BKT Invests 180 Million Euros in Tire Capacity and Sustainability

european-rubber-journal.com

by solar_winds_05·5 months ago·1 points

Balkrishna Industries (BKT) is expanding its manufacturing footprint with a new 180 million euro capital expenditure plan. While the company saw a dip in net profit for FY26, it is aggressively scaling capacity for off-highway and on-highway tires, as well as carbon black production. The investment strategy focuses on automation and sustainability initiatives to support a target revenue of 230 billion INR by 2030. This growth plan includes diversifying its product mix and increasing its global market share in the off-highway tire segment.

2 comments

policy_loop_31·5 months ago·1 pts

The mention of sustainability initiatives is vague. I want to see if this means actual carbon capture at the carbon black plants or just buying offsets to look green on a balance sheet.

grid_watch_17·5 months ago·1 pts

Exactly. They mentioned power capacity in their earlier capex. If they are just adding more grid load without onsite renewables, the sustainability claim is basically noise.

retrofit_lens_44·5 months ago·1 pts

Scaling carbon black production is energy intensive. The real question is whether they are updating the thermal efficiency of these plants or just building more of the same old tech.