industry tyres founded 1972 1 headquarters gurgaon haryana india 2 key people onkar kanwar chairman & md neeraj kanwar vice chairman & md revenue 117.1 billion us 1.7 billion 3 number of employees 16000 website http www.apollotyres.com apollo tyres ltd is the world s 17th biggest tyre manufacturer with annual consolidated revenues of rs 117.1 billion us 1.8 billion in march 2016 . it was founded in 1976 . its first plant was commissioned in perambra thrissur kerala . the company now has four manufacturing units in india and 1 in netherlands . 4 it has a network of nearly 5 000 dealerships in india of which over 2 500 are exclusive outlets . it gets 69 % of its revenues from india 26 % from europe and 5 % from other geographies . 5 apollo announced its entry into the two wheeler tyre segment with contract manufacturing in march 2016 . 6 contents 1 history 2 european operations 3 references 4 external links history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message 1976 company was conceived and promoted by mathew t marattukalam bharat steel tubes ltd. raunaq international pvt. ltd. raunaq & co. pvt. ltd. raunaq singh and jacob thomas . apollo tyres was registered 1 1977 1st plant established at perambra kerala india 1 1991 2nd plant at limda gujarat india 1 1994 started selling tyres for 2 wheelers 2 1995 acquired premier tyres limited ptl . it is the 3rd plant at kalamassery kerala india 7 2006 expanded operations outside india by acquiring dunlop s africa operations . 8 2008 a new plant at chennai tamil nadu india 1 2009 apollo tyres acquired the netherlands based tyre maker vredestein banden b.v. vbbv for an undisclosed sum 9 2013 disposed of the dunlop brand in africa along with most of the south african operation in a sale to sumitomo rubber industries of japan . 10 2015 apollo has bought germany s reifencom for 45.6 million . 11 european operations edit apollo tyres currently sells apollo and vredestein branded tyres in europe . 8 the company currently operates one tyre factory in europe in the netherlands and is building a second factory in hungary . this second production facility in europe will begin production in early 2017 . 12 references edit a b c d e 1 a b forbes india magazine apollo s play in europe . 2 apollo tyres roll into europe today . the hindu business line . 1 june 2010 . retrieved 17 september 2014 . annual report for the financial year 2015 2016 . apollo tyres . widgets magazine . epaperbeta.timesofindia.com . retrieved 10 june 2016 . http economictimes.indiatimes.com apollo tyres ltd infocompanyhistory companyid 63 . cms a b forbes india magazine apollo s play in europe . http abclive.in abclive business apollo tyres vredestein banden bv.html apollo tyres acquires vredestein banden bv tire review staff . sumitomo acquires assets of apollo tyres south africa . tire review magazine . apollo tyres may miss 2020 revenue target . retrieved 14 december 2015 . hungary plant to start rolling out products by 2017 apollo tyres . the economic times . 17 september 2014 . retrieved 17 september 2014 . external links edit official site dunlop tyres south africa website apollo tyres acquires vredestein banden bv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title apollo tyres & oldid 744527196 categories economy of keralacompanies based in gurgaoncompanies established in 1972tyre manufacturing companies of indiatire manufacturersautomotive companies of indiaindian brandshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2016use indian english from july 2016all wikipedia articles written in indian englisharticles needing cleanup from april 2016all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from april 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 20 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view