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Tire makers in India battle new COVID-19 wave
Don Detore and Jim Johnson
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MUMBAI, India While India is in the grip of a second wave of COVID-19, a sampling of tire makers in the country say operations continue to run smoothly.
Even with the dire pandemic statistics coming out of the world s second-most populated country, Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT), Ceat Ltd., and Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems all report operations continue.
Sun-TWS reported operations at 100 percent capacity while BKT said operations are running smoothly with an average of 95 percent capacity. Ceat, meanwhile, said it is following all safety protocols and running at optimum capacity.
MUMBAI, India — While India is the grip of a second wave of COVID-19, a sampling of tire makers in the country say operations continue to run smoothly.Even with the dire pandemic statistics coming out of the world's second-most populated country, Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT), CEAT Ltd.,…
DALTON, Ga. Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems (Sun-TWS) factories in India continue to operate at 100%, but the latest wave of COVID-19 certainly is impacting the company and the entire country, one company official said.
Sun-TWS, which has four off-the-road (OTR) tire plants in India, has…
Sun Tyre operations in India continue as COVID-19 ravages nation
Sun Tyre s manufacturing plant in Maraimalai Nagar, India
DALTON, Ga. Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems factories in India continue to operate at 100 percent, but the latest wave of COVID-19 certainly is impacting the company and the entire country, one company official said.
Sun, which has four off-the-road tire plants in India, has instituted a variety of safety precautions allowing manufacturing to continue, said Ken Cooper, senior vice president of the company s North America operations. They test the factory workers every day and throughout the day for temperatures. They ve put a lot of (physical) divisions within the plant to separate the workers, Cooper explained May 14. We are maintaining as big of a distance as possible within the plants.