Apollo Tyres plans to set up unit in Malaysia.

Apollo Tyres plans to set up a subsidiary in Malaysia over the next two years as the company aims to increase its global footprint to garner around 15 per cent of the total revenues from exports.

Besides, the Gurgaon-headquartered firm has lined up investments worth Rs. 1,500 crore this year to expand the capacity of its truck-bus radial (TBR) plant in Chennai from 6,000 units a day to 9,000 per day.

'We have been present in Thailand for two years now and we think Malaysia could be a similar market for us. We are studying the market’s potential there and could set up a legal entity in the next two years,' Apollo Tyres President (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa) Satish Sharma told PTI.

There are some taxation related changes expected in Malaysia which could help this particular market to behave like Thailand for the company, he added.

Commenting on the Malaysian market, he said the country presents great potential for all categories of tyres, including for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and the agricultural sector.

Apollo Tyres has set up legal entities, mainly for sales, in Bangkok for ASEAN markets; in Dubai for West Asia and north, east and west Africa; in South Africa for south African markets.


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