India's leading Tyre manufacturer, Apollo Tyres has recently started supplies from its Chennai unit which is manufactured in a record time of 14 months.

As the company shipped the first order from the unit of 500 Acelere tyres for passenger cars to Hyundai Motor India Limited, the company hoisted the Indian flag along with the flag of the company to mark the occasion.

It is to be mentioned here that the new unit is Apollo's 9th manufacturing unit globally and the 4th in India and has been able to begin operations in just a span of four months after it commenced production.

The company started manufacturing its unit in November 2008. Satish Sharma, chief, India Operations, Apollo Tyres said that once the Chennai unit is completed, it will be the largest unit of the company globally.

Moreover, Sharma pointed out the fact that in the first phase of the plant, it will produce close to 16,000 units of passenger cars tyres and 6,000 tyres for trucks/bus per day enabling it to cater to the rising demand of the Indian automobile sector.