Deep Intelligence Across Industries

Company Headquarters: South Korea Founded: 2014 Workforce: ~387 Company Working: DY Power Corp. manufactures hydraulic cylinders and heavy-duty equipment for the construction and heavy industry markets. Some of the products offered by the company include dozers, center joints, arms, booms, buckets, and outriggers for excavators, rotary actuators, extensions and booms for aerial lifts, free lifts, side shifts, tilts and power steering for forklifts, buckets for wheel loaders, booms, buckets and dippers for backhoe loaders. Dy Power Corp operates in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 1972 Workforce: 17,200 Company Working: Apollo Tyres Ltd. engages in the production and trading of automotive tires, tubes, and flaps. Apollo tires offers tires for cars, vans, SUVs, motorbikes, trucks, buses, agricultural equipment, industrial, and earthmover vehicles. The company manufactures and sells its products through India and entities in Thailand, Malaysia, the EAST AFRICA, and South Africa. In Europe, tire manufacturing and sales operations are carried out through the tire factories in the Netherlands and Hungary. The others segment manages the sales operations in the Americas and all other corporate entities. Apollo Tires operates in Asia, Pacific, Middle East, Africa (APMEA); Europe; and other regions.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1945 Workforce: ~ 12,804 Company Working: Toyo Tire Corp. manufactures and sells car tires, waterproof sheets, industrial rubber materials, polyurethane products, and seat cushions. It operates through the tire business, divertech business, and others segments. The tire business segment manufactures and sells tires and related equipment for trucks, buses, industrial vehicles, and passenger cars. The divertech segment produces insulators, waterproof sheets, transport equipment, and industrial and building materials. The others segment includes finance loans and purchasing credits to domestic affiliates and real estate businesses. The company operates in North America, Europe, and Japan.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1954 Workforce: 624 Company Working: ICOM Inc. is a manufacturer of wireless communication products. The product portfolio includes land mobile radios, amateur radios, marine radios, navigation products, aviation radios, communications receivers, wireless local area network (LAN), and session initiation protocol (SIP) telephone equipment. The above mentioned products are further segregated into handheld and analog categories. The company has presence in around 80 countries. It has sales subsidiaries the US, Australia, Germany, Spain, and China. In FY 2019, Japan region has accounted for 45% of the company’s revenue.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 2008 Workforce: 16,939 Company Working: JVCKENWOOD works in designing, manufacturing, and selling automotive products, home appliances, and wireless systems devices. The company has two different brands covering different markets. One is JVC which provides in-car entertainment products, healthcare, consumer electronics such as camcorders, visual systems, headphones/speakers, projectors, and television. The other one is Kenwood which provides in-car electronic products and professional communication. Walkie talkies or two-way radios are sold by Kenwood under its professional communication segment. The professional communication segment further includes digital radios, license-free radios, analog radios (LMR), and amateur radios. The company has presence in Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and other regions.

Company Headquarters: Nokia, Finland Workforce: ~4,600 Founded: 1898 Company Working: Nokian Tyres plc is engaged in manufacturing tires for different types of applications. It has production plants in Finland and Russia. The company offers winter tires, summer tires, non-studded tires, studded tires, and all-weather tires, for passenger car, off road vehicles, and heavy-duty vehicles. Currently, it is developing electric car tires with low rolling resistance. These tires will help the vehicle travel a further distance with a single charge and have a lower environmental impact as they comply with the EU’s tire labeling. The tires are rated ‘A’ in terms of fuel efficiency. In 2017, the company announced that it planned to increase its production capacity by 50% by investing approximately USD 79.1 million in its factory in in Nokia, Finland over the next three years. The company has wide network of subsidiaries, which includes Nokian Reifen AG, Nokian tires s.r.o., Goss Tire Corporation, Nokian Tyres, Inc., Nokian Dekk AS, Nokian Tyres Sàrl, Nokian TYRES U.S. Holdings Inc., University Wholesalers, Inc., and Nokian Heavy Tyres Oy. some of its major competitors are Michelin, Bridgestone Corporation, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Continental AG.

Company Headquarters: Ohio, US Founded: 1898 Workforce: ~64,000 Company Working: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company develops, manufactures, and markets tires and related products and services globally. It has 48 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries across the world. The company offers tires for different types of vehicles such as cars, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, construction and mining equipment, farm implements, and industrial equipment. It offers fuel-efficient tires for cars, trucks, and buses. According to the company, its fuel Max range is one of the most fuel-efficient tire ranges, globally. A long-haul fleet of 100 vehicles using these tire combinations could save up to 214,000 liters of diesel per year and reduce up to 557,000 kg of CO2, which helps save up to USD 3,27,609 in fuel. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has a wide network of subsidiaries, which includes, Goodyear Dunlop Sava Tires, Dunlop Tires, Kelly Springfield Tire Company, Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, Goodyear (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd., and Goodyear Aerospace

Company Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan Founded: 1931 Workforce: ~1,42,700 Company Working: Bridgestone Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets tires and other related products. It has 180 production and research and development facilities in 25 countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries, worldwide. The company manufactures tires for passenger cars, 4x4 vehicles, trucks and buses, all types of commercial, construction, and off-road vehicles, tractors and agricultural machinery, motorcycles and scooters, motorsport vehicles, aircraft, and construction and mining vehicles, as well as tubes, wheels, and related accessories. Its tire segment includes various brands such as Dueler, Alenza, Ecopia, Potenza, Turanza, Firestone, Supercat, and Dayton. The green tires are available under its Ecopia segment. These tires are eco-friendly as they offer enhanced safety and higher fuel efficiency by reducing the rolling resistance. Ecopia also reduces the production of harmful carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming. The company has an extensive network of subsidiaries, which includes, Bridgestone Americas, Inc., Bridgestone Australia Ltd, Bridgestone Hispania, S.A., Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Bridgestone Tire Sales (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., and Bridgestone Retail Japan Co., Ltd.

Company Headquarters: Clermont-Ferrand, France Founded: 1889 Workforce: ~114,070 Company Working: Michelin is a global supplier and manufacturer of tires. It operates through 70 production facilities across 171 countries, worldwide. The products developed by the company are sold to commercial OEMs, off-highway vehicle manufacturers, and the aftermarket. It operates through three business segments, which are passenger car and light truck tires & related distribution, truck tires & related distribution, and specialty businesses. Michelin manufactures tires for cars, vans, trucks, buses, farm machinery, earthmovers, mining and handling equipment, tramways, metros, aircraft, motorcycles, scooters, and bicycles. It is highly focused on research and development activities, for which it invested USD 725 million in 2017. Michelin North America is one of the major subsidiaries of Michelin for the production of green tires. It operates through 19 plants in 16 locations, across the country, and employs 22,000 people. The company offers green tires that provide low rolling resistance and improved fuel efficiency for passenger cars and trucks. Some of the green tires produced by Michelin help save as much as 1 liter of fuel and 2.66 kilograms of CO2 per 100 kilometers, without compromising on tire durability.