Indias Apollo Tyres to grab US Cooper brand COOPER, the iconic US tyre brand favoured by many Australian Outback travellers, is to become part of Indias Apollo Tyres group under a $US2.5 billion deal. Apollo, controlled by executive chairman Onkar S. Kanwar and his family, will become the world's seventh largest tyre company once the acquisition is completed, with annual turnover of about $US6.6 billion based on combined 2012 sales. Regulatory and shareholder approval is expected in the second half of this year.