JK Tyre & Industries inaugurated the JK Retread Centre in Mumbai. The 34th retread centre will add to JK Tyre’s exclusive service network of providing quality retreading services for bias and radial tyres.
The centre is strategically located on the NH-17 highway connecting the Mumbai-Nasik Highway and will serve as an important transit point for vehicles going to cities like Pune, Mumbai and Surat. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, machinery and trained manpower, the centre offers company recommended repair and retread procedures to bring down the cost-per-kilometre for customers. The company aims to expand the network of retreading centres to a 100 facilities by 2020.
Vikram Malhotra, marketing director, JK Tyre & Industries, said, “We are pleased to start this retread facility on NH-17 highway connecting Mumbai to Nasik. This centre highlights JK Tyre’s efforts to provide total tyre solution to our large customer base in the region. JK Tyre is the pioneer of radials in the country and is committed towards bringing the best of products and services. The initiative emphasises on JK Tyre’s customer-centric approach, with unmatched ‘One-Stop Solution’ service at its core.”
JK Tyre & Industries entered the retreading business in 2009 by setting up a retread rubber manufacturing facility at Kankroli, Rajasthan, which provides original tread design for retreading of tyres to fleet owners/end users. JK Tyre Retread facilities cater to various State Transport Corporations and Fleets in domestic market across pre-cured rubber treads and allied material categories.
JK Tyre has evolved as a 360-degree service solutions provider and is currently the No. 1 franchise network that provides tyre care solutions through its network of service centres spread across the country.