JK Tyre & Industries will invest over ₹100 crore in addition to the ₹200 crore already pumped into its Research and Development (R&D) centre in Mysuru. Misra, technical director, JK Tyre & Industries, said on Wednesday that the country was set to move towards a star rating system for the tyre industry and the company was upgrading the R&D centre so that it is technology-ready when the rating system rolls out. Mr. Misra said the R&D centre in Mysuru will have state-of-the-art tools for tyre analysis. Misra, Technical Director, JK Tyre & Industries, interacting with the media in Mysuru on Wednesday. Mr. Misra said Mysuru’s R&D establishment was a centralised centre with 180 people and was poised for expansion.

Source: The Hindu January 23, 2020 18:56 UTC