Maxxis Rubber India, a sub-company of Maxxis Group inaugurated its first manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat. The plant was inaugurated by Vijaybhai Rupani, CM, Gujarat, in the presence of Tsai-Jen Lo, Chairman, Maxxis Group, and Cheng-Yao Liao, President, Maxxis India.The plant with an investment of over $ 400 million, is spread across a massive 106 acres. The facility is currently dedicated to manufacturing of two-wheeler tyres and tubes and will have a capacity to produce around 20,000 tyres and 40,000 tubes per day. With this size and capacity, the company is targeting a market share of at least 15 per cent of India’s tyre market within 5 years.
Maxxis currently serves as an OEM tyre supplier to Honda (two-wheelers), Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Tata and Jeep in India.
Maxxis India is dedicated towards Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and reiterated their commitment to contribute towards the Clean India Mission during the ceremony. The Sanand facility boasts of the most efficient effluent treatment plant (ETP) and sewage treatment plant (STP) that gives the plant the status of a ‘zero liquid discharge’ facility.