Agrigear gets special recognition award

Agrigear Tyre and Wheel Specialists recently enjoyed a three-day corporate event hosted by BKT Tyres for its core global customers. Fred Clarke, Managing Director and some of the Agrigear team travelled to Marienfeld, near Dusseldorf in Germany where they experienced first-class BKT corporate hospitality comprising of social and leisure activities as well as a business conference and gala dinner.

In order to highlight the contribution of customers, who worked closely with BKT for the initial testing and launch of Agrimax tyre products, a felicitation ceremony was conducted and was moderated by Mr. Sandesh Jain, General Manager (Exports) at BKT. Customers who achieved highest sales of Agrimax tyres in the last decade were also commended.

Agrigear was awarded special recognition for its input into the development and testing of the Agrimax tyre. Agrigear was the first ever customer of BKT for Agrimax radial tyres. The very first batch of Agrimax tyres manufactured by BKT was shipped to Ireland to Agrigear in May 2004.

A commemorative plaque was presented to Fred by Rajiv Poddar, Joint Managing Director of BKT.
“Fred has been a hands-on professional in the agricultural industry in Ireland / Europe. He has tremendous technical expertise in understanding various tyre patterns and their effect on the field, as well as tyre and machine performance. In 2003, when the Tractor Radial tyres were being conceptualised at BKT, the knowledge resource of Fred was of great help for our R&D team,” Mr. Sandesh Jain, General Manager (Exports) at BKT said.

Sandesh Jain, General Manager Exports, Gaurav Aneja, Export Marketing, DM Vaidya, President & Director of Technology, Arvind Poddar, Chairman & Managing Director, Rajiv Poddar , Jt Managing Director (all BKT)
Fred Clarke, Managing Director,, Patrick Rossiter, Purchasing Manager, and John McGauran, General Manager, (all Agrigear).