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GRI Launches Radial Agriculture Tire in Sri Lanka February, 10, 2021 GRI launched the first radial agricultural tire manufactured in Sri Lanka using locally sourced natural rubber on 4 th February 2021. The launch of the radial agriculture tire happens to be the only high-grade agricultural radial tire produced using locally sourced rubber. The launch event took place in collaboration with GRI’s distributor Perera Tire Services and took place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Weerawila. “At present the highest quality radial tires required for agricultural vehicles in Sri Lanka are imported from foreign countries. A large amount of foreign exchange must be spent for this purpose. GRI established an advanced specialty tire production plant in Badalgama in January 2018 and commenced the production of high-performance agriculture tires. A hire percentage of the natural rubber requirements are met by the local rubber farmer. GRI collects the natural rubber throu ....
Print BADALGAMA, Sri Lanka Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has broken ground on the second phase of its $100 million specialty tire factory in Badalgama, a project that will quadruple capacity to 100 metric tons per day. Due to be completed by December, the Phase II project will focus on agriculture tires, with a large share of output dedicated for advanced radials, the company said, while nearly doubling the 3-year-old plant s physical size to more than 240,000 square feet. GRI s expansion and increase in our production capacity, in such a short time frame, is (in response to) demand for our GRI branded products in recent years, GRI Managing Director Prabhash Subasinghe said at a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 15. ....