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Nylon tyre cord fabric<br />

Nylon tyre cord fabric provides strength to a tyre. The tyre industry consumes nearly 98% <strong>of</strong> the total<br />

nylon tyre <strong>consumption</strong>. The nylon tyre cord fabric is 100% <strong>technical</strong> textile. Nylon tyre cord fabric<br />

gradually replaced the usage <strong>of</strong> rayon and polyester cords in the tyre industry.<br />

Product characteristics<br />

Nylon 6 grey and dipped tyre cord fabrics having high strength, fatigue resistance, impact resistance,<br />

high adhesion characteristics, are mainly used as reinforcements <strong>of</strong> bias tyres. The tyre cords are<br />

generally available with the fabric characteristics <strong>of</strong> 930dtex, 1400dtex, 1870dtex, 2100dtex. The<br />

critical specifications drive the characteristics such as Breaking strength, elongation, adhesion, ply<br />

twists and hot-air shrinkage.<br />

Market dynamics and growth drivers<br />

Tyre production in India (in ‘000 numbers) (including the replacement market for tyres)<br />

(in '000 numbers) 2000 - 01 2001 - 02 2002 - 03 2003 – 04 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007-08<br />

Truck & Bus 8612 8474 9863 10821 11092 11941 12367 13137<br />

Passenger Car 6813 7481 8544 9959 11862 13605 14264 16437<br />

Jeep 1155 1247 1384 1440 1462 1272 1368 1467<br />

LCV 2108 2352 2844 3271 3945 4529 4820 5320<br />

Tractor Front 1186 1150 1125 1148 1311 1383 1754 1814<br />

Tractor Rear 852 785 825 842 1096 1134 1296 1234<br />

Tractor Trailer 277 320 470 415 408 596 823 886<br />

Animal Drawn Vehicle 511 488 456 295 197 325 381 409<br />

Scooter/Moped 9504 8682 10060 9442 10116 9574 9643 11604<br />

Motor Cycle 11196 12275 15654 16688 18127 21053 26079 27921<br />

Industrial 219 214 309 295 377 514 635 733<br />

Off the Road (OTR) 38 46 51 74 89 106 115 141<br />

Aero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 42471 43514 515585 54690 60082 66032 73545 81103<br />

Source: Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association<br />

The tyre industry in India has been growing at around 12% CAGR for the last five years and is<br />

expected to grow at around 10% yoy in the future.<br />

Tyre <strong>Industry</strong> is witnessing a shift to radial tyres

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