Tyre Trends October/November 2025

Inside This Issue This October/November 2025 edition of Tyre Trends brings you compelling stories from across the global tyre industry, showcasing innovation, sustainability and strategic transformation. Our cover story takes you inside Bekaert’s remarkable journey of over 25 years in India, revealing how the Belgian steel wire specialist became the invisible yet indispensable partner powering the country’s tyre revolution. From supporting India’s shift from bias to radial technology to establishing cutting-edge R&D capabilities in Pune, Bekaert has embedded itself deeply into the ecosystem through technical excellence, sustainable practices and unwavering customer focus. With exclusive insights from industry leaders, including JK Tyre, Apollo Tyres, CEAT and BKT, this comprehensive feature explores how Bekaert’s precision-engineered reinforcement materials have become the hidden strength behind safer, more durable and fuel-efficient tyres rolling on Indian roads today. Readers will also discover Michelin’s aggressive expansion strategy in India’s premium passenger car tyre segment, with the company ramping up its Chennai plant investment to INR 6.86 billion. Meanwhile, Chinese tyre maker Linglong’s European powerplay demonstrates how strategic localisation, OE partnerships and smart manufacturing are reshaping global competition. We examine JK Tyre’s Chennai facility, where sustainability meets manufacturing excellence, and explore how Siemens is bringing traditional tyre making into the digital age through industrial metaverse technology and AI-driven optimisation. In our exclusive My Vision feature, Tyresnmore CEO Rakesh Tatikonda reveals how the RPG Group company is revolutionising tyre retail through its click-to-fit model. It delivers doorstep fitment services across six Indian cities, achieving NPS scores exceeding 85 percent, while targeting a market where online penetration stands at just 0.6-0.7 per cent. The issue also features critical insights into tyre waste management and recycling innovation, from IIT Bombay’s groundbreaking research turning waste tyres into sustainable construction materials to Bolder Industries’ next-generation Antwerp facility, which promises to recycle 6.6 million tyres annually. ASTM’s new ash content standard for recovered carbon black and industry perspectives on India’s evolving regulatory landscape round out our comprehensive coverage of an industry in transformation.