[VIDEO] BKT R&D Center Enables Development of High-performance Tire Products

Company’s new research and development center in Bhuj, India, gives it the resources to develop and test new tire compounds, tread patterns and material sources in house

January 16, 2019

Rajiv Poddar, joint managing director, BKT Tires, discusses how the company’s new research and development center in Bhuj, India, gives it the resources to develop and test new tire compounds, tread patterns and material sources in house and deliver products to customers that meet their specific application needs.

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