Apollo Launches XT-100HD Tyre for Commercial Vehicles

It is produced at the company's facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, and has been extensively tested on customers’ vehicles in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.

Gurugram/ Gujarat – Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, has launched the new XT-100HD - cross-ply lug tyre for commercial vehicles.

XT-100 HD has a heavy-duty casing bonded with a new high strength nylon fabric that offers heavy load-carrying capacity. The durability of the casing has also been enhanced with the new Heat Ageing Resistant Compound and Tyre Cavity (HEART) technology, which ensures cooler running of tyres and withstands all applications, offering the best residual casing for re-treadability. The tread has been designed using the company’s in-house Modular Matrix Tread (MMT) technology, with reinforced compounds and high tread rubber mass, that delivers the highest mileage in its segment.

It is produced at the company's facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, and has been extensively tested on customers’ vehicles in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.

Commenting on launch of the new product, Satish Sharma, president – Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres Ltd said, “Apollo holds a leading market position in both drive and steer axle tyres, with many products leading in different segments. With the introduction of XT-100HD in the truck-bus cross-ply lug design category, we are confident of setting a new benchmark in performance in the load and mileage segment. To continue with our leadership in the commercial vehicle segment, it is important for us to have such differentiating products, which is compliant with the revised axle load norms as well in India.”