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Apollo Tyres Ltd is the world's 17th biggest tyre manufacturer, with annual consolidated revenues of Rs 121.5 billion (US$2.5 billion) in 2011. It was founded in 1976. Its first plant was commissioned in Perambra, Thrissur, Kerala. The company now has four manufacturing units, one in South Africa, two in Zimbabwe and 1 in Netherlands. It has a network of over 4,000 dealerships in India, of which over 2,500 are exclusive outlets. It gets 62.6% of its revenues from India, 27.9% from Europe and 9.5% from Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Report for the Financial Year 2013-2014 )〕 It is planning to become the 10th biggest tyre manufacturer in the world with annual revenues of $6 billion by 2016.〔()〕 On 12 June 2013, it was reported that Apollo Tyres Ltd would buy US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for about $2.5 billion in a deal that would make it the world's seventh-largest tyre maker, however the takeover collapsed after legal battles.〔()〕 == History == * 1976 - Company conceived by Mathew T Marattukalam. :::Apollo Tyres was registered〔()〕 * 1977 - 1st plant established at Perambra, Kerala, India〔()〕 * 1991 - 2nd plant at Limda, Gujarat, India〔()〕 * 1994 - Started selling tyres for 2-wheelers〔()〕 * 1995 - 3rd plant at Kalamassery, Kerala, India〔()〕 * 2006 - Expanded operations outside India by acquiring Dunlop's Africa operations.〔()〕 * 2008 - A new plant at Chennai Tamil Nadu, India〔()〕 * 2009 - Apollo Tyres acquired the Netherlands-based tyre maker Vredestein Banden B.V. (VBBV) for an undisclosed sum from Russia's bankrupt largeNV.〔http://abclive.in/abclive_business/apollo_tyres_vredestein_banden_bv.html Apollo Tyres Acquires Vredestein Banden BV〕 * 2013 - Disposed of the Dunlop brand in Africa along with most of the South African operation in a sale to Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Japan. :::Apollo is set to acquire the US based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. which is expected to be completed at the end of the year.〔http://www.tirereview.com/Article/114083/sumitomo_acquires_assets_of_apollo_tyres_south_africa.aspx〕 :::The takeover collapses after a legal stand off and months of delays in December 2013.〔() BBC Website〕〔(Apollo-Cooper Fallout - BTvIn )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apollo Tyres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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