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MARANGONI OPENS
12TH FRANCHISEE
IN INDIA’S BIGGEST TRUCKING HUB
Marangoni India has continued to expand its footprint in the Indian market with the opening of an industrial scale franchisee in Gandhidham regarded as the most populous city in the Gujarat state Kutch district. Gandhidham is considered to be among the biggest trucking hubs in the country with a market size of 30,000-32,000 truck tyres per month and is also home to major petroleum and edible oil refineries along with Kandla, the key sea port in Western India.
Marangoni’s new partner in Gujarat is Bharat Tyres Gujarat Limited (BTGPL), who operate the CEAT Truck Service Hub at Gandhidham. The Marangoni site has been opened as an integrated unit at the service hub. On the occasion of the opening, Vittorio Marangoni, President Marangoni Group said, “BTGPL is Marangoni’s largest in- dustrial scale high quality retreading facility in India for commercial, agriculture and small OTR segment tyres. We are proud to be asso- ciated with BTGPL and with it start discussions with CEAT on how we can jointly bring industry leading tyre solutions to Indian fleets.”
Meanwhile, Mahendra Verma, Chairman, BTGPL believes that the cutting-edge CEAT Truck Service Hub along with the Marangoni Re- tread Shop will further strengthen their commitment to providing superior tyre services to fleet operators and truck drivers.
BTGPL, appointed in April, is Marangoni’s 12th franchisee in India. “Another three franchisees are in the pipeline, and we are likely to have 15 operational franchisees in the next few months,” claimed Hemant Kaul, CEO, Marangoni South Asia. “Now all our existing franchisees retread 500+ tyres each month compared to the indus- try average of 200 tyres per month,”
FIRST MARANGONI SITE TO OFFER HOT AND COLD PROCESSES
Spread over 7,000 sq metres, the site is functional with two auto- claves of 7 tyres each and 2 hot presses. The site has many firsts to its credit as it is the first site in India to offer retreads with hot pro- cess and is also the only integrated plant that retreads LCV, truck, agricultural and small 25 inch OTR tyres. It is also the first site that
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