December 10, 2012: Apollo Tyres launched its XTRAX 40.00-57, the largest tyre produced in India, at the 11th International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME) 2012 held in Kolkata last week. The IMME is India’s largest trade fair dedicated to the mining industry and organised by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

Each tyre weighs 3,500kg and has a total height of 11.7 feet.Used for mining purposes in 240-tonne dumper trucks, each tyre is manufactured using 1,900kg of rubber, 750kg of carbon black, 350kg of nylon fabric and 500kg of other rubber chemicals. These tyres are being cured at Apollo’s Limda plant, in the western state of Gujarat, which has one of the biggest curing presses available in South East Asia.