India-based Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems, a division of Sundaram Industries, plans to build a factory for making solid industrial tyres and related products at a new facility in South India. Sun Tyre did not disclose information pertaining to the plant´s size or investment for the plant that will be operational end 2012.
After completing its acquisition of Watts Lanka in Sri Lanka in 2010, Sun Tyre has been expanding capacity for solid resilient and press-on band tyres at the plant and this year expects to realise additional capacity for solid skid steer tyres as well. The company goes to market under the Numa, Tantor and Talon brand names.
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