Balkrishna Industries

Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) is a tyre manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. Balkrishna Industries manufactures off-highway tyres used in specialist segments like mining, earthmoving, agriculture and gardening in five factories located in Aurangabad, Bhiwadi, Chopanki, Dombivali and Bhuj. In 2013, it was ranked 41st among the world’s tyre makers.

Balkrishna Industries is currently an OEM vendor for heavy equipment manufacturers like JCB, John Deere and CNH Industrial. The company currently enjoys 6% market share of the global off-the-road tyre segment.

Balkrishna Industries predominantly caters to the replacement market in North America and Europe. Its North American office is located in Akron, Ohio with one warehouse in, Wando, South Carolina. About 80 percent of Balkrishna Industries' business in the United States is in the farm market.

BKT Tires has been the official and exclusive tyre sponsor for Monster Jam since 2014. In July 2018, BKT purchased naming rights of Italian football second division, Serie B for three years, with the league being known as Serie BKT under the agreement. On 15 January 2020, BKT signed an agreement with LFP to rename the French football second division as Ligue 2 BKT for four years.