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INDIA RUBBER EXPO
K V Tolins, Managing Director, Tolins Tyre & Treads
Anil Luthra, Sr Vice President
Midas Opens Two New Markets in South America
Midas Treads India is continuously increasing its clout in the global market. The tread maker has opened two more markets in Latin America. “We have opened two more countries
to about 60 retreaders, many of them small retreaders making less than 200 tyres a month. As Indian trucks and buses rapidly radicalise, retreaders in India are catching up with the
Paulose Varughese, (centre right) Director, Midas Treads India at Namakkal
in Central America, Honduras and El Salvador,” informed Paulose Varughese, Director, Midas Treads India at Rubber Expo, Mumbai.”
The company recently conducted a Radial Awareness program among retreaders in Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, one of the transportation hubs in the Southern part of India. It is home
new methods and compounds required to retread a radial tyre. Midas held lively discussions with all of their major retreaders to improve and implement methods for radial tyre retreading. The tread market has also introduced a new radial only tread that will give better mileage and is better suited to radial tyres.
Unipatch Gaining Foothold in Africa
with a local partner. Updating on the JV Tolins said, “All the JV formalities have been in place and now equipment is on the
made in Sri Lanka for the proposed plant. Once the Ukrainian plant comes on line, before the onset of winter, by
Unipatch Rubber Limited is gaining in-roads in the African market, opening up markets for the OTR repair and the Monoflex system. The company is becoming active in the markets of Ghana and Nigeria. “We have tied–up with the Allied Group in Ghana for OTR repair, who have a plant in the mining belt of Takoradi,” said
with an OTR repair facility. “We are focusing on OTR repair and Africa is our key target market,” added Kunal Chaudhar y, general manager, exports and strategic planning, Unipatch Rubber Ltd.
Interestingly, Unipatch has clinched a major deal in the domestic market too, it has tied- up with a global tyre OEM,
way for installation.” Meanwhile, Tolins is also finalising plans for setting-up a tread making plant in Sri Lanka. “The land acquisition has been
September this year, we will start working on the Sri Lankan venture,” stated Tolins. The Sri Lanka plant is likely to be started sometime in 2014.
Anil Luthra, Sr VP, sales and marketing, Unipatch Rubber Limited. Allied is also setting-up a new OTR repair plant and Unipatch has already shipped the Monoflex system and has previously supplied patches. The company has also opened up in the Nigerian market as it is supplying the Monoflex system to a Nigerian company
setting-up a facility in India for providing a whole life service to its dealer network throughout the countr y. However, the company declined to share the name of global tyre major. “We have tied-up for bus and truck tyre whole life solutions from installation to commissioning of the total plant at the dealer end,” informed Anil Luthra.
Tolins to Establish Tread Making Plant in Coimbatore
Kerala based tread maker Tolins is setting up a new tread manufacturing plant in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. The plant will be opened in Coimbatore and is likely to be operational by April 2013. The Coimbatore plant should manufacture around 300 tonnes of tread rubber initially. “We have invested about half a million dollars in the new plant,” said K V Tolins, Managing Director, Tolins Tyre and Treads. The company has a mother plant in Kalady, Kerala, having a production capacity of
around 2,000 tonnes per month, while the plant actually produces around 1,800 tonnes. Tolins is targeting the emerging automobile hub in Tamil Nadu. “Tamil Nadu is a big market and coupled with that it is an emerging auto hub in Asia with global OEMs setting-up their plants in the state. Besides, the plant would also cater to the big local market,” said Tolins. The capacity of the plant could be doubled depending on the demand.
Tolins is also setting-up a tread making plant in Ukraine in a JV
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