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42 GIANT EARTHMAX SR 468

BKT tires for the SECL Mine

With this important order BKT recently announced an important order conditions.
in India, the Off-Highway in the OTR sector, with the supply of 42 giant This order, featuring this exceptionally sized tire,
tire manufacturing Group EARTHMAX SR 468 tires, in the 40.00 R 57 size, rewards the group’s willingness to enter and
confirms its position as to SECL (South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.). This invest in the Giant segment, a choice driven
by the requests and feedback, which the
is a mining company owned by the Indian
a key player in the OTR Government’s Ministry of Coal. brand receives directly from users every day.
industry and also in the The first batch of 6 tires made for SECL has With its offer of over 2,700 tires, BKT will
Giant segment. already been shipped, while further 2 batches therefore continue to develop new solutions
will reach the customer within a week. in this segment too in order to meet all the
This is an important milestone which needs and requirements of professionals in
consolidates BKT’s positioning in the mining the industry.
sector, confirming the Group as a key player
for the OTR industry. About bKT:
EARTHMAX SR 468 is the 57” tire – the largest Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) is a tire
ever made by BKT – manufactured at the BKT manufacturing company based in India.
plant in Bhuj, India, and designed to equip The BKT group offers a large and always
rigid dump trucks operating in the most hostile updated production range of Off-Highway
conditions. tires specially designed for vehicles in the
This huge tire is characterized by being agricultural, industrial, earthmoving, mining,
particularly resistant to attacks and punctures, ATV and gardening sector. BKT’s innovative
thanks to the All Steel structure and it is solutions are designed to meet the most
therefore suitable, for rough and muddy demanding ranges of use and entail over
terrain. Winning features of the EARTHMAX 2,700 different products sold in more than
SR 468 are the special tread design and its 160 countries worldwide.
compound, both created to limit the heat
generated. The E-4 tread depth provides For more details visit:
extreme resistance in highly challenging www.bkt-tires.com

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