Balkrishna Industries
Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) is an Indian multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. Balkrishna Industries manufactures off-highway tyres used in specialist segments like mining, earthmoving, agriculture, and gardening in five factories located in Aurangabad, Bhiwadi, Chopanki, Dombivali, and Bhuj. In 2013, it was ranked 41st among the world’s tyre makers.

Balkrishna Industries is currently an OEM vendor for heavy equipment manufacturers like JCB, John Deere, and CNH Industrial. In 2014, BKT held a 6% market share of the global off-the-road tyre segment.

Balkrishna Industries predominantly caters to the replacement market in North America and Europe. Its North American office is located in Akron, Ohio, with one warehouse in Wando, South Carolina. About 80 percent of Balkrishna Industries' business in the United States is in the farm market.

BKT Tires has been the official and exclusive tyre sponsor for Monster Jam since 2014. In July 2018, BKT purchased naming rights for Italian football's second division, Serie B for three years, with the league being known as Serie BKT under the agreement. On 15 January 2020, BKT signed an agreement with LFP to rename the French football second division as Ligue 2 BKT for four years.
Q668
Indian multinational
LOC
Q169545
tyre
Concept
Q1156
Mumbai
LOC
Q44497
mining
Concept
Q13955118
earthmoving
Concept
Q11451
agriculture
Concept
Q124946
gardening
Concept
Q590550
Aurangabad
LOC
Q796761
Bhiwadi
LOC
Q3034709
Dombivali
LOC
Q798382
Bhuj
LOC
Q267558
OEM
Concept
Q874311
heavy equipment
Concept
Q1542317
JCB
ORG
Q496302
John Deere
ORG
Q15238661
CNH Industrial
ORG
Q828814
market share
UNK
Q163132
Akron, Ohio
LOC
Q1010216
Wando, South Carolina
LOC
Q152478
sponsor
Concept
Q866784
Monster Jam
ORG
Q194052
Italian football's second division, Serie B
ORG
Q1331838
LFP
ORG
Q217374
Ligue 2 BKT
ORG
Q19321885
Balkrishna Industries
Concept
Q19321885
Balkrishna Industries
Concept
Q19321885
Balkrishna Industries
Concept
Q19321885
Balkrishna Industries
Concept
Q19321885
Balkrishna Industries
Concept
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2013
DATE
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2014
DATE
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2014
DATE
2018-07-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
July 2018
DATE
2020-01-15T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
15 January 2020
DATE
+41^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
41
NUMBER
+6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6
NUMBER
+80^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
80
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
country
industry
headquarters location
country
sports league level