Metro Bike Tyres

Company Overview:

 
Metro Continental is a well established company that offers high quality tyres for different kinds of vehicles, which includes motorcycles as well. It was started in the year 1968 and has steadily progressed itself to be one of the leading makers of tyres and tubes in the global markets today. Apart from India, this firm has made a mark in the overseas market also after its outsourcing and technical collaboration with German automotive manufacturing company named Continental AG. It supplies its products in quality conscious markets of USA and European Union bearing this 'Continental' brand name. At present, the Metro Group is a massive conglomerate, which is worth close to US $140 million. It includes companies like Metro International, Metro Tyres Limited and Metro Ortem Limited. It currently operates in over 53 countries and manufactures nearly 30 million tyres and tubes per year. Moreover, the company has a work force of more than 4000 people and its market share comes to around 24 percent.
 

Products:

 
Metro Continental tyres offer a wide range of products for motorcycles that are best in quality. The customers can take help of Metro Continental dealers, who are available in many major cities. Some of these include:
 

• Conti Go Tubeless
• Metro-Thunder
• Conti Metro Polis
• Navigator
• Navigator Plus
• Conti Metro Politan
• Conti Revolution Plus
• Conti Rib Plus
• Conti Rapid Plus
• Twister Plus

 
The tyre manufacturer has kept the prices of its products quite reasonable when compared to other products offered by its rivals. Apart from motorcycles, the company also offers tyres for three-wheelers and bicycles.
 

Other Products:

 
Being a leader in the tyre industry, Metro Continental is also engaged in offering consumer durable products. Some of the goods produced by its subsidiary, Metro Ortem Limited includes:
 

• Ceiling fans.
• Table wall fans.
• Ventilation fans.
• Pedestal and Exhaust fans.
• Sewing machines.

 
On the other hand, Metro International is into export division that ships a whole range of these products including automobile tubes to different countries. Countries like Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia are a few in the list, which import these goods at a premium price.  
 

Manufacturing Units:

 
Metro Continental tyres owns around seven state-of-the-art manufacturing units that have received the ISO 9001:2008 certification. Out of these, four plants are present in Ludhiana, Punjab while one is located in Gurgaon, Haryana. There are also two units present in Noida, which is a city in Uttar Pradesh. All its goods are marketed through a network of above 50 branches all across the nation.  
 

Its Initiatives:

 
Apart from providing tyres and other durable products, the Metro Group has also started an initiative for supporting children, who are suffering from Type 1 Diabetes. And for this, it has encouraged therapeutical yoga exercises, a balanced diet plan and so on. Moroever, the tyre maker is in association with organizations like Akshay Patra Foundation, which started the mid day meal program for all the underprivileged children. Besides these, the company prefers using various environment friendly technologies in manufacturing procedures.