Yokohama India Doubles Capacity At Its Bahadurgarh Plant

Yokohama India has begun commercial production at the Bahadurgarh plant in Haryana, post completion of 2nd phase expansion.

With this development, the Japanese tyre maker has more than doubled its manufacturing capacity to 1.6 million tyres per year in India. Yokohama began operations in India in 2014 with an initial capacity of 0.7 million tyres per year. 

Anil Gupta, Vice Chairman Yokohama India said, “In response to the increasing demand for Yokohama Tyres in India and keeping in mind the projected market growth, we decided to double our domestic manufacturing capacities. Incidentally it has happened at an opportune time as restrictions on import of tyres have been announced by the government. This decision is in line with the government’s clarion call for “Atmanirbhar Bharat” – from the drawing board to the dealer shops, the new Phase-2 facility is fully equipped to meet Indian market needs."

Yokohama will now mass-manufacture its extremely popular Geolandar A/T along with Geolandar SUV, BluEarth-RV02 at this state-of-art facility. Several new offerings are also on the anvil to meet the changing needs of Indian motorists. 

Reinforcing Yokohama India’s commitment to ‘Go Vocal for Local’, Gupta further added, “This development also creates more job opportunities locally. Currently, the Bahadurgarh plant has over 500 employees and now with increased production we see the number going over 700.”