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BKT launches new look website

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The revamped BKT website is now live, and the off-highway tyre specialist wants us to know that it features some bells and more than a few whistles. Following an “in-depth restyling and redesign of the browsing experience,” BKT’s new online home at bkt-tires.com delivers a “comfortable and user-friendly environment for users” that offers “no lack of exclusive content, first-hand accounts and constantly updated information.”

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18th January 2023/by Stephen

Electromobility: BKT debuts E-Ready mark on Agrimaxfactor

Product News

BKT wants us to know that it is “ready” for electric mobility in the off-highway segment, and is denoting products it has tailored for such vehicles with a new E-Ready sidewall logo. E-Ready made its debut at last November’s SIMA exhibition in Paris on the Agrimaxfactor 70 series tractor tyre range, and BKT plans to gradually extend its use to all products in this category.

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11th January 2023/by Stephen

Kirkby Tyres stands out at refreshed LAMMA show

UK News

The NEC in Birmingham opened its doors to the well-known LAMMA agricultural equipment exhibition this morning (10 January 2023). Normally queuing round the large exhibition centre’s internal road system is a bit of a bind, but this year it was a harbinger of good news for exhibitors that have, in general, fought for visitor numbers to return to pre-pandemic levels – footfall appears to be very healthy.

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  1. Kirkby highlighting agri brands at LAMMA
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10th January 2023/by Chris

Kirkby highlighting agri brands at LAMMA

Product News, UK News

After a successful return to participating in LAMMA last year, Kirkby Tyres will once again be exhibiting at the UK’s premier agricultural machinery show on 10 and 11 January at the NEC. Occupying the same 225 square metre space in Hall 9 of the National Exhibition Centre, the wholesaler is looking forward to showcasing its main and exclusive agricultural brands including Alliance, BKT, MRL and Pirelli.

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  1. Alliance Agri Star II and farmer support centre stage at Lamma 2022 for Kirkby Tyres, YOHT
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4th January 2023/by Stephen

BKT completes carbon black, power plant projects

Company News

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. has completed a project to increase carbon black capacity in Bhuj, India and set up a new power plant at the site. It says both the 55,000 tonnes per annum carbon black capacity project and the power plant project were concluded on 31 December 2022.

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3rd January 2023/by Stephen

BKT launches Agrimaxfactor 70 series

Product News
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BKT has launched the Agrimaxfactor 70 series, a new tyre for tractors that suits both transport and soil tillage operations. The multinational tyre manufacturer says the new Agrimaxfactor product line demonstrates BKT’s commitment to new solutions for an increasingly demanding market. In this case, the product responds to the need for bigger tyres; prompted by an in-depth study of market trends as well as customer and user feedback, BKT utilised its latest technologies and aesthetic design capabilities to supply improved on and off-road handling and stability, while anticipating the needs of new electric vehicles in the sector.

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14th December 2022/by Andrew

BKT confirms another year as TotY main sponsor

Company News

The Tractor of the Year 2023 awards have taken place at the SIMA show, with BKT serving as main sponsor for the third consecutive year. As this year’s winners were announced, the tyre maker also gave word that it would return as main sponsor in 2024.

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10th November 2022/by Stephen

BKT debuts agri rubber track

Product News

In a teaser prior to this week’s SIMA show in Paris, BKT commented that its “new step ahead on tyres is not a tyre.” True to word, the Indian off-highway tyre specialist unveiled its latest product for the agricultural, the Agriforce BK T71 rubber track. BKT says this latest addition to its portfolio is “unstoppable on any terrain.”

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8th November 2022/by Stephen

BKT expands recycling machinery tyre range with new sizes

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BKT is responding to the need for speciality tyre products in the recycling industry with new sizes. Leading the range expansion are the speciality 300/70 R16.5 Skid Max SR-Skidder and the 405/70 R18 BK-Loader 53. BKT notes the diversity of machinery operating in recycling centres, calling these environments “one of the most difficult and demanding” for tyres. As a result of such highly specific needs, the manufacturer has developed purpose-made products and is as many sizes and variants as possible.

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  1. BKT launches Portmax PT 93 for terminal tractors
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21st September 2022/by Andrew

BKT title sponsor for United Rugby Championship

Company News, International News

Off-highway tyre specialist BKT has become northern hemisphere title sponsor of the United Rugby Championship (URC) until 2025. From today, the league will thus be known as the ‘BKT United Rugby Championship’ in this part of the world.

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2nd September 2022/by Stephen

BKT-made chain-ready OTR tyres get world debut in Australia

International News, Product News
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BKT Tyres, as well as Australian businesses Tradefaire International and Macmahon, have developed chain-ready underground mining tyres in what the three companies describe as a world first. The new OTR tyres will be launched in September 2022.

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9th August 2022/by Chris

BKT looking to further increase capacity

Company News, International News

With capacity expansion projects now completed and being ramped up, BKT anticipates achieving a total capacity of 360,000 tonnes per annum by the end of March 2023. But further growth is necessary if the company is to keep pace with demand for its off-highway tyres. During a conference call with investors on 5 August, the tyre maker confirmed that plans are already “on the drawing board” for additional expansion beyond the current projects.

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9th August 2022/by Stephen

RH Claydon opening warehouse in Carlisle

Company News, UK News

BKT supplier and family-run tyre wholesaler RH Claydon (RHC) has announced the official opening date of its new depot in Carlisle’s Kingmoor Park North enterprise zone. From Monday 1 August the site will be open for deliveries and collections between 8 am and 5:30 pm Monday and for collection 9 am to 12 pm Saturdays. This depot is the company’s eighth site and will allow a greater coverage of the north and border areas.

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6th July 2022/by Stephen

BKT launches FL 695 agri-ind trailer tyre

Product News

Trailers play an essential role in agricultural and industrial applications and are tasked with the difficult remit of carrying increasingly heavy loads on a range of surfaces, both on and off the road. Tyre choice strongly influences performance, and BKT has thus introduced a new product for “trailers employed in the toughest transport applications” – the FL 695.

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20th June 2022/by Stephen

Alliance Agri Star II and farmer support centre stage at Lamma 2022 for Kirkby Tyres, YOHT

Product News
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Kirkby Tyres’ stand in Lamma 2022’s Hall 9 focused on the comprehensive technical tyre support the large tyre specialist can offer to farmers and the Alliance Agri Star II. Kirkby Tyres is the exclusive partner of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires’ (YOHT) Alliance brand in the UK and Ireland, and it describes the tractor tyre as a great success. The company also displayed new sizes of the versatile Alliance 590 tyre for a broad range of transport applications, and the Alliance 372 VF and Alliance 389 VF tractor trailer tyres. On the latter tyres, Kirkby showed evidence presented by Danish SEGES Innovation which evidences the effective soil protection, and therefore yield increases, the tyre combination can achieve during the application of liquid manure.

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25th May 2022/by Andrew
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