Rummy Chhabra Chairman and Managing Director Metro Tyres Limited in an interview with M Noorani

摘要

Building tires in collaboration with Continental AG of Germany, Metro Tyres began its journey with bicycle tires. Focusing on the replacement market, the company is witnessing good growth. "Presence in both OEM and replacement market is allowing us to analyse demand patterns," according to Rummy Chhabra, Managing Director, Metro Tyres Limited. Metro Tyres makes two and three-wheeler tires. This includes motorcycle, scooter, rickshaw and e-rickshaw tires. Thejourney of Metro Tyres started with bicycle tires with a production run of 1000 units per day. This number has gone up to 1,25,000 tires per day, with 60% of the overall production catering to bicycles, and the remaining capacity utilised for the production of two-and three-wheeler tires. The focus area has been the replacement market since the revenue realisation is better. An estimated 60% of the volume comes from the replacement market whereas the remaining 20% comes from the OEMs, and the balance 20% from exports.