JK UX Royale, JK UX1, JK Elanzo Touring, JK Ultima, JK Vectra, JK Ultima Sport, JK Taximax, JK Ranger A/T, JK Ranger H/T and many others. JK car tyres offer high tread life and maximum value for their money against other players in the segment.

Motorcycle and Scooter Tyre

The tyres for the bikes and scooters offer optimum value, apt handling and excellent longevity. The two-wheeler tyre range from JK Tyre consist of JK Blaze BA21, JK Blaze BF11, JK Blaze BR11, JK Challenger F81, JK Challenger S61, JK Challenger S63, JK Challenger R43 and others.

Truck Tyre

The two popular truck and the other off-the-road tyres include Jet R Miles, Jet Xtra XLM, JK Jet Xtra Load, JK Jet Tuff DX, JK Jet Rock Xtra and others. Moreover, the tractor tyre range comprises JK Rib Star TRL, JK Jet Lug Star and many more.

Manufacturing facilities in India and abroad

The production units of JK Tyre are scattered across the nation in Banmore, (Madhya Pradesh), Kankroli (Rajasthan), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), alongside 3-3 plants in Mysore (Karnataka) and Haridwar (Uttarakhand).

Strengthening the international reach, JK Tyre owns and operates three plants of the Tornel brand in Mexico. JK Tyre took over Tornel in 2008. All the manufacturing plants are equipped with high-end tech and advanced manufacturing components.

JK Tyre Sales Network

JK Tyre marks its sales network presence in 105 countries with 180+ distributors globally. The company also possesses a solid network of more than 4000 dealers and 500+ dedicated brand shops known as Steel Wheels and Xpress Wheels in India.