please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources jk tyre news newspapers books scholar jstor free images february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message jk tyre total control worldwide type public bse 530007 industry tyres tubes mudflaps founded 1874 founder lala juggilal singhania lala kamlapat singhania hari shankar singhania headquarters new delhi india key people raghupati singhania chairman vivek kamra president revenue 6 015 crore us 890 million fy 2012 13 1 net income 1.06 billion us 16 million fy 2012 13 1 number of employees 5 010 as on 3 sept 2013 website www.jktyre.com jk tyre & industries ltd is an automotive tyre tubes and flaps manufacturing company based in delhi india . the name jk is derived from the initials of kamlapatji 1884 1937 and his father seth juggilal 1857 1922 . 2 the company is the market leader in truck bus radial tire in india and is the only tyre manufacturer offering the entire range of 4 wheeler radials for trucks buses and cars . 3 jk tyre has a worldwide customer base in over 80 countries across all 6 continents . it is a part of j. k. organisation group of companies . jk tyre acquired mexican tyre major tornel in 2008 . 4 with production facilities in all 9 plants total production capacity is almost 20 million tyres p.a. contents 1 locations 2 research & development 3 history 4 jk tyre national racing championship 5 achievements and awards 6 see also 7 related 8 references 9 external links 9.1 main 9.2 motorsport 9.3 jk group of companies locations edit the company is headquartered in new delhi bahadur shah zafar marg . registered office is in kankroli rajasthan . manufacturing plants are located at six centers in india located at mysore karnataka 3 banmore madhya pradesh kankroli rajasthan chennai tamil nadu jk tyre has also enhanced its global reach by taking over tornel a mexican company which has 3 plants in mexico . 5 6 jk tyre has acquired lasker plant of birla tyres located in haridwar in the name of cavendish industries . with the new agreement company has now total of 10 manufacturing plants in india research & development edit it has an r & d division hari shankar singhania elastomer and tyre research institute hasetri with headquarters at kankroli under the directorship of renowned scientist dr. mukhopadhyay . it has two more branches one in faridabad and one in chennai . it is known for its state of the art finite element method nvh and tyre testing capabilities . this r & d facility is one of its kind in asia . hasetri is india s first and foremost independent research and testing center which fulfills the nation s need for developing newer and better technologies for elastomer and tyres . it is recognized under siro scientific and industrial research organization by the department of scientific and industrial research dsir govt . of india . it is also acknowledged by the indian institute of technology iits and other universities for registration leading to higher studies . apart from the r & d facility there is also a product development cell present in the faridabad facility . the chennai operation is a joint initiative of iit chennai and jk tyres . history edit 7 1974 jk tyre founded in west bengal with an industrial license in february 1974 for the manufacture of 400 000 nos . each automobile tyre and tubes per annum . the company was converted into a public limited company on 1 april 1974 . the manufacturing project was promoted by straw products ltd and j.k. synthetics ltd. 1982 the company s technical collaboration agreement with general tire 1987 the overall working resulted in substantial profits despite a 51 days strike as well as go slow from 14 october . 1988 new steel radial tire for maruti gypsy and tata motors were introduced . 1989 semi lug nylon truck tyre a new patterns and sizes of tyres were introduced . 1991 handeep investment ltd. hidrive finance ltd. panchanan investment ltd. and radial finance ltd. j. k. international ltd. shivdham properties ltd. and j.k. asia pacific ltd. became subsidiaries of the company . radial tyre for tractors were launched . 1992 opening of office in moscow besides starting company s subsidiaries in u.k. & hong kong . 1993 new radial tyres brute and ultima were introduced . the company in the process of developing steel belted radial tyres for mercedes benz peugeot daewoo race and opel astra . a new pattern developed for bus and trucks pe t8 . 1994 the t rated ultima tyres launched for new generation cars found in dcm daewoo s ceilo . j.k. steel radial chosen for mercedes benz india . development of steel radials for gm s astra . pal s peugekot fiat s uno and m & m s ford . truck tyre jet trak 39 introduced to meet the needs of the heavy load market . the new tractor rear tyre sona introduced . 1996 jet drive xs the widest nylon car tyre for maruti 800 launched . radial category ultima xr radial a terrain tyre introduced . introduction of india s first and only h rated ultima xs specially for mercedes benz cars . 2000 jk tyre and indian oil corporation entered into a marketing alliance for installing digital air pressure gauge and setting up sales and services outlets at ioc petrol stations in india . 2001 raghupati singhania managing director of j k industries has appointed the 19th chairman of automotive tyre manufacturers association . 2002 crisil assigned a p1 rating to the commercial paper programme of the company . 2003 mr ajay kapila appointed as the marketing director . divested its wholly owned subsidiary called j.k. drugs and pharmaceuticals ltd to teva pharmaceuticals of israel . 2004 securities delisted from delhi stock exchange association ltd dse . 2007 name of the company changed from j k industries ltd to jk tyre & industries ltd. 2008 the company has issued rights in the ratio of 1 3 at a premium of rs . 75 per share . jk tyre national racing championship edit main article jk tyre national racing championship the jk tyre national racing championship also known as jk nrc is a track racing championship series consisting of several single make series events of open wheel single seater formula cars and saloon cars in india . this championship series is also considered to be the stepping stone for indian racing drivers who want to break into international motorsports . several drivers including narain karthikeyan karun chandhok and armaan ebrahim have gone on to take part in international events including formula one and a1 grand prix and other premier racing series around the world . 8 9 achievements and awards edit jk tyre receives brand of the year award in 2015 . 1 driving motorsport in india for over three decades including rallying karting racing and the much acclaimed international jk racing asia series 10 see also edit companies portal related edit jk organisation jk tyre national racing championship references edit a b bse plus . bseindia.com . retrieved 3 october 2013 . mahapatro b. b. 1993 . industrial wage regulation in orissa . mittal publications . p. 108 . isbn 978 81 7099 474 9 . jk tyre 1 april 2011 jk tyre heritage retrieved 9 march 2013 jk tyre 1 april 2011 jk tyre international sales footprint retrieved 9 march 2013 http www.jktyre.com aboutjktyre manu facilities.aspx manufacturing plants jk tyre reuters 1 april 2011 profile of jk tyre & industries ltd jkin.bo retrieved 9 march 2013 company history jk tyre & industries ltd. jk tyre motorsports total control zone overview . event calendar the federation of motorsports club of india jk tyre 3 october 2013 jk tyre accolades footprint retrieved 9 march 2013 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to jk tyre . main edit jk tyre english homepage moneycontrol jk tyre company info company history economic times motorsport edit federation of motorsports club of india madras motorsports club jk tyre racing team bhp indian motosports list http www.motorsportindia.com main2011 index.php national championship jk tyre fmsci nrc jktnrc results.html indian motorsport the federation of motor sports clubs of india jk group of companies edit j.k. organisation jk paper ltd. jk lakshmi cement ltd. j.k. fenner india ltd. umang dairies ltd. jk agri genetics ltd. jk risk managers & insurance brokers ltd. 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