JK Tyre plans to reduce 65 per cent raw water usage by 2025

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 May 31, 2024

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The agency said that besides water, coal is also another business of the company.

JK Tire Industries Ltd. on Thursday announced plans to reduce raw water usage at all its plants in India by more than 65% by 2025 2013-14 compared to the annual base year of raw water usage at all its plants in India. Helping to reduce environmental footprint and business risks. By 2024-25. fiscal year, the company replaced 50% of its biomass Coal usage with biomass.

Commenting on the initiative, Makkar, Director, Manufacturing, JK Tire Industries Anil, said, “We are constantly striving to improve operational water use efficiencies and minimize environmental impact by installing water meters at strategic points in our manufacturing units and strictly monitoring water consumption. “Utilizing groundwater.”

He also said that the company has achieved zero use of raw process water at its Kankroli and Chenai plants.

We use only raw water from these two plants for drinking,” he added.

After a systematic effort over the past five years, the company claims to have established “a global benchmark for the lowest raw water use per kilogram of tire manufacturing”.

“At JK Tires, Makar said, “We have long viewed water availability as a business risk, so we continue to be committed to improving water efficiency (the amount of water used per ton of finished product in our operations) through continuous improvement.” .

In addition to water, coal is another area with significant plans, the company said.

JK Tire announced that it will replace 50% of its coal use with biomass by FY 2024-25.

“However, this shift will require a lot of investment as boilers need to be retrofitted and biomass needs to be supplied on a regular basis,” said Makar.

JK Tires has a total of 12 manufacturing plants, nine in India and three in Mexico, and produces about 35 million tires annually.

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